IAMTW President Jonathan Maberry talks to New York Times bestselling author and comic writer, Delilah S. Dawson TIED-IN: What was the first media tie-in work you remember reading? DELILAH DAWSON: Back in 1983, I had the Star Wars Read Along book,…
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From Time Lords to Sith Lords: Chatting with Cavan Scott
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…
Tim Waggoner: The New Adventures
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,…
Accentuating the “International” in IAMTW
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…
Interviewing Max Allan Collins
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…
Lee Goldberg Interview
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,…
A message from the new IAMTW President, Jonathan Maberry
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…
2018 Scribe Awards Winners
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…
2018 Scribe Award Nominees
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,…
Building a Theme by Tim Waggoner
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…