Part 1 of a CBH Event Report by Michael Clarke of bcrefugees.blogspot.com
MEETING GREG COX
Opportunities to meet authors, chat with them and ask questions in relaxed and casual surroundings don’t occur often. So, it was a real treat to be introduced to three separate writers on the same day, at the same location. (For those who missed it, that was on November 7 at CBH!)
I opted to ask all three writers (Greg Cox, Lance Parkin and Dave Thompson) the same opening question: At what point did you decide to pursue what you do as a career?
For Greg Cox his youthful aspirations to become a writer came to full fruition while enrolled in college. As an English literature major his pathway became clearer as he distinguished himself from his fellow classmates. Greg refers to himself as the “token hack” of his class whom he considered to contain an abundant number of “literary snobs.” He is also very grateful for the guidance in creative writing he received there, including instruction from renowned professionals such as Vonda McIntyre.
He realized he was among the first of a few to appreciate all types of literature one day when an instructor rhetorically asked the class “who would demean themselves by writing novel-length adaptations of movies and television shows?” It was Greg alone who responded by vigorously waving his hand back and forth in the air and shouting “I would! I would!” and thereby earning his “hack” designation. Read More …
Posted by Dave | November 23rd, 2009 |