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Fire in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone
The year is 1999 and the world is a smoldering shell of its former self, ravaged by the tragic spoils of nuclear warfare. Amid the holocaust, there are survivors. Although few, there are enough to rebuild and...
One Day, My Prince
Linda Winstead Jones
Joe White had made some very serious enemies because of his skills. He was a good man--one of the few in this dirty Western town. On the right side of the law, he was able to capture and kill the criminals th...
Destiny in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone
Ben Raines and his army won a war on two fronts, bringing law, peace, and prosperity to the Southern United States of America. But SUSA's northern neighbor and erstwhile enemy, the United States, is in chaos....
A Promise of Roses
Heidi Betts
Megan Adams needs to save her stagecoach line, and she's ready to personally face the outlaws who constantly ambush it. But she wasn't prepared for the handsome outlaw that will try to make her his accomplice, ...
The Duke's Dilemma
Elizabeth Chater
March Wendell knows he can inherit the earldom--but the young earl stands in his way and he's determined to change that. When Lady Leslie Endale realizes that her guardian March Wendell is the one responsible f...
The Genesis Quest
Don Moffitt
After intercepting a message from Earth, Nar scientists have learned the secret of human life. The alien species understands everything about human technology and culture and uses this knowledge to build on e...
Hustle Sweet Love
Maggie Davis
Leaving Tulsa, Oklahoma behind for the glamorous life of a fashionista in New York City, model Lacy Kinsgley find herself on an adventurous journey of self-discovery. Lacy's all-American good looks and sexy fas...
After the Madness
Sol Wachtler
Driving down the Long Island Expressway in November of 1992, Sol Wachtler was New York's Chief Judge and heir apparent to the New York Governorship. Suddenly, three van loads of FBI agents swerved in front of h...
Down the Stream of Stars
Jeffrey A. Carver
A great interstellar migration has begun, down the gateway known as the starstream. Remnant of the Betelgeuse supernova, the starstream is a grand, ethereal highway deep into the Milky Way. It is also a livin...
Dead in the Water
Ted Wood
His life destroyed because of a bad rap he took for murdering two guys to prevent a rape, Reid Bennett relocated to Murphy’s Harbor, a quaint little town in Canada. But was it really the quiet little place...
Dawn of the Century
Robert Vaughan
In Volume One of The American Chronicles, Robert Vaughan panoramically evokes America at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, poised on the brink of greatness and fraught with the tumult of rapid change. I...
EMT: Beyond the Lights and Sirens
Pat Ivey
This book takes the reader to the front lines of medicine, from a serious automobile accident on a dark country road to a woman in cardiac arrest to a young man with near-fatal gunshot wounds. For these patien...
The Hunger of Time
Damien Broderick
Technology has started to accelerate at a terrifying rate. By mid-21st century, we might see a Singularity: a convergence of artificial intelligence, advanced nanotechnologies for building things at the atomic ...
Thirty-Three Teeth
Colin Cotterill
Dr. Siri Paiboun, one of the last doctors left in Laos after the Communist takeover, has been drafted to be national coroner. He is untrained for the job, but this independent 72-year-old has an outstanding ...
The Parasite War
Timothy R. Sullivan
A combat veteran leads a rag-tag group of survivors in an all-out war against invading aliens!
The world's cities have been destroyed by a ghastly holocaust from space. The few remaining souls eke out...
William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels, some of which have been reissued by E-Reads. Recently he was invited by the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) Bulletin to write a bi-monthly column called “Words for Hire,” exploring the world of media tie-ins and novelizations. The articles demystify a fascinating genre and we’re delighted to reprint them as a regular feature in these pages.
RC
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William C. Dietz introduces his first column:
Over the course of these columns I plan to drill down on the business end of work-for-hire by examining the way gaming companies view tie-in novels, the way TV/Film companies approach them, and the important role publishers and agents play in the process. That includes why companies commission tie-ins, what they look for in writers, and how the selection process works.
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William C. Dietz is the best-selling author of more than thirty novels, some of which have been reissued by E-Reads. Recently he was invited by the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) Bulletin to write a bi-monthly column called “Words for Hire,” exploring the world of media tie-ins and novelizations. The articles demystify a fascinating genre and we’re delighted to reprint them as a regular feature in these pages.
