In the early 2000’s I began seeing a noticeable increase in news stories about climate change, which was usually referred to at the time as global warming. It seemed like I read a new dire warning nearly every week. There was growing concern about melting glaciers, melting at the poles, rising sea levels, droughts – you name it. Visions of that Kevin Costner movie, “Waterworld,” floated through my mind. One day I had this vivid mental image of a young woman with a device on h

One of the main characters in climate fiction isn't human at all. That character is Mother Nature. Usually a very ticked off, overheated Mother Nature. In The Shade Ring and Albedo Effect, the first two books in The Shade Ring Trilogy, runaway global warming plays a major role in the plot. Without giving away too much, the weather events include severe flooding that’s submerged coastal cities, extreme heat and a mega-hurricane. In book three, which comes out in the spring, th

To each her own. Some readers like their sex scenes hot and steamy. Others want the details left up to their imagination. I tend to fall into the second category. Although, I admit, I’ve read a few sex scenes that were, well… pretty romantic. I’ve also read some sex scenes that were downright awkward – about as sexy as watching Miley Cyrus twerking. I obligated myself to read a romance last year that included some explicit sex scenes, and I have to admit, I skimmed over