Comments on: I Am a Tie-In Blogger https://www.forbeck.com/2007/01/22/i-am-a-tie-in-blogger/ Award-winning & New York Times-bestselling author and game designer Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:59:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/01/22/i-am-a-tie-in-blogger/#comment-7101 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:59:57 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=820#comment-7101 Gah! I’m ancient! For the longest time, I was one of the Young Turks of the gaming industry. I’m sadly well past those days now.

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2007/01/22/i-am-a-tie-in-blogger/#comment-49132 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=820#comment-49132 Gah! I’m ancient! For the longest time, I was one of the Young Turks of the gaming industry. I’m sadly well past those days now.

]]> By: Christian Johnson https://www.forbeck.com/2007/01/22/i-am-a-tie-in-blogger/#comment-7098 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:14:50 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=820#comment-7098 I just picked up Lee Goldberg’s most recent Mr. Monk novel, and enjoyed Mariotte’s “Marauders” trilogy. I would like to commend you, and all those who are part of the IAMTW, for creating an association for Media Tie-In writers.

I know you guys are often considered the “bastard stepchildren” of speculative fiction, or mystery fiction depending on what genre is being written in, but some of the most entertaining books I have read recently have been media tie-ins.

I was talking with my gaming group, after our weekly rpg session, and our youngest gamer talked about how it was the Drizzt books that got him interested in D&D. As the discussion progressed, I was able to see how for half of our group Drizzt had always been a part of the D&D mythos, but a couple of us remembered 1989 when we first read The Crystal Shard and were introduced to this particular dark elf.

I felt pretty old for a second when I realized that Drizzt was almost voting age.

]]> By: Christian Johnson https://www.forbeck.com/2007/01/22/i-am-a-tie-in-blogger/#comment-49131 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=820#comment-49131 I just picked up Lee Goldberg’s most recent Mr. Monk novel, and enjoyed Mariotte’s “Marauders” trilogy. I would like to commend you, and all those who are part of the IAMTW, for creating an association for Media Tie-In writers.

I know you guys are often considered the “bastard stepchildren” of speculative fiction, or mystery fiction depending on what genre is being written in, but some of the most entertaining books I have read recently have been media tie-ins.

I was talking with my gaming group, after our weekly rpg session, and our youngest gamer talked about how it was the Drizzt books that got him interested in D&D. As the discussion progressed, I was able to see how for half of our group Drizzt had always been a part of the D&D mythos, but a couple of us remembered 1989 when we first read The Crystal Shard and were introduced to this particular dark elf.

I felt pretty old for a second when I realized that Drizzt was almost voting age.

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