“What’s your writing container?” an editing client once asked me. She wanted to know what “paper” I use when I write and how I store my writing so I know where to find it. Every writer figures out the container that works best for them and the project at hand. Here’s how my students and I do it.

Join me at The Bunker to celebrate four authors from San Luis Obispo County: Donna Gilbertson Andersen, author of The Life You Get (memoir); Carolyn Chilton Casas, author of Unlocking Ordinary Wonders (essays and poems); Sharon Sheltzer, author of Lady of the Waves (climate change fiction); and Patsy Truxaw, author of Gathering (memoir).

I spoke with author Sharon Sheltzer about the thriving genre of climate-change fiction, how she found a traditional publisher, becoming a writer in retirement, and author-driven book marketing.