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We need to organize community pandemic responses

2020 is almost over, but here in the US, the pandemic's just getting warmed up. Several vaccines are in the process of approval and early distribution, but it will take months to distribute them to enough people to make a major difference in the spread of COVID-19. In the meantime, the winter spike in confirmed cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continues. How we respond to the pandemic over the next few months will determine just how catastrophic a toll it takes on our communities and society.Read more ›

I Want Masks And Distance From You

This song parody is part of the Pandemic Song Parody Challenge. To participate, write a pandemic-themed parody of a popular song & share it on social media with the hashtag #PandemicSongParody.

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Pandemic Song Parody Challenge

Do you ever get a holiday song stuck in your head? Whether you love them or hate them, those tunes really are catchy! Hearing the same earworms over and over each year has inspired me to launch the Pandemic Song Parody Challenge.

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Climate Song Parody Challenge

Do you ever get a holiday song stuck in your head? Whether you love them or hate them, those tunes really are catchy! Hearing the same earworms over and over each year has inspired me to launch the Climate Song Parody Challenge.

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Black Friday & Cyber Monday Ebook Sale

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In honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, you can get four of my climate fiction ebooks on sale for 99 cents each! They're usually $3.99, so that's a 75.2% discount. Pick your favorite or collect all four for just $3.96.

You can find these books at many online booksellers using the links below. Pick the book you want and then pick where you'd like to buy it. The books should all be listed at 99 cents at all of these retailers from November 27 (Black Friday) through November 30 (Cyber Monday).

My Climate Fiction Books
These four climate fiction books are on sale on Black Friday through Cyber Monday. You can buy them for 99 cents each that entire weekend.

Change
What does global warming look like in a world full of magic, superheroes, and secret societies?

Sarah Athraigh, an environmental activist from Southern Illinois, stumbles into the midst of a hidden war between occult factions that are grappling with the root causes and dire consequences of climate change. As she goes on the run, she soon finds herself on a journey of discovery, searching for the unusual allies and innovative ideas that will help her to make a difference for the better in a dangerous world.

Change is a contemporary fantasy tale featuring a strong female lead, real life superheroes, secret societies, modern magic, political protests, the power of music, and a colorful cast of characters that Sarah meets along the way as she searches for solutions to the climate crisis.

Order
If you had all the power in the world, would you stop climate change?

Truman Stuart is a man on a mission. As the new Preceptor of Order, it's his job to oversee the survival and progress of human civilization. When he discovers that climate change poses an existential threat to humanity, the Preceptor knows that he has to find a way to stop it. But how can he solve a global crisis that his own organization and its powerful fossil fuel allies helped create?

Order is a contemporary fantasy tale featuring a powerful secret society, glimpses of magic and hypertech, an underground resistance called Anomalous Revolution, and a colorful cast of characters that the Preceptor meets along the way as he searches for solutions to the climate crisis.

Cli-Fi Plus
Cli-Fi Plus is a climate fiction anthology with an emphasis on genre and theme crossovers. Each short story combines elements of cli-fi with elements of more established genres and themes in sci-fi and literary fiction. The result is an entertaining read that keeps you on the edge of your seat and leaves you wondering what will come next in the real-life climate crisis.

What does a cli-fi alien story look like? What does a cli-fi robot story look like? What does a cli-fi zombie story look like? What does a cli-fi time travel story look like? What does a cli-fi political thriller look like? What does literary cli-fi look like? Find the answers to these questions and more in Cli-Fi Plus!

 

 

Goodbye Miami
What happens when global warming turns Americans into refugees?

Kass, an American climate refugee, flees Miami in the wake of a hurricane that leaves most of the city underwater. After moving in with her cousin in Southern Illinois, Kass struggles to deal with her displacement. She hopes to find a way to return to the city that she loves. But thanks to global warming, that city is now underwater. What starts as a search for survival quickly evolves into a struggle for the future of Miami -- and the world.

Goodbye Miami is a dystopian political thriller featuring a strong female lead, climate refugees, political protests, community organizing, and creative solutions to the challenges of grassroots climate adaptation in a major city that has succumbed to catastrophic flooding.

Rate, Review, Recommend
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Be sure to rate and review your favorite books on Goodreads too. Like millions of other readers, I use Goodreads to find new books, keep track of my to-read and read books lists, and see ratings and reviews from other readers before giving a new book a try.

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Thank You
Thank you for reading about my Black Friday and Cyber Monday Ebook Sale! I hope that you have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend. If you have any questions, please contact me and I'll see what I can do.

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Ebook Sale

In honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, you can get four of my climate fiction ebooks on sale for 99 cents each! They're usually $3.99, so that's a 75.2% discount. Pick your favorite or collect all four for just $3.96.

You can find these books at many online booksellers using the links below. Pick the book you want and then pick where you'd like to buy it. The books should all be listed at 99 cents at all of these retailers from November 27 (Black Friday) through November 30 (Cyber Monday).Read more ›

Illinois Region 5 Restaurant Mitigation Compliance

Governor Pritzker recently announced new mitigation measures for Illinois Region 5. These measures include stopping all indoor service at restaurants and bars until the region's positivity rate is lower.

Some restaurants in Region 5 have expressed their intent to defy these mitigation measures, thus endangering the health and lives of many people in their communities and region. In response to this concerning development, I've created a public spreadsheet called Illinois Region 5 Restaurant Mitigation Compliance. This spreadsheet is a volunteer effort to track which restaurants are complying with or defying the mitigation measures.Read more ›

Justice During the Election and Beyond

The Justice on All Fronts strategy involves working for the justest outcome on all fronts of the electoral and non-electoral struggle for justice. This includes working on multiple electoral fronts as well as multiple non-electoral fronts.Read more ›

Why I’m Changing The Way I Use Social Media

I've decided to change the way that I use social media.

Effective immediately, I'm making several simple but important changes to what I post on social media, where I post it, and how I allow others to respond to my posts. I've decided to write a detailed explanation of these changes both for the sake of announcing them to my social media contacts and for the sake of providing ideas and inspiration for anyone else who may be considering a similar shift.Read more ›

America’s Collective Action Problem Requires Solutions, Not Insults

Covidiot. Plague rat. Mask slacker.

These are just a few of the many terms that I’ve seen people on social media use to describe the millions of Americans who reject wearing masks and oppose taking other collective actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On a personal level, I understand the appeal of these terms. I’ve used them myself in private and occasionally on social media. People who go out in public and willfully disregard masking and distancing guidelines are placing everyone around them in mortal danger. It’s reasonable for the rest of us to feel outraged by their behavior. It’s important for us to condemn their behavior in some way. It’s also helpful to have specific terms for such people so that we can discuss how to avoid them and curtail their destructive behavior.

However, the growing reliance on these insults in pro-mask discourse concerns me -- not because I’m worried about the feelings of “plague rats,” but because I get the distinct impression that many people hurling such insults have failed to identify the underlying source of the problem. And if those of us who support collective action in response to the pandemic fail to identify the source of the problem, we won’t be able to solve it.Read more ›