Cover reveal: Return to the Green Land
September 15, 2020
This is the cover for the third and final book in my upcoming fantasy trilogy, The Future History of the Grail. … More Cover reveal: Return to the Green Land
Author: J.G. Follansbee
I'm a Seattle-based writer publishing a series of stories with climate change themes.
Cover reveal: War for the Green Land
September 8, 2020
Here’s the cover for the second book in my upcoming trilogy, The Future History of the Grail. … More Cover reveal: War for the Green Land
Cover reveal: Fall of the Green Land
September 1, 2020
I’m excited to reveal the cover for the first book of my new fantasy series, The Future History of the Grail. … More Cover reveal: Fall of the Green Land
Five Questions: Grant Price, author of By the Feet of Men
August 4, 2020
I’m excited to introduce Grant Price, author of By the Feet of Men. In this new dystopian horror story, disastrous climate changes and radiation have ravaged Earth, and humankind’s future depends on a convoy of supply truck drivers. … More Five Questions: Grant Price, author of By the Feet of Men
Beta readers needed for The Future History of the Grail
July 25, 2020
I’m now recruiting “beta” readers for all three books in The Future History of the Grail, titled Fall of the Green Land, War for the Green Land, and Return of the Green Land. … More Beta readers needed for The Future History of the Grail
10 extra writing prompts for stories about climate change
July 2, 2020
You’re a science fiction or literary writer. You know climate change is important, but you’re unsure about what story to tell. Here’s some prompts to get you thinking. … More 10 extra writing prompts for stories about climate change
How to write about climate change in a time of coronavirus and racism
June 11, 2020
In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, a scenario came to pass straight from a science fiction writing prompt. The air above the industrial city of Wuhan, China, the first epicenter of the global outbreak, emptied of pollution. … More How to write about climate change in a time of coronavirus and racism
Writers, here’s a chance to publish your pandemic climate fiction
May 18, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has upset nearly every person’s life, but nothing really has changed on the longer-term threat to humanity, climate change. As a writer, I’ve specialized in putting climate change themes in my fiction, but I haven’t touched the pandemic, at least not yet. … More Writers, here’s a chance to publish your pandemic climate fiction
A major milestone: three new manuscripts
May 11, 2020
I’ve been heads down on completing the third manuscript for my planned fantasy trilogy, the Future History of the Grail. The series takes a new slant on the Arthurian legends, updating characters, settings, and placing the entire world a thousand years into the future. … More A major milestone: three new manuscripts
Off-topic: My wife has opened an Airbnb in Seattle
January 12, 2020
I promised my lovely wife Edith that I’d help her promote her new Airbnb listing in Seattle. We’re calling it the Classic Seattle Neighborhood Apartment. … More Off-topic: My wife has opened an Airbnb in Seattle
A new short story is published; another award from a prestigious contest
October 4, 2019
It’s exciting when you get two pieces of great news in the same week. … More A new short story is published; another award from a prestigious contest
Wow! My second sci-fi anthology this month
June 24, 2019
I’ve just received my copy of the latest anthology to include one of my short stories. … More Wow! My second sci-fi anthology this month
I’ve been published in a new sci-fi anthology
June 1, 2019
Two-Hour Transport is a new anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by Seattle-area authors. … More I’ve been published in a new sci-fi anthology
Review: Wilders’ solarpunk world engages despite a problematic protagonist
March 3, 2019
Author Brenda Cooper’s Wilders, the first of a two-book series dubbed “Project Earth,” ticks off all the main boxes for solarpunk. … More Review: Wilders’ solarpunk world engages despite a problematic protagonist
Review: What science teaches writers about storytelling
February 3, 2019
Wired for Story explains storytelling in the context of brain science and human evolution. For me, it clarified some of the truisms of writing, while shedding light on why storytelling matters. … More Review: What science teaches writers about storytelling
Come to my free readings in Seattle and Portland
January 6, 2019
I’m thrilled to participate in the first Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America reading series of 2019 in Seattle and Portland. … More Come to my free readings in Seattle and Portland
One of my stories makes a contest’s short list in a field of 1,400
November 18, 2018
I’m thrilled to report what I consider to be one of my best successes on the writing contest circuit. My short story, The Pupfish of Miracle Spring, made the short list of ten finalists in The End of Our World contest, managed by Aftermath Magazine, which is based in The Netherlands. The contest drew more … More One of my stories makes a contest’s short list in a field of 1,400
Review: Watermelon Snow needs more to reach its ambition
October 27, 2018
Science fiction is more than spaceships, lasers and aliens. Some novels remind us that ordinary academic science can be quite dramatic. … More Review: Watermelon Snow needs more to reach its ambition
Review: Weather Woman is a fantasy about control and illusion
October 2, 2018
How would you like to order up the weather, just like you order a pizza with pineapple, but no anchovies? That’s the fantasy that comes to life for Bronwyn Artair, a weather forecaster for a rural New England TV station in the novel, Weather Woman. … More Review: Weather Woman is a fantasy about control and illusion
Read these 14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies
September 16, 2018
A new sub-genre of science fiction—climate fiction—has taken hold. Read these 14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies. … More Read these 14 lesser-known climate fiction novels and anthologies
