“The Weirdos” Published on Creative Cafe
Check out my first piece of flash fiction “The Weirdos” in The Creative Cafe.
About Carol Pierson Holding
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Entries by Carol Pierson Holding
Borderlands 6 Wins Bram Stoker Award
June 10, 2018 in Fiction, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingThe Imaginative Fiction anthology Borderlands 6 that included my short story, “The Dishes Are Done,” won the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Anthologies!
Trump-Putin Arctic Dreams
June 15, 2017 in Climate Change, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingIn an analysis in Vanity Fair titled “In Trump’s Amerika”, Mike Mariani posits that Trump is using the same “chaos theory” techniques to accumulate power that Putin has used successfully for twenty years. From tweets to out-and-out lies, Trump forces the media to focus on fact-checking rather than digging for truth, making honesty and values […]
Public Outing of My Novel in Progress
June 10, 2017 in Fiction, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingOn Thursday evening, I read three sections from the first half of my as yet untitled novel to a crowd of about thirty people…seemed from the reaction that I’m on the right track! Thanks to Peggy Sturdivant for inviting me to It’s About Time at the Ballard Library, the longest running reading series in Seattle.
Featured Reading June 8
February 26, 2017 in News /by Carol Pierson HoldingOn February 9, I read a short piece from my novel in progress at the series It’s About Time. Despite my untoward attack of nerves, the piece was well received and I was invited back as a featured reader. My featured reading (15 minutes!) will take place on Thursday, June 8, 2017. I’ll be reading scenes from my novel. If […]
Can Business Trump Trump’s Anti-Climate Stance?
November 26, 2016 in Climate Change, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingDonald Trump’s election has sent the global climate community into a tailspin. It seems every climate change action supporter is making lists of the awful things he’s planning to do, so I’ll turn to the very succinct one I received in an email from Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club: “End of Paris […]
For Help Adapting to Climate Change, Enlist Mother Nature
October 15, 2016 in Climate Change, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingLast week CBS News ran a story about Dutch farmer Marc van Rijsselberghe, who is running experiments in the Texel Islands, Netherlands, to grow potatoes using in salt-ridden land. As more and more salty water seeps through the Dutch dikes onto its farmland, van Rijsselberghe and others are finding ways to adapt. When CBS asks […]
Battle Cry For Climate Isn’t Enough
September 26, 2016 in Climate Change, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingFor at least a decade, I’ve been a huge fan of Bill McKibben, thought leader for the climate movement. But his most recent article in The New Republic, “A World at War,” falls short.
Fossil Fuel Divestiture Campaign Focuses On Big Pensions
August 15, 2016 in Climate Change, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingThe fossil fuel divestiture campaign GoFossilFree equates the end of oil, gas and coal to the great moral crusades of our time — Apartheid and tobacco — while hoping to reduce demand for fossil fuel stocks and thereby threaten their stock prices. It’s a tall order. As long as GoFossilFree was focused on divesting university […]
Surfer Dudes Add Hope for Saving Our Oceans
June 17, 2016 in Climate Change, News /by Carol Pierson HoldingJune 8th was World Oceans Day. It was celebrated with a reception at U.N. Headquarters in New York City. The Empire State Building was lit in white, blue and purple representing different layers of the ocean.