Glen Packman asked Rod Raglin:

Did you find Goodreads to be a productive tool for marketing you work in the realm of environmental fiction?

Rod Raglin Short answer is no, Glen. But don't blame Goodreads. I've connected with a number of authors who consider their work environmental fiction and they're all over the place with most writing either post-apocalyptic dystopian stories or narratives heavily didactic and moralizing. I have found the best way is to address environmental issues is in a subplot that your characters have to address. Saving Spirit Bear is an action-romance that pits an ambitious corporate climber against an ardent eco-warrior. In Loving the Terrorist, another in the same genre, a woman trying to save a special wild place falls in love with an eco-terrorist. The thing is, you have to package the message in an entertaining story. Calling it environment fiction, eco-fi, cli-fi will probably turn off most readers.

flag