Author: Deborah

  • 2018 Scribe Awards Winners

    2018 Scribe Awards Winners

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    The International Association of Tie-In Writers is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Scribe Awards. Short Story Adapted Speculative and General Novel Original Speculative Novel Original General Novel YA Original Novel Audio Drama International Association of Media Tie-In Writers 2017 Faust Award Greg Cox The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is thrilled…

  • 2018 Scribe Award Nominees

    2018 Scribe Award Nominees

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    The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is pleased to announce the Scribe Award Nominees for 2018. Acknowledging excellence in this very competitive field, the IAMTW’s Scribe Awards honor licensed works that tie in with other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books. They include original works set in established universes, and adaptations…

  • Building a Theme by Tim Waggoner

    Building a Theme by Tim Waggoner

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    This article by TIM WAGGONER originally appeared in “Writing Popular Fiction” in 2005 and is use here with his permission. Work for hire. In the publishing community, the phrase conjures images of laborers toiling in someone else’s field, earning very little pay for their efforts and even less recognition. But while perhaps very few would-be…

  • Tied-in to terror – John Passarella on Supernatural: Night Terror

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    Cavan Scott braves things that go bump in the night to talk to author John Passarella about his new Supernatural tie-in novel, Night Terror  What can you tell us about Night Terror? Night Terror is set late in season six of Supernatural, which followed the huge apocalypse arc that concluded in season five. I was told right up front by the editor…

  • Raymond Benson on Writing the Bond Novels

    Raymond Benson on Writing the Bond Novels

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    This in-depth interview with author RAYMOND BENSON was conducted by JOHN COX for www.commanderbond.net and is reprinted here with their permission, for which the IAMTW is grateful. Raymond Benson has had a long career “in Bondage.” As a Bond fan he wrote extensively for several fan club publications, and in 1984 wrote what is still…

  • Mel Odom on Tie-In Writing

    Mel Odom on Tie-In Writing

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    MEL ODOM is the author of such novelizations as Vertical Limit and Blade. He offered these thoughts on tie-in writing in an interview for THE 11th HOUR website. You can read the entire interview here. “A lot of ‘regular’ authors look down on media tie-in authors because they figure ‘You’re not doing real work. You’re not really being a…

  • What Is a Tie-In Writer?

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    What is a Tie-In Writer? We write science fiction, westerns, mysteries, romance and thrillers and sometimes all of the above. Our work embraces just about every genre you can think of, from STAR TREK to CSI, from GUNSMOKE to MURDER SHE WROTE, from DUNE to James Bond, from RESIDENT EVIL to Hannah Montana. Our books…

  • 2023 Scribe Award Winners

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    With great pride the IAMTW presents the nominees and winners of the SCRIBE AWARDS for superior works published in 2022, presented by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. The winners were announced at San Diego ComicCon on Friday, 7/21/23. Audio Drama · Doctor Who – Peake Season by Lizbeth Myles · Previously Next Time…

  • Grandmaster for 2023: MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE!

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    The IAMTW is thrilled to announce that our Faust Award recipient for 2023 is Michael A. Stackpole, truly a Grandmaster in the field.  Congratulations to him on this richly-deserved recognition. In his own words:Stackpole is the multiple New York Times bestselling author of over forty fantasy and science fiction novels, his best known books written…