EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is climate change actually good for the economy, given all the clean-up/restoration jobs severe weather is creating and the employment surges in green energy? – P.B., New Haven, CT
Month: July 2022
Researching the historical novel, a guest post by Jenna Jackson
How did people reheat meals before there were microwaves? How did they communicate before telephones? How did they tend to personal hygiene or keep up with celebrity gossip? Jenna Jackson, author of The Widow’s Christmas Surprise, is here to explain how to learn what you need to know in order to write that historical novel….
Shannon O’Gorman ~ Three Questions & a Cover
Today my guest is Shannon O’Gorman, author of Rose Hawthorne: The Irish Wanders, which follows Rose, a celebrity author in her early seventies, who dislikes the limelight but does like Hermes scarfs, round violet sunglasses, and old colonial hotels. One day, she receives a letter asking her to visit Newgrange, Ireland and discover something that…
Reptiles on the Ropes
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How are reptiles faring these days in the face of climate change and other environmental threats? — L.M. Smith, Boston, MA
Interview with author M. N. Grenside
Mark Grenside isn’t your average literature major turned novelist. No, no, no. This guy has the sort of background that most fictional characters would envy. Also he’s super-generous with his advice to other writers. Thanks, Mark, for fitting this interview into your schedule!
How green is your fuel?
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Are oil companies actually taking steps to cut emissions overall or are their claims mostly just “greenwashing”? – J.B.S., Waukesha, WI
Interview with A. A. Abbott
One of my goals for this website is to provide helpful advice to writers at all stages of their careers. I love it when I can share these interviews with successful authors, especially when the guest is as informative and entertaining as A. A. Abbott. Thanks, Helen, for making room for this in your busy…
Should Tribes Take Back The National Parks?
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What’s up with efforts by Native Americans to take back the national parks? —C. Woodend, Brea, CA Prior to white settlement, as many as 15 million Indigenous people inhabited what would come to be called the contiguous United States; by the 1890s only about…
Writing Advice from Colleen Story
Author Colleen Story visited this blog once before, and shared her guest post Your Writing Matters: How to Banish Self-Doubt, Trust Yourself, and Go the Distance. Today I’ve got the privilege of interviewing her, and I think you’ll find her answers inspiring, educational, and motivational.
Lauren Carr is on The Wrong Side of Murder
Lauren Carr might be the hardest working author in the world. She’s constantly juggling multiple novels while kindly accepting requests for guest posts, managing iRead Book Tours, and serving the dogs allow her to live with them. At the moment, she’s got an exciting new entry in the Nikki Bryant series, which you can read…
