The Steep Climes Quartet is a series that examines the near-future through 2050 consequences of climate change through the lens of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where subtle and not-so-subtle consequences reveal the future world of climate crisis is already here.
Predictions ‘R Me
Writing near-future stories can go wrong quickly, but at times I look clairvoyant, too. “They…
Nice Things AI Has Said About Over Brooklyn Hills
A flood of emails informing me how to sell my book, but these seem likely…
Kirkus Weighs In On Over Brooklyn Hills
Kirkus, one of the venerable editorial reviewer sources, thought pretty well of Over Brooklyn Hills,…
An Everyman: I Get to Think Further About Over Brooklyn Hills
Literary Titan, which wrote an editorial review for Over Brooklyn Hills, also interviewed me about…
Another Review of Over Brooklyn Hills
I may be doing something right when it comes to writing climate fiction. A long…
Another Editorial Review of Over Brooklyn Hills
And here’s another strong review, which, for those who know me well, means that my…
Booklife Review of Over Brooklyn Hills
Booklife, part of the Publishers Weekly organization, just published a review of Over Brooklyn Hills,…
Over Brooklyn Hills is Now Available
On Monday, June 15 (2026), the third book of The Steep Climes Quartet, Over Brooklyn…
Climate Fiction Featuring Far Futures, Dystopia, Fantasies, and Other Simplified Worlds, is Simply Much Easier to Write
In Elena Vasileva’s Substack, Care-Full Futures, there’s a May 25, 2026, entry titled “The Colonisation…
The World of Amazon Publishing and the Hoops a Publisher Jumps Through to Participate in the World of Amazon Publishing
I’m back to dealing with getting The Steep Climes Quartet out into the world with…
The Challenge of Conveying Climate Change Information in Climate Fiction
I think this is the exact quote: “You have thirty mentions of externalities! Cut that…
Writing the Future of Climate Change
Once in a while it is good to look back at what you’ve been doing…
Figuring Out Climate Fiction
More academics at work on climate storytelling Everybody tries to figure things out, although what…
Climate Fiction, Climate Fantasy: What’s the right mix of hope and disappointment?
In the Steep Climes Quartet, my literary climate fiction series that spans from 2026, 2029,…
Let’s Talk About Climate Optimism and Hope That We Can Write About Doing Something About Climate Change
A main concern of climate fiction, at least if you’re inclined to read academic essays…
Fun with Apocalypse, Part 2
I’d written a post titled “Fun with Apocalypse”, on July 10, 2023, as I was…
Writing The Steep Climes Quartet, Part 2: Economics in Climate Fiction
Early on in the creation of the series The Steep Climes Quartet, I wrote a…
Climate Change and the Human Condition
There seems ever more to worry about these days. There’s nothing made up about our…
Writing Villains on Both Sides in Climate Fiction
In The Steep Climes Quartet series, I write about Big Oil villains, although not from…
Why We Write: A look back at why the heck I’m writing a four-book climate fiction series
NOTE: I’m on Substack these days (@davidrguenette454046) and a version of this post is on…
Climate Change in the Berkshires: Wednesday, September 24, 6:00 p.m., at David and Joyce Milne Public Library
The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires A talk by David Guenette, author of…
The Complex Dynamics of Electricity Costs: Navigating Renewable Integration, Infrastructure Strain, and Policy Shifts
I want to confidently understand the relationship between the cost of renewable energy (Levelized Cost…
More Amazon Reviews for Dear Josephine
Dear Josephine is available as a Kindle book and paperback through Amazon and through other…
Single Issue Politics in the Time of Crisis… and What Over Brooklyn Hills Has to Say About It
Of course, there are many species of crisis and one person’s crisis and another’s not…
Early Amazon reviews for Dear Josephine
Dear Josephine is available as a Kindle book and paperback through Amazon and through other…
The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires: May 21, 6:30 p.m., Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield; May 23, 4:00 p.m., Mason Library, Great Barrington
David Guenette, author of The Steep Climes Quartet, talks about his literary climate fiction series…
The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires Talk at Griswold Memorial Library, May 14, 6:00 p.m.
I’ll be talking about the next three decades of climate change and what this period…
Three Dates for The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires Talks
For Press Release PDF and assorted images, click here The changing climate is here already,…
The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires at Griswold Memorial Library
At 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, I’ll be presenting “The Future of Climate…
Oh Dear Dear Dear… Josephine and other Updates on The Steep Climes Quartet Series
First, Kill Well is finally revised and ingested in all the proper platforms. Amazon now…
Oh Dear! Dear Josephine is Late Again! This Time, Blame the November 2024 Elections
Grrrrr… has become the common refrain concerning my publishing Dear Josephine, Book Two of The…
What Can You Do About Climate Change?
What can you do about climate change? This is an oft-asked question from the vast…
The Long Road Ahead for Climate Progress… Starts with Voting
I keep coming back to why I am writing The Steep Clime Quartet book series….
True Confessions: It Has Been Two Months Since My Last Post
A Number Ten Martini, sitting on the bar, with the Quady…
On Saturday, August 10, 2024, at the Bushnell-Sage Library (Sheffield), David Guenette will be giving a talk about what Berkshirites can expect in the next three decades from climate change
I’m giving a talk about what we can expect in the Berkshires—weather-wise and economically, socially,…
The Next Book Cometh as Dear Josephine Reaches the Final Stretch… Plus Some Talk about Publishing on Amazon
Dear Josephine is going into production after three manuscript editing cycles and one proofreader, and…
The Future of “The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires” Talk
On Friday, April 12, 2024, I presented “The Future of Climate Chang in the Future”…
It’s Your Move: Will Rustbelt Cities Find New Life as Climate Migrants Look for Home?
SPECIAL NOTE: For those readers in the Berkshires area, I’ll be giving a talk, “The…
April 12 Talk at Lee Library: The Future of Climate Change in the Berkshires
This climate crisis future is terrifying enough, but might this be a future that remains…
Climate Change in the Berkshires: The Presentation
Lee Public Library, 100 Main Street, Lee, MA 01238 April 12, 2024, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m….
Why I Wrote The Steep Climes Quartet
Well, for accuracy’s sake, only Kill Well (Book One) and Dear Josephine (Book Two) of…
Kill Well, Berkshires in 2026; Dear Josephine, Berkshires in 2029
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Climate Change and the Berkshires
My book series, The Steep Climes Quartet, focuses on one little spot in this big…
Paying the Climate Piper: Household Budgets as Climate Fiction Subject Matter
Kill Well, the first book of The Steep Climes Quartet, takes…
Dear Josephine Manuscript off to the Editor… and a Kill Well Award!
Yay for me, at any rate, that my manuscript for Dear Josephine is handed off…
Murder, Oil, and Blood Money: Is the climate fiction plot line of fossil fuel interests murdering someone far-fetched?
Kill Well has a plot with people embarked on nefarious deeds with the objective of…
Kill Well is Now Available at Oblong Books
My recently published novel, Kill Well (Book One, The Steep Climes Quartet) is now at…
The Fictional Timelines of The Steep Climes Quartet and Why My Palms Sweat
As I’ve mentioned in another post, I’m finding it a challenge in my climate fiction…
Why The Steep Climes Quartet? Showing People in Today’s Climate Crisis
I want to write climate fiction within which people can see themselves. What I don’t…
Kill Well (Book One, The Steep Climes Quartet) Now Available in Paperback and eBook
As you know, I’ve been at work on a climate fiction series published by CMTI…