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Jeffrey J. Mariotte's Blog
August 22, 2009
- Many writers, if not most, would love to see their work show up on the big screen or the small. We're in love with Hollywood, after all, where storytellers get paid well even if they're sometimes treated like second class citizens. In TV, writers are accorded more respect, in general, than they are in the movie business. Lately, comic books and graphic novels are booming in movies and TV. ...
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October 22, 2008
- s an working writer for the past decade or so, I've done plenty of book events--signings, convention appearances, and so on.This weekend, though, I was invited to be an author guest at the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association's annual author feast, and got to do something I've only ever experienced from the other side of the table.Here's how it works. Forty or fifty authors ...
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September 16, 2008
- In a couple of weeks I'll be embarking on a double-tour--two tours at once, on two coasts, for two different products.River Runs Red goes on sale around 9/30, and I'm hitting bookstores and other events to promote that. Presidential Material: Barack Obama goes on sale 10/8, and I'm hitting comic stores to promote that.As always (unless a given retailer has a different policy) I'm happy to sign ...
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August 17, 2008
- The big news of the day is that the website for supernatural thriller River Runs Red is up!River Runs Red goes on sale at the end of September from Penguin/Jove. It’s a very loose follow-up to Missing White Girl, and a precursor to next year’s Cold Black Hearts, but they are linked only by their border southwest settings (MWG in Arizona, RRR in Texas, and CBH bridging them in New Mexico) and ...
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August 4, 2008
- I have now lived the dream of being a TV talking head for a day.Okay, I don't know how many people actually dream of it. But here's a hint--don't bother. Unless someone's paying you to.I wrote a comic book biography of Barack Obama, for IDW Publishing, which is also publishing one about John McCain. These have been generating a lot of national (and international) publicity. Last weekend was ...
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July 16, 2008
- With something like 112,000 attendees, Comic-Con International: San Diego is far and away the biggest explosion of pop culture in the United States. And with more than 100 authors in attendance this year--people like Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Charlaine Harris, Stephenie Meyer, Jim Butcher, Kevin J. Anderson, and lots, lots more--it's becoming one of the biggest literary events in the country, ...
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