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 by at least half!” I will keep the name of this beta-reader to myself, so…
Category: The Steep Climes Quartet
Writing the Future of Climate Change
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…
Figuring Out Climate Fiction
More academics at work on climate storytelling Everybody tries to figure things out, although what is being figured out is hardly the same for everyone. Nor is the method for…
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, 2035, and 2047, one important focus is imaging how we get from where we are…
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 or delve into an analysis of The Climate Fiction Writers League, is to build stories…
Fun with Apocalypse, Part 2
I’d written a post titled “Fun with Apocalypse”, on July 10, 2023, as I was in the last editorial review and rewrite stages for Kill Well, the first book of…
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 post for my newly configured website. The website was reconfigured to support the series and…
Climate Change and the Human Condition
There seems ever more to worry about these days. There’s nothing made up about our deep concerns, unfortunately, and worry is part of the nature of humanity. Put as plainly…
Writing Villains on Both Sides in Climate Fiction
In The Steep Climes Quartet series, I write about Big Oil villains, although not from the direct perspective of any of the big names (one such homophone goes with “coke”),…
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 my Substack. My Substack title? It is called (wait for it), The Steep Climes. …