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The novel I just finished revising is based on the 1898 sinking of the steamship Portland. Now I'm going back to the first book that I've started in a mystery series based in Maine in 1900. Anybody else?
Carole:
Well, I've done it. I'll see how it goes and what kind of feedback I receive. I'll let the group know. thanks for the comment.
Hi didn't know you asked that!
what a good question! I think I would. I just tried to check with Absolute Write, their site is terrific--but the site is down at the moment.
I would, this hasn't ever come up for me, personally--but it might shortly!…
Here's a question for everyone. I've revised my ms, now more character based as opposed to event based and a different title. Any thoughts on resubmitting to the same agents I approached with the previous version? I revised the first paragraph of th…
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- About Me:
- Greg Zielinski was born in Reading, PA, and graduated with a B.S. from Pennsylvania State University, M.S. from Idaho State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He held professorships at George Mason University, University of New Hampshire and most recently at the University of Maine. His research and teaching experience were in the fields of Climatology, Meteorology and Geology. Field work for that research gave him the opportunity to visit many remote parts of the world such as Antarctica, Greenland, Canadian Arctic and the Himalayas of Nepal. He also was the Maine State Climatologist. Through his research he published over 60 professional articles in scientific journals, including Nature and Science, and he led or co-led several international commissions on various aspects of climate. He was a featured scientist on several television documentaries related to the impact volcanic eruptions have on climate including shows on PBS (NOVA), History Channel, National Geographic, Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. His favorite subjects are winter storms in New England, such as nor’easters, and the weather and climate over the last few centuries as recorded in personal diaries, annals and newspapers. He has published two scientific books for the general public, one entitled New England Weather, New England Climate (University Press of New England) with Barry Keim, and one entitled, Conditions May Vary: A Guide to Maine’s Weather (Down East Books).
In 2008, Greg left the academic profession to focus on writing novels, although the weather still drives his interest, especially past storms. His first novel is a historical fiction based on the November 1898 storm referred to as the Portland Gale. The storm was responsible for the loss of many ships and much damage along the coast of New England, but its notoriety came from the sinking of the steamship Portland and the loss of 192 lives. It remains the greatest maritime tragedy in New England.
Greg and his wife, Ann, live in Orono, Maine, the way life should be. She is a great first editor for his writing and helped with many of the graphics in his scientific publications. Their older son graduated from college and their twin son and daughter are now in college. Greg is an avid road bicyclist.
- Website:
- http://www.gazielinskibooks.com
- Published Novels
- In the process of editing my first historical fiction novel. Tentative title is "Wrath of the Storm" about the 1898 loss of the steamer Portland. I have published two scientific books for the general public.
- Favourite Books
- Hard to say. In my career i had to read so many scientific articles that reading for pleasure was kept to simple mysteries.
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- At 12:18pm on April 21, 2009,
Anne Whitfield said…
- Welcome to the network, Gregory!
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