Welcome to The Gray Man Writes, our little haunted corner of the Internet. ("Haunted" in the metaphorical sense, of course, since Gray's alter ego is a famous South Carolina ghost.) We're glad you're here, and we hope you like it enough to come back!
Who is the "Gray Man"?
Gray Rinehart writes science fiction, fantasy, assorted nonfiction, and the odd song. Or odd songs.
He is also the "Anti-Candidate," available as a write-in vote for any elective office, anywhere.
The "Gray Man" is a ghost, and Gray's alter ego. Check out The Legend of the Gray Man to find out more about the original "GrayMan" of Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
Featured Links:
Baen Books -- Gray is their "Slushmaster General" in charge of evaluating new submissions
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America -- Gray is currently an Active Member
Orson Scott Card's The Ornery American, which has published four of Gray's essays
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From June 2004 ...
A Whole Week Devoted To Writing
Gray (back row left) spent an awesome week with fifteen other would-be fiction writers from around the country, under the close tutelage of famed science fiction and fantasy author Orson Scott Card (back row center). Held at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista--at one end of US Highway 501 from Myrtle Beach ... another connection to the Grand Strand!--it was a fantastic experience and the first time Gray has immersed himself in the writing craft so deeply for so long.
The campers spent the first two days with about thirty other participants at Card's "Fiction Writing Workshop," learning the basics of idea generation, story construction, and point of view.
By the second day they had generated five different story ideas apiece, and used the third day to write out the complete short story! Gray "finished" his at around one in the morning on day four, then got up early and spent another couple of hours on it before turning it in (which didn't help much). The remaining time was taken with reading everyone's stories and providing critiques. Now, if Gray can actually put into practice everything he learned ...
(Special thanks to camper Gregory Steele for the images on this page. Check out his web page, www.nexuscapacitor.com.)
Page last updated in August 2010
Header photograph credit:
Pawleys Island, SC, sunrise photos courtesy of Scott Pangburn (WHS '82).
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