Blog on the Lillypad
Friday, July 16, 2004
 | Announcing: SECRET RADIO makes progress
Raleigh is home to Quail Ridge Books, a bookstore voted the best bookstore in the United States. Leading figures in Raleigh's cultural community wander in to the unassuming store, join the discussion groups, and sometimes even volunteer to shelve books. My own book group includes an architect who has designed buildings all over the Southeastern US and several professors from UNC/NC State. Our discussion leader, Barry, pointed out one of the clerks to me as the man who created the TICK comic books. |
Big name writers come in for book signings and Quail Ridge boasts far more prestigious names than the local Barnes and Noble or Borders. Discussion groups, lectures, and even recitals are common. The store management hobknobs with known writers and publishers alike, and the opinions of the different department heads are sought by librarians around the country.
Today, when I ran into Barry at the Quail Ridge Books as I was searching for A SEPARATE PEACE to add to my library, I mentioned to him that I am currently reading ELMER GANTRY. This led him to ask me about what I'm writing, and I told him about the problems of corruption and gross ignorance that go largely unchallenged in Fundamentalism. And I told him about SECRET RADIO and the controversy it has created.
He asked me if I could lend him a hard copy of it, and I said yes, certainly. Having the book read by anybody on staff at Quail Ridge is a tremendous opportunity. They know people, for one thing, and they recommend anything in any format that intrigues them. On one hand, I am concerned that SECRET RADIO is still in draft form. On the other hand, the door has been opened, and I will go through it. Supporters of SECRET RADIO, many of you have asked me to get it published. This could be a first step to finding the guidance from those "in the know" that will lead me to a publisher. I hope you will pray for this endeavour.
