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Friday, October 22, 2004 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs The IWJ Interviews Author D.J. MacHale The September/October issue of The Internet Writing Journal features an exclusive interview with New York Times bestselling author D.J. MacHale. MacHale is also a prolific and successful writer, director, and executive producer of a number of popular television series, specials and movies. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the popular Nickelodeon series: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, one of the longest running live-action family programs on television. MacHale's entertaining young adult fantasy series, The Pendragon Adventure, has sold over one million copies worldwide. The fifth book in the series, Black Water (Simon and Schuster) was just released; five more books are planned in the series. In the exclusive interview, DJ spoke about his move from the collaborative world of television to the solitary world of a novelist and how he created the world of Halla and Bobby Pendragon. He also shares his thoughts about working with child actors such as Kirsten Dunst, and gives some great advice for aspiring writers. This issue's articles include: "How It Is" by British novelist Alex Keegan, "Animation Options for Authors: From an Australian Point of View" by Australian children's author Hazel Edwards, and "Perseverance: the Key to the Doors of Success, Part II" by syndicated radio show host and CEO of CQK Music & Records, Mary Dawson. The issue also includes book reviews in several genres: children's, fantasy/sf, mystery, nonfiction, romance and writing. The IWJ can be found online at: http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/. The IWJ is a part of the Writers Write® Network of websites for writers and book lovers, which is produced and owned by Writers Write, Inc., a new media company based in Dallas, Texas. The Writers Write® Network, includes Writerswrite.com, Readersread.com, WriteJobs.com, Writenews.com, and WWForums.com. Each month, the Writers Write® network recieves over 3 million pageviews.
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