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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DragonDroid" data-source="post: 237248" data-attributes="member: 5512">Re: Erik has the right idea here...Money is no object (except when someone offers a million or so bucks) when it comes to creating. Control is what I want. If I had no control on what I write when it gets published, I would never have even tried to be a writer. If I wanted only the money (see mearls's post on how little money freelancers get), I would have desparately tried to get on "Survivor" instead. That is all I have to say.Final replies (can't get EVERYONE, sorry):mmadsen: I would get nothing, but I still have my idea and full control of it.Much of it is "what if". If I DO get the 120k and the job, all of the novels I write (for WoTC) in the future will always be published, for better or for worse. It's a great deal, no doubt about it, but I'm not sure if I can be the one big guy who wins it all. I'm being realistic here.BTW, WoTC DOES want you to hand over all your rights to the work if you want to net the 20K. Read the fine print. But I'll worry about that when I become one of the top ten (er, three).Lady Dragon: I COULD change the names, but it wouldn't have the same "feel". Seriously, Femerus (and anyone else), ask me anything about writing and I will give it to you (except for the formula for the Great American Novel, let alone a publishable novel, which I do not know). C'mon, I dare ya! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> You can e-mail your questions to <a href="mailto:Coolnut99@aol.com">Coolnut99@aol.com</a>, as I am opting to close this thread (everything that has been said has been said by now, at least, for me). I apologize if I'm being egotistical about the 95%/5% part, but it is how I feel about knowing what to do.KNOWING and DOING are two different things. I'd better be DOING, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> There are tons who know 99% while still unpublished, while there are some who know far less and get repeatedly published. Knowing means jack **** when anyone writes (except for writing "well"). Doing is the only thing that counts. I know that already.Hmmm... I'm feeling a flame war coming. Between what I said and what they said, I'm open to close this post. Any more questions, my e-mail is on this reply.</blockquote>

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