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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eosin the Red" data-source="post: 1461997" data-attributes="member: 168">I think this is good advice. Here is my own advice.Determine your production standards before you start. I know that I am a demanding chump, in my own way, not in a mean demeaning way. I know what I like, and I have made decisions - some of those decisions can mean that instead of making money writing game stuff, I will actually lose money. Very possible.This gets to the second point - know what you want. Here is my 3-tier strategy.1. To sell rights to The Last Dominion setting to MGM for 1.5+ million dollars. Well, really, if you are going to aim big, why not AIM BIG!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> 2. To turn enough profit yearly that I can afford to pay myself and my partner a small stipend on top of being able to produce quality supplements.3. To break even or take a small loss but get a world produced that I can be proud to have made.Number 3 is, of course, most likely. I still get to design a cool game world, brag about having written a gaming book, and have some cool pictures and maps done by pros. I also get to solicit help from friends and give them some credit for the many years of gaming.Number 2 is the worst of them, since that tends to tease people into doing things for much longer than they should. I know people who believe in something and just refuse to let it die even though it has not done anything for them in some time. As I tell my 3 year old "Poop or get off the pot."Come on lucky number 1!!! Daddy needs a snake eye! We all dream don't we? Well, here is mine. I know what I want, so that allows me to make competent decisions about production and quality based solely on my goals. The lowest acceptable level for me is the production of something that I can be proud of - I am doing that. You* may not like it. Critics may not like it. BUT, when I pack my bags and head home after the first book is put to bed, it will be the best book that I can do. The second book will take what I learned in the first, and I will produce an even better book, and so on. [You* is used in a general meaning not a specific one].When I am no longer putting my heart in it, you* will know, I will know and if it is at level 3 or 2 then I will walk away from it. If it is at level 1 then I will pay someone to baby sit while I take a quick walk on the beach with my wife.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I ran a good game tonight. Much fun was to be had.Expect a small hickup from me. The wife is going to have surgery on Monday in the wee hours of the morning so I will likely spend the majority of tomorrow with her. She will remain in the hospital for several days - meaning it is just me and the three hellions around here. I imagine that I will be very wasted by the end of the day and it may be as long as a week before I am able to come back here. Rest assured that I will come back. If you feel like giving me a hand, say a little something for my wife when you make your peace Sunday night with whatever you make peace with. .</blockquote>

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