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And the finish line is in sight! ...and... DONE! :D

Come on guys, someone donate $20 to get us within $100, that way I can bring this baby home across the finish line! :D W00t! ;) -Don Abulia Savant | "A collection of seemingly meaningless musings."

Thank you for the information. Excellent post!

I think that's a super idea! Additional motivation for those that choose to participate can only be a good thing. :D Much like the November Novel writing event, you could do it by the honor system. A weekly stacked rankings of the writers by word count, their change in position, number of weeks...

Yes, but how many fiction writers frequent the Wizards web site, in particular the very poor novel news section? (Rhetorical question, none of us know for certain.) It's been a bit since I've flipped through Writer's Market, but I'd hazard to say that Wizards of the Coast isn't on the rotation...

I provided the figure of 60K (the bare minimum I'd say) and the more realistic 90K. You can certainly go longer but I'm not sure that's realistic given the timeframe. As others have said, there are no hard, fast rules on word count for a novel.

The only reason I asked was because, in your very first post to this thread, you passed yourself off as a published author. You made no mention, however, of what those credentials were. Thus, you passed yourself off as an "expert" in the discussion as it relates to centers of power (expert...

Wow. So the submission guidelines are wrong? They're lying to us? :) Yet haven't been published anywhere else? If they're that good then why would they wait until now? ("My work is too good for Pocket Books or TOR -- I'll wait until those Wizards guys have an Open Call….") ;) I, again...

I disagree with this advice. If you write at the reasonable pace of 500 words per hour, those 18 hours will generate 9K words a week. In two months you'll have 72K words, within the realm of a novel. With that said, there's merit in having an established daily schedule as "two" suggests for...

The starship combat and construction rules for the Decipher Star Trek RPG, of course! But, then, I'm biased as I wrote them. ;) Coda is pretty D20-compatible so it wouldn't be a big stretch to convert. The Narrator's Guide includes the complete starship construction system and combat system...

My rant Okay, Karg started this thread at my prodding, so time to weigh in with my own rants. I'm going to back up what I can with figures but I haven't spent a great amount of time in analysis. Meaning, I haven't intentionally cooked my numbers one way or the other. ;) 1) PDF Value: This one...

LOL! :) If you don't care why did you cite them as an example? You just going to keep spouting off product names until you hit one that supports your supposition? :D I think C&C is also a poor example to prove your point; I wouldn't be surprised if it did sell 100,000 units because it filled the...

No worries, man! It's all good! :D Regards, Don Mappin Freelancer for Hire

Reality check: You should be careful when you make such statements. You've just displayed an alarming lack of understanding of the market you purport to be in. Wizard's has sold -- as of a year ago -- over 1 million copies of their rulebooks (PHB, DMG, MM) for D&D with an average of 300,000...

[/b]And…so? I agreed with Morrus' statement as well. The question was one of "How much should a company pay for writers of products that are intended for PDF distribution?" Morrus responded with "No difference, really. They're doing the same work - it's up to the publisher what he does with that...

Tell you what -- you start the thread and I'll drop in and participate. I've felt a rant on pay scale, open calls, and PDF costs coming on for sometime now. ;)

As do I, but the sad reality is that PDF publishers pay a lot less than print. This is even in light of their (PDF publishers) reduced costs. To be fair, a 'successful' PDF sells a lot less than most print products, thus there isn't as much $ to go around. I'd say $.03 at a minimum and that's...

Considering every Joe and his cat (sorry Joes!) has their own "D20 publishing company" I'm not sure a closed distribution would work. :) I get the impression that PDF publishers are all pretty much selling to one another…that'd document would get out quick. Plus, how do you handle freelancers...

Last word I heard in this thread. Regards, Don Mappin Freelancer for Hire

Then walk into any game store and pick them up... FFE only had to destroy copies (according to the press release) in their posession; retailers and distributors are under no such obligation. My FLGS has all their FFE product heavily discounted. Not a hot seller in my area, apparently. *shrug*...