Writing tie-ins is *a real fucking skill* and anyone who sneers at the people who do it can go piss up a rope. You think it's easy to write an entire novel to very specific order on an almost impossibly tight deadline? And have it be satisfying to read? Motherfucker, *you* try it. See how you do.

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Fuck...I did it I got my tickets for Japan for February ... Doesn't feel real. I didn't think I'd ever get to go back after the pandemic started, and I'm still worried about getting sick but I'm gonna take every step I can to keep safe Still I'm going back I can't believe it

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I sent tennis balls through his skull, rib cage, and abdomen before muting him. It’s one of the oldest and most common character types since the Dawn of the Internet: someone with zero experience in a field opining with great confidence about that field. He’s never spoken to a professional writer.

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Writing professional media tie-in fiction is not “writing fan fiction for pay.” There are standards, procedures, approvals, and deadlines involved in pro tie-in writing that never apply to fan fiction. Not all fan-fiction writers have the skills (or desire) to write tie-ins professionally.

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We meet new readers in new ways. Sometimes we bring non-readers in, or back. I have emails from people saying one of my Assassin's Creed books was the first book they ever read cover to cover, or the first book they had read cover to cover in years. Better than awards, those emails.

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