There Can Be a Tax on Taxonomical Confusion
Put your book in the right category… if you can. Yeah, I know. It is a losing game to push back against one professional or editorial review, especially when there…
Category: Other Writing
When it comes to writing I have wide interests. I hope that is not simply another way of declaring that I’m shallow and pretentious. The beauty about writing is that the writer can say whatever he or she (or xe, for the gender non-affixed) wants to about his or her (or xer) own work, but it is the reader that has the real say.
Reviewing Reviews, or The Strange Little Business of Feeding the Marketing of Novels
Some funny things happen on the way to the forum. Over Brooklyn Hills has been garnering pretty good reviews, as I’ve written here, here, and here. I describe this book…
What is Climate Fiction?
Maybe this is a stupid question, but is climate change as a premise for climate fiction enough, or is climate change as subject the essence of climate fiction? Over Brooklyn…
A Fantastic Essay about Climate Fiction but Still a Lot of Fantasy
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…
Clean Tech/Fossil-Free Funds Can Make A Difference
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…
Climate Fiction and Myth in Climate Fiction
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…
How to Win the Electrotech Revolution
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.…
Let’s Get Serious About Solar
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…
Fossil Fuel Demand Growth Uber Alles
“I have been warning that the projected electricity demand for Artificial Intelligence is being celebrated by fossil fuel companies as a lifeline—an anchor allowing Big Oil to keep selling natural…
The War on Big Oil
No, I’m not talking about the violence of war, although, in my upcoming Over Brooklyn Hills, Book Three in my literary climate fiction series the Steep Climes Quartet, I have…