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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 1647115" data-attributes="member: 9410">I've written stuff that got published since the early 70s (school paper).&nbsp; Poetry even before that.I wrote a few articles for Dragon, early on, which all got rejected.&nbsp; I found the &quot;purchase all rights&quot; clause so dissatisfying, that I rarely submit(ted) anything.In 1992 or so, I started my own website, and wrote megabytes of stuff for that.&nbsp; A bit later, a guy I had &quot;met&quot; online contacted me, and asked me to do a rewrite and combination of some of my web stuff for Wounds Unlimited (now out of print/offline).&nbsp; I did, and it was my first &quot;professional&quot; gaming credit.&nbsp; &quot;Suited Up&quot; covered various aspects of adventuring in a Spacesuit.Sometime later, I got involved with Lejends (now also out of print - gee, I hope that isn't a trend!), and did more articles for them than I can count.&nbsp; The only pay I got was a free copy of the mag, though.Somewhere along in there, I contacted Mongoose (I think?) on a request for submissions, but although they liked my style, we never actually worked together.Then I came to ENWorld, and got two pieces accepted (and one rejected) by the ENWorld Player's Journal before its renaming and change in policy.&nbsp; Since they now want to buy ALL rights, as well, I won't be doing any more work for them, either.&nbsp; &quot;Racial Background Skills&quot; in #5 will be my last piece, for them.&nbsp; &quot;Tracking: It's More Than Just 'Duh!&nbsp; Dey Went Datta Way'&quot; was the first, in #4.I'm always looking for a place that likes ideas, and &quot;only&quot; wants to buy first publication rights (and/or first electronic publication rights, or non-exclusive electronic reprint rights).&nbsp; That's the main reason I'm not more published than I am, as it's a stickler, for me.&nbsp; Had to turn down the offer for one of the larger publisher (Mongoose?&nbsp; I can't recall) over that...Anyway, I've been published enough, keeping all my rights, that I don't worry about the Mongooses and Dragons.&nbsp; Someday I'll publish my own stuff, under my own label, and they'll be ready to deal!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 1647115, member: 9410"] I've written stuff that got published since the early 70s (school paper). Poetry even before that. I wrote a few articles for [U]Dragon[/U], early on, which all got rejected. I found the "purchase all rights" clause so dissatisfying, that I rarely submit(ted) anything. In 1992 or so, I started my own website, and wrote megabytes of stuff for that. A bit later, a guy I had "met" online contacted me, and asked me to do a rewrite and combination of some of my web stuff for [U]Wounds Unlimited[/U] (now out of print/offline). I did, and it was my first "professional" gaming credit. "Suited Up" covered various aspects of adventuring in a Spacesuit. Sometime later, I got involved with [U]Lejends[/U] (now also out of print - gee, I hope that isn't a trend!), and did more articles for them than I can count. The only pay I got was a free copy of the mag, though. Somewhere along in there, I contacted Mongoose (I think?) on a request for submissions, but although they liked my style, we never actually worked together. Then I came to ENWorld, and got two pieces accepted (and one rejected) by the [U]ENWorld Player's Journal[/U] before its renaming and change in policy. Since they now want to buy ALL rights, as well, I won't be doing any more work for them, either. "Racial Background Skills" in #5 will be my last piece, for them. "Tracking: It's More Than Just 'Duh! Dey Went Datta Way'" was the first, in #4. I'm always looking for a place that likes ideas, and "only" wants to buy first publication rights (and/or first electronic publication rights, or non-exclusive electronic reprint rights). That's the main reason I'm not more published than I am, as it's a stickler, for me. Had to turn down the offer for one of the larger publisher (Mongoose? I can't recall) over that... Anyway, I've been published enough, keeping all my rights, that I don't worry about the Mongooses and Dragons. Someday I'll publish my own stuff, under my own label, and they'll be ready to deal! :p [/QUOTE]

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