Another Review of Over Brooklyn Hills
I may be doing something right when it comes to writing climate fiction. A long review appears on Goodreads recently and, if I do say so myself, this review is…
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Another Editorial Review of Over Brooklyn Hills
And here’s another strong review, which, for those who know me well, means that my hands can stop sweating (at least for the moment). A previous review of Over Brooklyn…
Booklife Review of Over Brooklyn Hills
Booklife, part of the Publishers Weekly organization, just published a review of Over Brooklyn Hills, my third book of The Steep Climes Quartet. Over Brooklyn Hills published on Monday, June…
Over Brooklyn Hills is Now Available
On Monday, June 15 (2026), the third book of The Steep Climes Quartet, Over Brooklyn Hills, publishes from CMTI Publishing. The Steep Climes Quartet is a literary climate fiction series.…
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 of Imagination,” with the subtitle “How to engage with stories that expand rather than narrow perception…
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 upcoming publication date of June 15, for Over Brooklyn Hills, the third book of…
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…
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…