Nina Munteanu

More fungi on fungi! I found these gorgeous white coral fungi (Clavulina coralloides) on the forest floor with the mosses; then I noticed that some were turning blue-gray from their base: this is the parasitic Ascomycete Helminthosphaeria clavariarum... #fungi #mushrooms #ecology #NaturePhotography

Don't I wish! Unfortunately, I still have my fossil fuel-guzzling car (bought used long ago), but I hope to afford an electric car some day...

“A Diary in the Age of Water” Reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, The Winnipeg Free Press and The Miramichi Reader Nina Munteanu’s cli-fi eco-novel “A Diary in the Age of Water” just released in summer of 2020 received several favourable reviews from Kirkus Reviews, The Winnipeg Free Press, and The Miramichi Re…

#BookReview of A Diary in the Age of Water: "Munteanu transmutes a harrowing dystopia into a transcendentalist origin myth…A sobering and original cautionary tale that combines a family drama with an environmental treatise.” #ecofiction themeaningofwater.com/2020/12/27/a...

My Drive Across Canada: Part 2—Boreal Forest The second leg of my drive west from Peterborough, took me past Thunder Bay, northwest from Lake Superior and into the heart of the boreal forest. Named after Boreas, the Greek god of the Northwind…

My drive across Canada ... the Boreal Forest of Ontario ... #Canada #Ontario #borealforest ninamunteanu.me/2025/11/16/m...

A Walk in Watershed Park, British Columbia Since moving back to the Lower Mainland of British Columbia after living for a while in Ontario, I’ve been reacquainting myself with the local forests. My son reminded me that I used to drive him t…

A walk in Watershed Park ... #forests #forestwalk #walking #BritishColumbia #WatershedPark #Delta #beauty #NaturePhotography themeaningofwater.com/2025/11/16/a...

I'll be guesting at the CONnections mini-con tomorrow (all day Saturday November 15) at BCIT! I'm on one panel and will attend others. Come join us discussions on writing, games and more! #SFconvention #sciencefiction #speculativefiction

Yes, I agree! Water is so beautiful! (says the limnologist) ... :)

I saw this white polypore on a Douglas fir undergoing guttation: when the mushroom's metabolic byproducts ooze out because they often produce more water than they can hold. Think of it as a mushroom "sweating"... #fungi #mushrooms #guttation #NaturePhotography

I got close and personal to this gorgeous mushroom Tricholoma terreum ... with consequences (see my article)

Tricholoma terreum: When a Mushroom Looks Like a Rock… A pair of Tricholoma terreum mushrooms amid the litter of a pine cedar forest, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) My daily walks often take me through the forests on a small path along the river. The narr…

Tricholoma terreum ... when a #mushroom looks like a rock... #fungi #NaturePhotography ... themeaningofwater.com/2023/12/17/t...

When A Mushroom Hunt Finds a Deadly Beauty Mark S. Burnham old-growth forest, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) . In mid-October, I went on a guided mushroom hike with the Peterborough Field Naturalists in Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park. The par…

When a mushroom hunt finds a deadly beauty ... #fungus #poisonous #mushrooms #photography themeaningofwater.com/2022/10/23/w...

Chasing the Blue Forest Sprite Cedar forest and extensive roots amid glacial erratics flank Jackson Creek on the right, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) . It was a cold November day, after a light snow, as I wandered the Jackson Cree…

Chasing the blue forest sprite... ninamunteanu.me/2021/03/21/c...

Why I Write Writing is the breath and light of my soul and the well-spring of my very essence. When I am writing, I am living “in the moment”. I am in the moment of creation, connected to my divine self, embra…

Why I write... #onwriting #WritingCommunity #creating #inspiration ninamunteanu.me/about/why-i-...

Walking Helps Me Think and Imagine I’ve written many articles and over a dozen books and readers often remark on my imagination with something akin to awe and incredulity. I often get asked where I get my ideas. Let me tell yo…

Walking helps me think and imagine... #onwriting #WritingCommunity #writing #ideas #imagination #walking #inspiration ninamunteanu.me/2014/12/25/w...

Women Heroes in Literature, Movies and Pop Culture Some time ago on my birthday, I watched the popular — and somewhat controversial — Hunger Games. Well, controversial among some critics and followers of critics, anyway. I came across a particularl…

Women heroes in literature, movies and pop culture... #writing #women #onwriting #herosjourney ninamunteanu.me/2014/11/02/w...

My Drive Across Canada: Part 1—Lake Superior It was time to go back out west for me. So, I packed up my car Benny with my precious treasures—including all my plants—and drove west from Peterborough, Ontario (where I’d been living for a decade…

My drive across #Canada: Part 1--Lake Superior ... #lakes #LakeSuperior #limnology #travel ninamunteanu.me/2025/11/09/m...

YouTube video by Inanna Publications Nina Munteanu reads from "A Diary in the Age of Water" (1)

#Hopepit ... Listen to an excerpt of my #ecofiction #clifi novel "A Diary in the Age of Water" here ... #solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction @hopepit.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=64XW...

YAY! Thanks, Roy!

Wish I knew; found this on the internet. The artist's scrawl appears on the lower right. If anyone can make it out, please let us know. Thanks!

When Art Helps Story No writer works alone. Sure, we may work alone when writing, but all other aspects of getting our writing out to you, the reader, involves a team of other people. Like all good things, writing is a…

When Art Helps Story #ecofiction #art #coverart #storytelling #hopepit ninamunteanu.me/2024/06/02/w...

The Use of Character-Coupling in Eco-Literature to Give Voice to the Other, Part 1: Introduction A trickster wind stirs up clouds of drifting snow, ON (photo and rendition by Nina Munteanu) Not long ago, I was driving through a short tunnel that I typically take to go to work and, glanc…

The use of character-coupling in #ecoliterature to give voice to the Other, Part 1 of 2 essays #ecofiction #TheOther ninamunteanu.me/2024/02/18/t...

The Use of Character-Coupling in Eco-Literature to Give Voice to the Other, Part 2: Types of Character-Coupling in Seven Examples of Eco-Literature Trickster wind kicks up clouds of snow, ghosting trees (photo and rendition by Nina Munteanu) In Part 1, I introduced and described the concept of giving voice to the Other in eco-literature throug…

Examples in novels of how Character-coupling in #ecofiction gives voice to the Other... #Hopepit ninamunteanu.me/2024/02/25/t...

Eco-Fiction Books that Make You Care and Give You Hope . Some time ago, Shepherd invited me to share some of my favourite stories and why I picked them. I decided to feature novels that moved me greatly and inspired me to action. I chose five works of …

#Hopepit Eco-fiction books that make you care and give you hope ... #solarpunk #hopepunk #clifi #ecofiction #books ninamunteanu.me/2025/01/05/e...

The word is a powerful tool. And the stories that carry them are vehicles of change...

Confessions of a Teenage Eco-Warrior When I was little, I wanted to be a storyteller, a cartoonist specifically. I was reading graphic novels before I could read. That didn’t stop me from understanding what was going on. Being a virtu…

Confessions of a teenage eco-warrior ... #ecology #environmental #activism #ecowarrior #ecoactivist ninamunteanu.me/2025/02/23/c...

"Art is the oar that guides us through dystopian rivers"--Mary Woodbury, dragonfly.eco #Hopepit

What genre is my story? Is it #ecofiction or something else? #Hopepit ninamunteanu.me/2025/08/24/w...

Interview with Nina Munteanu, Ecologist and Author - Dragonfly: An exploration of eco-fiction Part XV. Women Working in Nature and the Arts Originally published on October 31, 2016, this article is updated with the news that Nina’s Water Is…The Meaning of Water, is recommended by Margaret Atwo...

Check out my interview on #ecofiction with Mary Woodbury of dragonfly.eco ... #Hopepit #interview #authorinterview #ecology dragonfly.eco/interview-wi...

Why Writing and Reading Eco-Fiction Will Save the World—From CliFi to Solarpunk Fence and post at marsh during a rain, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) The Universe is made of stories, not atoms—Muriel Rukeyser Canadian writer Mary Woodbury tells us that: “Fiction exploring hu…

#Hopepit @hopepit.bsky.social Why writing and reading #ecofiction will save the world... #clifi #solarpunk ninamunteanu.me/2024/08/25/w...

Review of “A Diary in the Age of Water”: Women, Water, Numinosity, and the Transformation of the World “It is a novel to learn from, and it is a novel to take forward into life as inspirational guide. Each of us is called upon to examine, not only our relationship with water, but with all Earth gift…

Spectacular review of my #ecofiction novel "A Diary in the Age of Water" ... #BookReview #bookreviews #clifi #solarpunk #Hopepit ninamunteanu.me/2025/03/16/r...