Musings about writing and editing, including my own writing process
I’m really excited to see my story, The Trials of the Thorsten Haugen, published in the anthology, Little Blue Marble 2022: Warmer Worlds. … More My author copy of Little Blue Marble has arrived!
I feel like I’m on a roll. I’ve had two of my climate fiction stories published in the last month. … More Two of my climate fiction stories are out. Read one online right now.
Read the introduction to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships. … More Here’s the Introduction to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships
On September 13, I’ll release The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime Museums. … More Books: New travel guide for Maritime Museums, cover reveal, ARC
A new addition to the Fyddeye Guide series is coming August 16, 2021. It’s called the Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships. … More News: Veteran Warships’ cover reveal, release date, ARC
Read the first thousand words of my novel, Restoration, the fourth book in my series, Tales From A Warming Planet. … More Read the first thousand words of Restoration
Read the first thousand words of City of Ice and Dreams, book three of my series, Tales From A Warming Planet. … More Read the first thousand words of City of Ice and Dreams
Read the first thousand words of Carbon Run, the second book in my sci-fi series, Tales From A Warming Planet. … More Read the first thousand words of Carbon Run
Your reviews of my books help me reach my writing goals. … More Fifty book reviews. That’s my ask in a competitive indie world.
In the latest installment of my occasional series, Bill Conrad, author of Interviewing Immortality, answers five questions plus a bonus question I pose to interesting authors. … More Five Questions: Bill Conrad, author of Interviewing Immortality
I’d like to share the Author’s Note, specifically the one from Fall of the Green Land, book one of the Future History of the Grail. … More Author’s Note for The Future History of the Grail
The Future History of the Grail is now live on Amazon for your Kindle! … More Launch! The Future History of the Grail is now live
Creating the cast of characters for The Future History of the Grail is some of the most fun I’ve had as a writer. … More Cast of characters for Future History of the Grail
Read the first one thousand words of Fall of the Green Land, book one of The Future History of the Grail. … More Read the first thousand words of Fall of the Green Land
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
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
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
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
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
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
J.G. Follansbee 