In Elena Vasileva’s Substack, Care-Full Futures, there’s a May 25, 2026, entry titled “The Colonisation of Imagination,” with the subtitle “How to engage with stories that expand rather than narrow perception…
Let’s keep hysteria down and our eyes open, because knowing the players and what they want helps us fight for what we want. The subtitle to Ted Gioia’s recent post,…
Why is being straight about the climate-changing world we live in so hard? Austin and Clare Aslan, the authors of the post “Climate Fiction Writing as the ‘Slow Blade that…
I’m back to dealing with getting The Steep Climes Quartet out into the world with the upcoming publication date of June 15, for Over Brooklyn Hills, the third book of…
Is it time for fortunate and clean-energy-leaning retirees to put their money where their mouth is? There are many Americans who are retired or approaching retirement who have been fortunate…
Why are so many novels about climate change pursuing myth and fantasy instead of actual solutions? I am a student of climate fiction, and not surprisingly so, since I write…
I think this is the exact quote: “You have thirty mentions of externalities! Cut that by at least half!” I will keep the name of this beta-reader to myself, so…
Once in a while it is good to look back at what you’ve been doing and reflect on how you got to that work. I’ve been working on the Steep…
Victory is likely; victory fast enough to make a big difference is something else entirely. There’s a lot to do and we need a lot of people to do it.…
Balcony solar is okay, but real permitting reform for rooftops and home batteries is what is needed Still, I’m tempted to call baloney when it comes to balcony solar, but…