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Did anyone else have this experience submitting/writing for DRAGON magazine?
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<blockquote data-quote="EditorBFG" data-source="post: 6259945" data-attributes="member: 24719"><p>Knowing that DRAGON and DUNGEON have ceased publication in their current form, and with no hard feelings at all, only gratitude and a bit of confusion, I want to ask if anyone else had an experience similar to this while after being asked to write a first draft of an article for DRAGON (or DUNGEON):</p><p></p><p>1. Sent in some proposals as an freelancer would during their submission period in 2012</p><p>2. Was asked via email to revise one proposal</p><p>3. Sent the proposal with requested revisions</p><p>4. Was told that the revised proposal was suitable, and was then asked to write a first draft of the actual article and submit it by the end of October 2012</p><p>5. Submitted requested first draft ahead of deadline</p><p>6. Got confirmation email that my draft was received</p><p>7. Got an email asking me to resend my draft, due to it being on a drive that could not be accessed</p><p>8. Resent draft </p><p>9. Got an email confirming my draft had been received, and replied politely</p><p>10. Never heard from anyone at DRAGON or WotC again</p><p></p><p>I waited an entire year after my last contact over the holidays at the end of 2012/2013 to follow up, as I had worried about being a pest, but no one replied to that either.</p><p></p><p>As I said, I am not posting to complain, I just don't know what their policy is on a draft they don't like. I assume what I wrote did not work, but I never got anything back saying so from anyone at WotC. Also, I have thought about posting the content I wrote on a blog or something, and I have no idea if WotC would object or not. So, I guess I am asking, did anyone else have the experience of getting this far with an article for a WotC and then having them apparently reject, but not respond to further attempts at contact?</p><p></p><p>I decided to ask now, because since it seems like the magazines have ended in any form in which my content (4E-based) would be published, I figure it really can't hurt.</p><p></p><p>Any insights greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EditorBFG, post: 6259945, member: 24719"] Knowing that DRAGON and DUNGEON have ceased publication in their current form, and with no hard feelings at all, only gratitude and a bit of confusion, I want to ask if anyone else had an experience similar to this while after being asked to write a first draft of an article for DRAGON (or DUNGEON): 1. Sent in some proposals as an freelancer would during their submission period in 2012 2. Was asked via email to revise one proposal 3. Sent the proposal with requested revisions 4. Was told that the revised proposal was suitable, and was then asked to write a first draft of the actual article and submit it by the end of October 2012 5. Submitted requested first draft ahead of deadline 6. Got confirmation email that my draft was received 7. Got an email asking me to resend my draft, due to it being on a drive that could not be accessed 8. Resent draft 9. Got an email confirming my draft had been received, and replied politely 10. Never heard from anyone at DRAGON or WotC again I waited an entire year after my last contact over the holidays at the end of 2012/2013 to follow up, as I had worried about being a pest, but no one replied to that either. As I said, I am not posting to complain, I just don't know what their policy is on a draft they don't like. I assume what I wrote did not work, but I never got anything back saying so from anyone at WotC. Also, I have thought about posting the content I wrote on a blog or something, and I have no idea if WotC would object or not. So, I guess I am asking, did anyone else have the experience of getting this far with an article for a WotC and then having them apparently reject, but not respond to further attempts at contact? I decided to ask now, because since it seems like the magazines have ended in any form in which my content (4E-based) would be published, I figure it really can't hurt. Any insights greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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