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Greg Dodd Returns to Speak Up About His Newest Book ‘THE GILLS CREEK FIVE’
Greg Dodd lives in Columbia, South Carolina with his wife, Caroline, and their Anatolian Shepherd, Desmond. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of South Carolina. Greg’s other published works include contributions to the anthologies Precious, Precocious Moments (compiled by Yvonne Lehman) and Birds of Passage (compiled by Diogenes Ruiz). Greg and Caroline are active in their church and enjoy vacationing on Pawleys Island.
The book A Seed for the Harvest explores the meaning and purpose of Christian faith. Within its pages, Greg Dodd tells a powerful, challenging story full of diverse, engaging characters whose lives are woven together through times of innocence, depravity, joy, and heartbreak.
Greg’s second work of Christian fiction is a 2017 CIPA EVVY Award winner in the Humor category and a 2017 Red City Review Award winner in the Spiritual/Christina category. The Gills Creek Five brings a comic blend of characters into one setting for a most unusual men’s study group. Written in classic stage play format, it’s a humorous story of personal discovery and renewal.
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2017 Interview
2016 Interview
21 Things You Should Know About Greg Dodd
* What book have you gifted the most? Why? I gave away about 70 copies of A Seed for the Harvest. It being my first novel, I was hungrier for readers than sales. I believe in the book’s message; whether I make any money from it has always been a secondary concern. And while I believe people are more likely to read a book they paid to own, I still hear from those freebee recipients, who (after 3 years) say, “Hey, I finally got around to reading your book. I’m really enjoying it.” That’s all I’m after.
* What is the one productivity tool you use every day? An alarm clock. Why? For whatever reason, my best and most creative story ideas come between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 in the morning. After that, I get lost in the day.
* What word do you misspell most often? It’s a tie between excersize and suprise.
* What three things do you do to be a successful writer? (1) I write. (2) I read what I write. (3) I rewrite what I wrote.
* What are the titles of the last two books you have read? I can name many books I’ve read recently, but if you’re asking me to name the last two I’ve finished, that may prove more difficult. I refuse to read from the current best seller lists, for fear of becoming like everyone else. So I’m always looking out for that obscure novel no one has ever heard of, hoping it will be an amazing, secret discovery just for me. But it usually takes only a few chapters, if that, to realize why no one has ever heard of it.
* What is your favorite word? Um…
* What do you use more often – a dictionary or a thesaurus? I find that when choosing from the vast lexicon of words which comprise my ubiquitous – albeit finite – vocabulary, I prefer the capacious prospects afforded me by every author’s comrade, the thesaurus.
* What would you name the autobiography of your life? “Is it over, yet?”
* What is your ‘go to’ munchie or drink while writing? A bowl of chocolate Honey Bunches of Oats cereal, chased down by a cold can of Diet Mt. Dew.
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Greg Dodd lives in Columbia, South Carolina with his wife, Caroline, and their Anatolian Shepherd, Desmond. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of South Carolina. Greg’s other published works include contributions to the anthologies Precious, Precocious Moments (compiled by Yvonne Lehman) and Birds of Passage (compiled by Diogenes Ruiz). Greg and Caroline are active in their church and enjoy vacationing on Pawleys Island.
The book A Seed for the Harvest explores the meaning and purpose of Christian faith. Within its pages, Greg Dodd tells a powerful, challenging story full of diverse, engaging characters whose lives are woven together through times of innocence, depravity, joy, and heartbreak.
Greg’s second work of Christian fiction is a 2017 CIPA EVVY Award winner in the Humor category and a 2017 Red City Review Award winner in the Spiritual/Christina category. The Gills Creek Five brings a comic blend of characters into one setting for a most unusual men’s study group. Written in classic stage play format, it’s a humorous story of personal discovery and renewal.
VISIT THE WEBSITE
2017 Interview
2016 Interview
21 Things You Should Know About Greg Dodd
* What book have you gifted the most? Why? I gave away about 70 copies of A Seed for the Harvest. It being my first novel, I was hungrier for readers than sales. I believe in the book’s message; whether I make any money from it has always been a secondary concern. And while I believe people are more likely to read a book they paid to own, I still hear from those freebee recipients, who (after 3 years) say, “Hey, I finally got around to reading your book. I’m really enjoying it.” That’s all I’m after.
* What is the one productivity tool you use every day? An alarm clock. Why? For whatever reason, my best and most creative story ideas come between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 in the morning. After that, I get lost in the day.
* What word do you misspell most often? It’s a tie between excersize and suprise.
* What three things do you do to be a successful writer? (1) I write. (2) I read what I write. (3) I rewrite what I wrote.
* What are the titles of the last two books you have read? I can name many books I’ve read recently, but if you’re asking me to name the last two I’ve finished, that may prove more difficult. I refuse to read from the current best seller lists, for fear of becoming like everyone else. So I’m always looking out for that obscure novel no one has ever heard of, hoping it will be an amazing, secret discovery just for me. But it usually takes only a few chapters, if that, to realize why no one has ever heard of it.
* What is your favorite word? Um…
* What do you use more often – a dictionary or a thesaurus? I find that when choosing from the vast lexicon of words which comprise my ubiquitous – albeit finite – vocabulary, I prefer the capacious prospects afforded me by every author’s comrade, the thesaurus.
* What would you name the autobiography of your life? “Is it over, yet?”
* What is your ‘go to’ munchie or drink while writing? A bowl of chocolate Honey Bunches of Oats cereal, chased down by a cold can of Diet Mt. Dew.