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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SpiralBound" data-source="post: 2453473" data-attributes="member: 8396">This thread provokes in me two thoughts:1) I've got to check out some of your pdfs.  I've noticed your publications for some time and they've all seemed to be solid stuff, but the praise that you're getting from everyone here is making me wonder what I'm missing out on by not owning your "workhorse" material...2) Why are you even asking this question?  (feel free to treat this part as a retorical question for you to answer to yourself privately rather than something that you're obligated to publically respond to)  Are you dissatisified with what you're writing?  Are your sales slumping?  Losing creativity/focus/motivation/etc?  Feeling bored with your next few ideas?  Worrying that you're not writing "enough" strictly creative material over the workhorses and that this might be tempting the "use it or lose it" rule to enact itself upon you?  Feeling underappreciated and needing some reasurances that people like what you're doing?  Worrying that there is a massive "untapped sales potential" for you in areas that you're currently not persuing?  Some other reason entirely?Just what is it that's making you feel that you need to re-examine and disect your entire business model.  It really looks like you're doing the equivalent of being a burger joint who's polling their customers to see if they should turn into a coffee house.  Such desire for a drastic change like that usually is caused by some event or external factor exerting an equally drastic pressure upon the business in question.  Perhaps asking yourself why you're questioning what you're currently doing is more important than getting a definitive answer to "practical workhorse vs. creative flight of fancy".Since my second point above could be viewed as being critical of or confrontational towards Phil, let me clear the air on that one.  I'm not implying anything with my questions above.  I have no negative opinions towards Phil or Ronin Arts.  I'm only presenting some things to think about, not trying to make a case for or against him, his products, or the validity of his original post.  This disclaimer may be unnecessary, but I don't want people to think I have some hidden agenda or axe to grind because I don't.  From everything I've ever seen both Phil and Sonin are fine upstanding members of the RPG community with the well-earned respect of their customers and peers alike.</blockquote>

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