HUNTING FOR A LITERARY AGENT -- AND A PUBLISHER.
As we announced at the beginning of May, our novel of lunar survival is complete and we're looking for an agent interested in representing it and an editor interested in publishing it (and not necessarily in that order).
The novel is WALKING ON THE SEA OF CLOUDS, and it's a near-future science fiction story about a private, commercial lunar colony. It deals with the early days of a lunar colony, and particularly the risks people will take, the emergencies they'll face, and the sacrifices they'll make to succeed and survive on the moon.
In the meantime, we're trying to finish up a couple of short stories, outline the sequel to SEA OF CLOUDS, and manage submissions -- which slowed down to almost nothing while working on the novel. And, of course, we have to keep the bosses happy in our "real" jobs.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
"Creating Jobs in Troubled Times," appeared in the Winter 2008 issue of The Professional Engineer, the publication of the Professional Engineers of North Carolina.
"The I-E-S Role in Job Creation," an Industrial Extension Service White Paper, is now available for download from the NCSU Industrial Extension Service web site.
THE BLOG CONTINUES ...
We have more opinions than we probably should, and an ideal medium for tossing them into the world: our Ghost Writer blog. If you ever read what we post, thank you, and we'd love it if you left comments. Remember, if you sign up for the RSS feed, your computer will tell you when we've posted something new; if you're not sure how to do that, send us an e-mail and we'll send you a tutorial.
THE GRAYMAN IS ON TWITTER, TOO.
We've enjoyed our "social networking" so far on Twitter, and we're happy (and more than a little surprised) that over 700 people have signed up to "follow" our updates. You don't have to join Twitter to read what we post; you can see our profile and read our updates at http://twitter.com/GrayRinehart.
THE GRAYMAN'S OTHER PURSUITS ...
Need a speech written or edited? We'll give you professional results -- at professional prices.
Need a speaker for an upcoming event, or a narrator for a film or video? We'll do that -- price negotiable.
Want a hand-crafted, musical-instrument-inspired chair? No promises, since we don't have lots of woodworking time these days ... but if we do, it'll really cost you.
SHOULD THE ANTI-CANDIDATE BECOME A REAL CANDIDATE?
As the Anti-Candidate, we think the last several elections have shown that many people are disillusioned by politics as usual and dissatisfied with their elected leaders. With that in mind, we wondered if the Anti-Candidate should become a real candidate for elective office, and perhaps run in 2010 for North Carolina Congressional District 4. Probably the "Anti-Campaign" approach wouldn't work for a real candidate -- not that it worked that well for us this time -- and we might actually have to start taking politics seriously even if we don't take ourselves that way. Still, it was fun to run a "stealth" campaign and might be fun to run a real campaign based on "Politics As Unusual." With that in mind, we'll leave the Anti-Campaign page up in case anyone's interested in our views on the issues.
