Jim Thompson is another highly regarded writer who accepted
contracts to do novelizations of movie scripts and television
shows. He did one based on the Raymond Burr series "Ironside"
and another for the Rock Hudson/John Wayne movie "The
Undefeated." There was more of a stigma then, I believe, on
such work-for-hire but Thompson and Brewer were probably
happy to get the paycheck. As the old boxing trainer Ray
Arcel once said "Tough times make monkeys eat red
peppers."
More recently, movie and television tie-in novels are no
longer an afterthought or minor marketing promotion by the
producers. I am not expert on this, although I am sure some
on this list are. My impression is that writers getting
royalties developed about the time the Star Trek and Star
Wars novels became major sellers. Most of the early
novelizations were work-for-hire deals for a flat fee of
$1000 or $2000.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Ed wrote:
>
> "My only experience is seeing MAN FROM UNCLE tie-ins
(I believe that
was
> the TV show) in a used bookstore. I didn't browse
any because I
didn't
> remember the show all that well."
>
> At least one of those was written by Gil Brewer, I
think. I know he
> wrote some It Takes a Thief tie ins I
read.
>
> Mark
>
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