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<blockquote data-quote="JLowder" data-source="post: 9467029" data-attributes="member: 28003"><p>TSR's problem with &quot;stars&quot; and creative credit--and this was common with upper management and even some of the others in the company--runs through the entire history of the company, in both games and fiction. The problem was more pronounced with the fiction releases because they are commonly sold and marketed by author name. TSR wanted the brands and worlds and company to be the main selling point. Rose Estes wrote million-sellers for the company with the Endless Quest books and the company gave her many reasons to leave, in part because they refused to treat the creators as anything but interchangeable. Margaret &amp; Tracy wrote million-sellers for the company with DL and the company gave them many of the same reasons to leave. The company came close to doing the same things with Bob Salvatore in the mid-90s. Had TSR not sold the company, they would have driven him away too. The company treatment of creators was the reason I quit editing and writing for them, too. Between the novels I wrote and the ones I edited for the company, I handed them millions in sales, too. So Margaret is absolutely correct, but that poisonous attitude had a long history at the company and was shared by more than just Lorraine.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="JLowder, post: 9467029, member: 28003"] TSR's problem with "stars" and creative credit--and this was common with upper management and even some of the others in the company--runs through the entire history of the company, in both games and fiction. The problem was more pronounced with the fiction releases because they are commonly sold and marketed by author name. TSR wanted the brands and worlds and company to be the main selling point. Rose Estes wrote million-sellers for the company with the Endless Quest books and the company gave her many reasons to leave, in part because they refused to treat the creators as anything but interchangeable. Margaret & Tracy wrote million-sellers for the company with DL and the company gave them many of the same reasons to leave. The company came close to doing the same things with Bob Salvatore in the mid-90s. Had TSR not sold the company, they would have driven him away too. The company treatment of creators was the reason I quit editing and writing for them, too. Between the novels I wrote and the ones I edited for the company, I handed them millions in sales, too. So Margaret is absolutely correct, but that poisonous attitude had a long history at the company and was shared by more than just Lorraine. [/QUOTE]

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