The Summer 2025 Hiatus that I announced in May is drawing to a close. I’m pleased to announce that I’m starting to write and publish again!

This post is an update about why I went on a hiatus and what new writing I’ll be sharing with my readers in the coming months. If you want to stay up to date on my latest works in progress and published writings, please subscribe to my newsletter and follow me on social media and Ko-fi.

Due to major changes going on in my personal and professional life, I’ve decided to take a break from my writing and community involvement.

This break is starting now and will continue through the end of June, at which point I will reassess my availability.

I’ll continue doing the Your Community Spirit radio show (and reruns of my Climate Book Review show) during the hiatus. I might also continue attending the Carbondale Sustainability Commission meetings. But I won’t attend any other meetings or post any new chapters until at least the end of June. If I do manage to squeeze in some writing for fun, I’ll wait until after June to consider posting or publishing it.

How would you feel about the climate crisis if your family died in a wildfire? How would you process your climate grief? What would you do to hold the people who caused the climate crisis responsible?

I’m exploring these questions and more in my forthcoming novel, Burning.

Do you like playing Settlers of Catan? Are you looking for a tabletop game with environmental and climate themes? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you may be excited to discover that there’s a new(ish) Catan game called Catan: New Energies.