This writer is looking for an agent.

As research for MOURNING DOVE, my Work In Process novel, I read more than 100 climate-change books, mostly about climate science. I connected on social media with 36,000 climate scientists, activists, and other climate professionals, and I communicate with many of them. To my own surprise, I've become a recognized climate change expert. I have used climate-related podcasts, writings, and even a speaking engagement to promote MOURNING DOVE well before I even have an agent. As I acquire an agent, a publisher, and a publication date, I intend to be doing far, far more. For proof of my writing skills, Ballantine Books published my novella "Oceans Away" in Stellar Short Novels. I ghosted for U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins, and my op-eds appeared under her name throughout the United States. Several of my articles were published in national journals, and I will be featured in a climate documentary. On Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, I have 65,000 connections following MOURNING DOVE. Some are stunningly famous and I will ask them for cover blurbs. My author page has had 100,000 hits and my blog 10,000.

Ballantine Books, a subsidiary of Random House, published my novella "Oceans Away," in Stellar Short Novels in 1976. I was represented at the time by the agent Kirby McCauley, who has since passed away. I am looking for a new agent.

I was a ghost writer for Senator Paula Hawkins, who was Florida's senator before Marco Rubio. Articles written by me appeared in newspapers throughout the country under her name.

I had several articles published in "The Monitor," the Journal of the American Psychological Association. I had an article published in the "Nature Conservancy News." I also had an article in "Equus" Magazine.

My day job is proposal writer or U.S. Government contractors (also known as Beltway Bandits.) In other words, am a beltway bandit wordslinger.

MOURNING DOVE is my current work in progress. It is a climate novel inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose UNCLE TOM'S CABIN helped end slavery in the United States.

I am a climate change expert. I am a published author of fiction. I studied writing at the University of Maryland graduate school under writer-in-residence J.R. Salamanca. I was a long-time member of The Vicious Circle, a great writer's workshop led by Ted White, editor of Amazing and Fantastic magazines. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Zoology/General Science.

MOURNING DOVE. This is the novel that will help prevent humans from going extinct. It is 81000 words.