Tim Lebbon ON: TRADITIONAL Publishing, Tie In's & Loving The Job

Thanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/Tim Lebbon is an award-winning New York Times-bestselling horror, thriller and fantasy writer from a little village in South Wales. He's written over 45 novels, dozens of novellas, hundreds of short stories, as well as tie-in novels in the Alien, Predator, Hellboy, Star Wars, and Firefly universes, and his novel The Silence was made into a Netflix movie starring Kiernan Shipka and Stanley Tucci. When not writing, Tim can be found swimming, biking, and running in triathlons-activities which found their way into his non-fiction book, Run, Walk Crawl - Getting Fit in My FortiesIn this episode we go deep into:Tim's Journey [12:27]The Joy of Writing [14:44]Going Full Time [17:01]The Creative Output of a Working Writer [20:04]Art Vs Commerce [22:53]Tim's Typical Writing Process [27:34]Has the Process Changed? [29:24]Writing a Novel Long Hand [31:56]How Tim Approaches Where a Book will Live [37:31]Getting into Trad in 2022 [41:20]How Tim got Involved in Tie Ins [43:46]How Much Flexibility and Creativity is there in Tie In's? [46:52]Type Casting [50:44]Climate Change [55:24]Why Tim Writes [57:22]Find out more about Tim Lebbon:https://www.timlebbon.net/Get more from Activated Authors!https://activatedauthors.com/Watch the Show:https://youtu.be/8vTxVh_Ofzw Find out more about Daniel Willcockshttps://www.danielwillcocks.com/IG: @willcockswriterTwitter: @willcockswriterFind out more about Samantha Frostwww.mastressofnone.comIG: @mastressofnoneSpecial thanks to:Show theme: Karl HughesShow editing: Sam Frost