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genreneep
Aug. 3rd, 2005 11:14 amlooks like a new organization has been created for writers of licensed material. they're also planning to do awards.
what i find most interesting is that they use the term "tie-in" proudly, rather than "shared world fiction." i've observed even people who write them consider contract stories to be something less than their original fiction, but i get the impression these gigs have become the bread-and-butter of working writers. there's major talent, known and unknown, being poured into other people's intellectual property.
are they the replacement for the pulps of the first half of the 20th century? there are some brilliant stories that were published in those magazines.
who was reading the pulps? i admit that i'm not reading shared world fiction, and i'm primarily a genre reader, but they sell really well. Bueller?
what i find most interesting is that they use the term "tie-in" proudly, rather than "shared world fiction." i've observed even people who write them consider contract stories to be something less than their original fiction, but i get the impression these gigs have become the bread-and-butter of working writers. there's major talent, known and unknown, being poured into other people's intellectual property.
are they the replacement for the pulps of the first half of the 20th century? there are some brilliant stories that were published in those magazines.
who was reading the pulps? i admit that i'm not reading shared world fiction, and i'm primarily a genre reader, but they sell really well. Bueller?
