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MEETING LANCE PARKIN

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?

The early ambition of Lance Parkin was to be a journalist but he became disillusioned as he learned more about the position and didn’t pursue it. He was an early and forever fan of Doctor Who and loved the novelizations. At the age of 23 he thought to himself “I can do the same thing. I can write as well as this.”

At that time Virgin (the publisher) was putting out two Doctor Who novels per month and were looking for more writers. They were willing to accept unsolicited submittals and even made writers guidelines available. They would normally request the first three chapters as well as a summary/outline of the entire book. They accepted Parkin’s first submittal and went on to publish many more of his Doctor Who novels. Read more

TOP 50 INDEPENDENT COMICS for December 2008

1. ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #15
2. BOYS #25 (MR)
3. ANGEL SMILE TIME #1
4. BLACK TERROR #2
5. DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #1
6. FATHOM #4
7. RED SONJA #40
8. FARSCAPE #1
9. TERRY MOORES ECHO #8
10. CROSSED #2 (Of 9) (MR) Read more