Nov
13
Book Giveaways: What’s Wrong with Free?
Here is a peek at the cover of a new project I am working on. It’s not my novel,
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Arlene Williams
Author of award-winning children's books, including Dragon Soup; Tales from the Dragon's Cave: Peacemaking Stories for Everyone; How to be a Dragon... without burning your tongue; and Tiny Tortilla.
Nov
06
MARKETING: SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL MEDIA?
I spent last weekend watching book marketing webinars during a 3-day marathon event put on by the Alliance of Independent
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Oct
31
Marketing: The Core of the Problem
Last week, I wrote about my social media dilemma, and I mentioned there is a price that comes with these
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Oct
23
Marketing: The Dilemma
The Climate Story Garden promotes climate fiction. Promotion is the key word here, and marketing is what must be done
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Oct
16
Green Stories
It was webinar week—online conferences on climate change by the New York Times and the Responsible Media Forum (based
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Oct
09
Age-Appropriate Climate Fiction
Adults have strong opinions about what is appropriate content for children—in books, in television shows or movies, and in
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Oct
02
Global North and Global South Meet on Gun Island
Uncanny. It’s an adjective describing something mysterious, strange, supernatural. Amitav Ghosh, author of Gun Island and a nonfiction work
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Sep
25
The Winning Climate Story
Contests! They have become the solution that many turn to for generating good climate stories. Everyone loves a good competition,
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Sep
18
1,000 Stories
We need a thousand climate fiction stories not just a few blockbusters.
That was my claim in a previous post,
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Sep
11
'Don’t Look Up' — an Absence of Hope and Heart
When I think of the climate movie, Don’t Look Up, I only remember the strong impact its ending (which
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