International Association of Media Tie-In Writers
CELEBRATING THE BUSINESS, HISTORY AND CRAFT OF MEDIA TIE-IN WRITING
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry talks to UK Number One bestseller, Cavan Scott TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? CAVAN SCOTT: It was probably either the Doctor Who Target novelizations of the 1970s, written mainly by…
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry talks to author and Bram Stoker Award winner,Tim Waggoner TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? TIM WAGGONER: Dark Shadows comics and paperback books. When I was a kid, I loved Dark Shadows,…
News from IAMTW Executive Vice President D. J. Stevenson: The IAMTW is expanding its membership criteria and inviting those who translate media tie-ins to join. It makes no difference if the work is in to English or out of English. As long as the…
IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry talks to author and comic writer, Max Allan Collins TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? MAX ALLAN COLLINS: It was probably DICK TRACY AND THE WOO WOO SISTERS, bylined Chester Gould (but…
Welcome to TIED IN: The Media Tie-in Blog. We’re kicking off a series of interviews with writers of Media Tie-in Work, also known as Licensing Work. These are novels, short stories, nonfiction books, comics, and audiobook scripts tied to movies,…
Hello to all my fellow media tie-in writers! I’m honored to serve as the new president of the IAMTW. I wanted to take a moment to explain my background and my love of our genre. I grew up reading a…
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…
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,…
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…
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…