Archive for the 'Global Warming' Category
Some signs of hope on the horizon
I went out for coffee this afternoon, and in the rainy fall bluster, the Tully’s I found was nearly full. I ended up sharing a seat with a gentleman who was dressed entirely too well for a Veteran’s Day holiday, so I asked him about it. Turns out the black suit was all about a [...]
Worldbuilding: We’re Doing It Now
This is the third installment in a set of blog posts about my current science fiction series. The first book, THE SILVER SHIP AND THE SEA, is now available in paperback. The sequel, READING THE WIND, will be out on July 22nd. Each post explores one way the books address a problem we are also [...]
Hurray for the Elements of Change
I’m pleased with the price of gas. Change is already happening. Our Mayor came back from a climate conference where one speaker said the measured particulates in the air are already slightly lower since gas went up. He said people cheered. Elementary economics: Price changes behavior.
Global warming warning signs are coming faster and harder than [...]
Reading Recommendation: Maximum Ride, The Final Warning by James Patterson
There are reasons Patterson is such a phenomenally successful writer. Among them is an ability to tap into our collective needs/angst as well as just managing pacing and hooks better than just about anyone else.
Anyway, he hooked me through the latest edition of his Maximum Ride books. If you haven’t met Max yet, well, she’s [...]
Reading Recommendations: Storm Chaser
Storm Chaser, A Photographer’s Journey, by Jim Reed.
This is part of a larger post from my global warming blog (link at left if you want to go see it).
Storm Chaser is a series of beautifully presented professional photographs of storms, and might be worth buying just for the photos. But it’s real strength [...]
A nice writing week
Sometimes it’s the small things, which do all add up.
I made my writing goal of 750 words a day (3 pages) every day this week
I got an unexpected opportunity to play ultimate frisbee with some of the guys from work, and it was a brilliant fall day (yes, exercise is related to writing – it’s [...]
Reading Recommendation: Al Gore’s “The Assault on Reason”
I just finished listening to this book on Audio CD on my iPod. There are a lot of messages in it, some delivered in a more balanced way than others. But the most important topic is one I often talk about when I give keynote speeches: the conversation about the future is [...]
In which I interview Kim Stanley Robinson
…and the article is now posted at Futurist.com.
Interviewing is fun – I did quite a lot of it for a little while, and then got busy doing other stuff. I learned a little bit this time, too. I sat down at Norwescon with Ken Schole’s wife, Jen, and picked her brain a little. [...]
Cross-Post from my Global Warming Blog
Every once in a while I want a post to get read. So forgive me if you have RSS to more than one of my blogs…
I’m reading the next book in Kim Stanley Robinson’s series on climate change, SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING. He’s really very, very good. This is a series of fiction books [...]







