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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 2960744" data-attributes="member: 28771">Hey, you never submitted anything to me.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" />  One of the biggest reasons submissions get rejected has nothing to do with talent.  It has to do with not following directions.  I can't speak for most publishers in the gaming industry, but in general publishing most companies make available their guidelines and what they are looking for.  Unfortunately, many writers never read the guidelines, never request the guidelines, or don't bother to understand the publisher's target genres before submitting.For example, I publish RPGs and speculative fiction.  My guidelines are pretty damn explicit.  The other day I got a submission of a poetry chapbook, even though it clearly says we aren't looking for poetry.  And it was damn good poetry, don't get me wrong.  But we aren't focusing our energies on it now, so it was rejected.  When I was putting together Dead Men (and Women) Walking, the guidelines clearly stressed NO FAN FICTION, NO GHOST STORIES, NO VAMPIRE ROMANCES.  I'm not even going to get into how many of the above I received anyway.  And don't get me started on the Christian self-help book that I got in the mail last week!</blockquote>

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