@DarthInternous

Editorial Director, Fiction & Special Projects, Random House Worlds. Cat-intern supervisor. All opinions my own. Living the dream in far off places. (he/him)

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Joined October 2013
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New year, same offer: Pursuing a career in #editing or book #publishing and have questions, worries? My DMs are always open for advice, resources, resume critiques, interview prep, a place to vent, etc. Your needs are my needs. Everyone is welcome. This offer never expires
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Epic morning for the Little Hobbit *Woke dad up early so we could be first in line at the really good bakery *Spent all Dad's money at the bakery and got free samples from the bakery staff *2 hours on the playground *Found a cool stick. 10/10 no notes
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Have you ever been to Yavin? Want a little preview of where #FromtheAshes - the finale to the #StarWars #ReignoftheEmpire trilogy is headed? (didn't quite work out to have this revealed at NYCC)
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Coming August 10th
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Pretty cool. Always happiest for the authors seeing their creations get that bigger platform to be introduced to new people.
ReadStarWars (Victor)@readstarwarsOct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous @ThomasEli
What was it like seeing Cobb Vanth in a TV show for the first time? Or Rae Sloane in a video game?
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Several factors sometimes from retailers, sometimes it's actual initial sales or preorder rate. Sometimes it's just seeing consistency and stickiness week to week. Mostly stuff like that. The anecdotal stuff usually follows after.
Highbacca@XWnHISTOct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous
Seeing Biddy Blas break into the mainstream: have you been involved with any projects that did better than expected/hoped for? If so, when did you know you had a hit on your hands?
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Any book character. Because book characters are way more Glup Shitto than other forms of SW media.
Seteth 🫐🧱🔩🎣🦌@flamrynOct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous
I want to know who your favorite Glup Shitto is
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Alphabet Squadron easily.
Zach 🫐📚∞ 🍉❤️‍🔥@ZachReader92Oct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous
Is there any Star Wars books that have come out that you think would do great with a video game tie in? (The reverse of the excellent video game novel tie-ins like the Battlefront novels, Battle Scars, and Low Red Moon?)
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Not much. Same company but diff ed teams. Perhaps a bit more "synergizing" in some ways like at conventions. But otherwise nothing super transformative.
Editor@Readingforknow1Oct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous
What has changed now that random house oversees young adult fiction in addition to everything else? Is it just a way to streamline stuff and make communication easier?
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Bail Organa would be great Krennic would think he was but would suck. He'd go to all the events and talk himself up on panels etc. Jocasta Nu would be a stern old school "don't ask me to do extra stuff" but great editor
Vika@eighthbrothersOct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous
Out of curiosity, which Star Wars character (go nuts with how gluppy they are) do you think would fare best as an editor? If there's a different answer for who would perform best, I'm down for that too.
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Yes. Stories and books take time to make. Publishing is always living in the future. Already thinking about not just 2028 but 2029 too
STIRTHEPOT@STlRTHEPOTOct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous
Curious about advanced planning... Do you have an approved story for a Star Wars novel set to publish in 2028? Or is that too far into the future for approved projects?
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Was hoping you'd tell me
Tommy Stella@tommy_stellaOct 14
Replying to @DarthInternous
How does it feel being the best editor named Thomas???
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The galaxy change so much during the Imperial era that new authors and new voices would allow us to accentuate that and capitalize on diff themes in a cool way And we like trying a variety of approaches to storytelling.
George Kostal@The_HeftyGOct 14
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More seriously what’s the decision making process behind going with three different authors for a trilogy like in Reign of the Empire versus having one author do all of them?
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Lol airport forever and then a red eye flight. #AMA so I don't lose my mind.
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There are treasures to be found at Comic Con. Not sure the seller knew the value of these...
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Being completely honest with you, to this day we still don't know how this listing came about. Whoever added it to the feed (this was like a non US EDITION of Phasma right?) made it up entirely. When we have super confidential books we don't put anything into our systems.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯@messsolitudeOct 9
I'm still waiting for this Kylo Ren book. I know the best thing to do is to release it before his return in live action, but I'm impatient. 😂 (I know an editor at the publishing house said this wasn't true (sure, Jan, lol). We all know someone accidentally (or not!) mixed up the book descriptions, lol)
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Sry I meant black spire But basically our process is such that this can't happen and only about 3 people would have access to that info. Sry. This was never real.
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Twelve people have walked on the moon. With the announcement of the #Starfighter novelization, penned by Delilah S. Dawson, there have now also been twelve people who have novelized a #StarWars film (not counting junior novelizations)
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Why yes there will be a novelization for #StarWars #Starfighter Written by the ever wonderful Delilah S Dawson.
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An outcome of standing at a comic con booth surrounded by - largely - #StarWars books, is people come and just vent all their feelings about SW in general, unprompted. Observing this throughout a day - one of my colleagues declared: "You're like a #StarWars sin eater."
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It's not as dire as it sounds. People often have complicated relationships to the things they love or...loved. Some are rude and mean. But most are just...unable to separate the joy from everything else I guess. Why the book editor is the guy to share it with, I have no idea
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