Spent many years teaching watershed ecology to little kids. Death of the Gecko is a story about watershed ecology for grown-ups.
Had a dream the other night. I was at a university, and it was the end of the semester. A professor of geology or geography was looking over his text books, and I was in his office/classroom. I noticed a large paperback book entitled “Watershed Ecology”. He handed it to me, and I opened it. He said that the average American today believes that their water comes from China, and that people need to understand what it means that they live in a watershed, and where their water comes from. He gave me the book and told me to be sure to put all the information about watershed ecology into the novel I’m writing.
A tall order, to educate, while entertaining. I’m giving it a try.
That’s hard work. It’s difficult to fill an empty page. Once you know what you want to write, in broad stkreos, just pound out material. Doesn’t need to be perfect. Figure on twice what the final length is to be after editing. Good luck! I know Tynan has written several shorties about 100 pages each. I actually have one of them somewhere.