Author variety in Dragon/Dungeon

[DreadPirateMurphy]

I just went over to look at the online editions after seeing that DDI is going to start charging a fee. I noticed that much of the content is produced by fairly well-known (in the D&D community) authors and designers.

While this sounds like a good thing, the impression I got was a certain level of consistency to the brand and to the materials already published. One of the more interesting things about Paizo's publications was that they drew from a broader range of authors who had slightly different, though compatible, voices.

Are the online mags taking submissions? Are they getting them in volumes comparable to the paper mags? Am I being deceived by the stylistic sameness of the layouts?

 

[Snoweel]

I'm pretty sure they will be taking submissions once the submission guidelines go up.

 

[Klaus]

I'm pretty sure they will be taking submissions once the submission guidelines go up.

The submissions guidelines have been up for quite a while.

 

[Snoweel]

I could only find the old ones. Can you post the link?

 

[Snoweel]

Disregard my last.

Google is my friend: Dragon/Dungeon Submission Guidelines

 

[MatthewJHanson]

I keep sending in queries, but so far no luck.

On a tangent, it would be nice to at least receive a form rejection.

 

[Klaus]

I keep sending in queries, but so far no luck.

On a tangent, it would be nice to at least receive a form rejection.

Ditto.

 

[Shemeska]

On a tangent, it would be nice to at least receive a form rejection.

After a half dozen queries with no response and a submitted slush pile article that then never received a promised response, I pretty much gave up on sending in queries for the time being. No use wasting time on coming up with ideas to pitch if they won't even take the time for a form rejection letter. It's not cool to leave people just hanging like that. However, that said, if it's purely a case of not having enough to people to actually provide responses -even if just the rejection forms- then my criticism shifts to management who then direly need to add resources if a much smaller company like Paizo could take the time to respond to queries.

The current information black hole over there since the magazines went electronic is easy way to risk apathy and disinterest by people who actively want to submit material.

 

[catsclaw227]

However, that said, if it's purely a case of not having enough to people to actually provide responses -even if just the rejection forms- then my criticism shifts to management who then direly need to add resources if a much smaller company like Paizo could take the time to respond to queries.

This made me wonder, how many submissions do you think they get each month? How many now, compared to Paizo, back in their day?

Did Paizo send you the letter back in the Dungeon/Dragon days or now, with Pathfinder?

 

[Shemeska]

This made me wonder, how many submissions do you think they get each month? How many now, compared to Paizo, back in their day?

I wouldn't have the slightest idea if the query rate was higher then or higher now, or what the raw numbers might be for either case. Admittedly, I'm curious; I just don't have any inside knowledge to even begin to speculate.

Did Paizo send you the letter back in the Dungeon/Dragon days or now, with Pathfinder?

Paizo was pretty good about sending form rejection emails and emails asking for more back when they were running the magazines. Not sure about now with Pathfinder, since at least in my case I was solicited for what I've done. But they're pretty damn quick to get back to me on questions or comments etc. I've had a wonderful experience thus far.

Now with the open call for Pathfinder society stuff, I'm sure someone can talk about their experience there once that gets rolling.