And our next guests…
by morgan on Jan.19, 2010, under Dan Abnett and Graham McNeill
Thank you once more to Naomi and Claudia. It was a treat to welcome you both to Babel Clash.
I’m pleased to welcome our next guests, Dan Abnett & Graham McNeill. Both are veteran writers of Warhammer novels and comics. Dan also writes for Marvel Comics, and his work includes Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy and War of Kings. He scores extra points for writing stories with Adam Warlock, who is one of my all-time favorite comic characters.
Our next topic is, “Playing in somebody else’s universe and making it your own.”
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January 19th, 2010 on 11:02 am
Is it more difficult to write your own world as opposed to shared worlds?
January 19th, 2010 on 3:06 pm
Is there a way to submit writing to Black Library, or to get a work published by them?
January 19th, 2010 on 11:58 pm
when will the two of you write a book together or have i already missed that bit of awesome
January 20th, 2010 on 5:05 am
Zarim - I don’t actually know what the Black Library’s current submissions policy is. Maybe one of the Black Librarians would like to comment here and fill us in?
Ven - Graham and I worked together closely on the first two Horus Heresy books, and we’re doing that again now for the next two (‘A Thousand Sons’ and ‘Prospero Burns’). Read on over the next few days and we’ll talk about that in greater detail.
January 20th, 2010 on 11:20 am
Zarim - it’s always worth a try. Alternatively, you could wait until the BlackLibrary’s website is back up and running, and then enter one of the bi-annual writing competitions they hold there; that is the way most “outside” authors have got in. Unless you’re a published writer of such godly status as Mr Abnett or Mr McNeill here, it’s your best way in!
It also achieves another result - it will prove to you whether you have the skill it takes to be a professional author, and also allows you to get feedback from readers!
Best of luck…
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