Touch Grass

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 1 p.m.

b'
\\nA sense of place can ground your story, or create a mood, or give it something really unique. Unfortunately, in an era in which we are all way too online, it\\u2019s easy to neglect this, and stick our characters in a weird featureless void. So how can we escape the set design from THX-1138? One way is by engaging with nature. Here to talk about it is Ashely Adams.
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\nRecommended Reading:
\\n
\\n
\\n
\\nAnnie Dillard \\u201cTotal Eclipse\\u201d
\\n
\\n
\\nAldo Leopold Sand County Almanac
\\n
\\n
\\nUrsula K. Le Guin
\\n
\\n
\\nJeff Vandermeer
\\n
\\n
\\nAndrew F. Sullivan The Marigold, Waste
\\n
\\n
\\nRobin Wall Kimmerer
\\n
\\n
\\nOctavia Butler\\u2019s Parable books
\\n
\\n
\\nBeowulf (no really)
\\n
\\n
\\nGwendolyn Kiste, The Rust Maidens
\\n
\\n
\\nNicole Walker,\\u201d Microclimates Lower Sonoran\\u201d
\\n
\\n
\\nBrooke Bolander The Only Harmless Great Thing
\\n
\\n
\\nRachel Carson
\\n
\\n
\\nJohn Brunner The Sheep Look Up
\\n
\\n
\\nAnne McCaffrey\\u2019s Pern Series
\\n
\\n
\\nWayne Barlowe\\u2019s Expedition
\\n
\\n
\\nPeter Matthiessen The Snow Leopard
\\n
\\n
\\nFlyway
\\n
\\n
\\nEcotone
\\n
\\n
\\nAimee Nezhukumatathil \\u201cThe Soils I Have Eaten\\u201d
\\n
\\n
\\nCaitlin Horrocks \\u201cThe Sleep\\u201d
\\n
\\n
\\nBK Loren Animal Mineral Radical
\\n
\\n
\\nSherwin Bitsui Flood Song
\\n
\\n
\\nErnestine Hayes \\u201cWinter in Lingit Brings Magpies and Ravens\\u201d
\\n
\\n
\\nJohn D\\u2019Agata About a Mountain
\\n
\\n
\\nAbout Rite Gud: Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction.\\xa0Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing\\xa0Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC.\\xa0Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com.\\xa0Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes and more.
\\nThe Rite Gud theme is by OK Glass. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Bandcamp, and at OK.Glass.
\\n
'