I love Percy Jackson
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Rick Riordan:
Will you make a Percy Jackson based game? I'm wondering because my favorite books is the Percy Jackson series and i do relly like to play video games. And if you haven't thought about it, I will recomend you think about it :)
Rick Riordan
Oh, I've been thinking about it and getting this question for years. The problem is 1) getting Disney to act on it, since they hold the rights, and 2) getting the interest of a gaming company that has the reach and the resources to do it right. Both things have been extremely hard. Gaming companies are even more skittish than film studios when it comes to investing in "unproven" properties, which weirdly enough Percy Jackson is still considered to be in many areas. They don't want to risk anything new that might lose money, so it's easier for them not to take a chance, which means the IP remains unproven. The lack of merch / games etc. etc., isn't because we haven't tried and don't continue to try. It's because we are constantly being told, "Eh, we're not sure there's enough interest. Let's wait and see." What they are waiting to see, I'm not really sure. Pretty much any merch / game suggestion you can think of to any major company you can think of, we've tried it, and that's the answer we have gotten. We will keep pitching things, but at this point, I wouldn't hold your breath. Sorry I can't give you better news!
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Arden Young
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Rick Riordan:
Hi Rick! I am a substitute children's librarian as well as a grad student studying Children's Literature and Library Science. I'm wondering if you have read any new Middle Grade or YA books that you think are underrated or not get as much love? I'm always looking for a new series to recommend to kids, or to read myself! :)
Mia
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Rick Riordan:
Hey! I have loved your books for years and your character brought me a lot of comfort when i was fighting for my dyslexia diagnosis. I live in the Uk and summer camps aren't really a thing here (also possible also in wider Europe) and was wondering whether you had any thoughts about what the camp half blood equivalent would be or would the demigods just kinda die over here?
Emily
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Rick Riordan:
I have always loved your writing, and part of the reason for that is how realistic your characters are. I find that when I try to write, I often fail to create realistic, believable characters, and I was hoping that you might be able to shed some light on how to advance my writing style. (I'm required to add a question mark, so here is a question mark?)
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