Connie Lacy
Hurricanes and the future
Watching the devastation over the last few weeks, first, the terrible flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Houston, then, Hurricane Irma...
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Connie Lacy
- Jul 26, 2017
- 2 min
Warning, warning... I told you so...
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...
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Connie Lacy
- Jun 2, 2017
- 2 min
Down Syndrome character in Aerosol Sky
A diverse future is just one of the themes of The Shade Ring Trilogy. When I started doing research on future technologies, climate...
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Connie Lacy
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min
An easy riddle: when is an author’s fifth book also her third book?
The answer? When the author’s fifth book is the third book in her just completed trilogy. I’m referring to my NEW book, Aerosol Sky, Book...
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Connie Lacy
- May 2, 2017
- 2 min
Eliminating characters – an insider’s look at “The Shade Ring Trilogy”
As I gear up to publish the final installment in “The Shade Ring Trilogy,” I’m pleased to report that two characters I deleted from the...
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Connie Lacy
- Apr 10, 2017
- 2 min
Downsizing the future
Okay, it looks pretty cool. But how would you really like to live in a house or apartment with less than 400 square feet of space? I’m...
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Connie Lacy
- Feb 16, 2017
- 2 min
Wrapping up my trilogy
I’m on the home stretch – polishing and revising book #3 of “The Shade Ring Trilogy.” It’s been a fun, challenging, memorable experience....
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Connie Lacy
- Oct 29, 2016
- 2 min
Mother Nature as a main character in Climate Fiction
One of the main characters in climate fiction isn't human at all. That character is Mother Nature. Usually a very ticked off, overheated...
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Connie Lacy
- Oct 3, 2016
- 2 min
A touch of Shakespeare in my Sci-fi trilogy
If you’ve read “The Shade Ring” and “Albedo Effect,” the first two books in “The Shade Ring Trilogy,” you know there’s an important,...
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Connie Lacy
- Sep 12, 2016
- 3 min
Creating believable places in my fiction
The old farmhouse where Megan discovers the antique phone in my novel, “The Time Telephone,” was modeled after a real place. Its interior...
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Connie Lacy
- Aug 21, 2016
- 2 min
Cover your face! Dust storms more likely in a warmer world
One of the characters in my latest book,“Albedo Effect, Book 2 of The Shade Ring Trilogy,” is an overheated Mother Nature. The trilogy is...
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Connie Lacy
- Jun 16, 2016
- 2 min
From Horseless Carriages to Driverless Cars
"The Shade Ring Trilogy" is set a hundred years in the future so I absolutely must include driverless cars. Like it or not, they’re...
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Connie Lacy
- Feb 5, 2016
- 1 min
Blushing as I write a sex scene…
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...
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Connie Lacy
- Jan 13, 2016
- 2 min
Writing realistic locations in my books
My first three novels are all set mostly in the Atlanta area. Of course, that’s where I live and I know some interesting local spots to...
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