Pathfinder 1E Paizo busy?

[BOZ]

i have submitted two article queries and have gotten no response yet. one, for the Creature Catalog feature, i sent almost two weeks ago and have heard nothing. the other, for a Bugbear Pantheon, i sent over a month ago, and heard no response even after an additional e-mail asking if they had gotten my first e-mail.

are they just busy?

 

[diaglo]

yes. their email system is spotty.

jeremy walker is answering customer service messages on the message board instead of via email.

they just aren't getting them.

 

[philreed]

I'm in the same boat (over a month sent I sent my queries in). Keep in mind, though, that editors are usually working on more than they have time for. I've sometimes been contacted six months after giving up -- rather than pester the editor it's usually best to be patient.

 

[BOZ]

so you figure i'd be best off to just sit tight and wait, rather than pestering them by sending something over and over?

 

[Mouseferatu]

so you figure i'd be best off to just sit tight and wait, rather than pestering them by sending something over and over?

Absolutely. They're swamped over there. I've had it take weeks to hear back on projects that are actually ongoing, let alone stuff I'm just proposing or submitting. That's just the way of things, given how busy they are.

Patience isn't a virtue in this biz. It's a necessity.

(Too bad I have so little of it...)

 

[philreed]

so you figure i'd be best off to just sit tight and wait, rather than pestering them by sending something over and over?

Yes. What you want to do as a freelancer -- in any industry -- is make the client's job easier. You want to be prepared to act when called on and be prepared to stay out of the way when not needed. A constant stream of "did you get this?" e-mails only disrupts your chances.

Instead of asking about things, try sending a new query once every month or two. Make yourself available but don't cram yourself down their throat (or e-mail inbox).

 

[RodneyThompson]

Take it from me, they are busy little bees over there at Paizo. Almost every article I've had published by them was a several month process, just because they have so much work and so few people to do that work. You're not being ignored -- they're just human like us.

I'm amazed they do as well as they do! Some kind of supermen...

 

[Napftor]

I also just sent in an article idea and I don't expect to hear back from them until early spring at the soonest. It's just the way it works and that's that.

 

[tonym]

I bet they're taking time off for the holidays. And, to do that, they probably had to cram in a lot of work prior to the holidays, to get a little ahead--at the expense of the slush pile. Just my guess.

I'd wait 2-3 weeks and contact them again and see what's up.

Good luck!



Tony M

 

[edbonny]

In my experience, it is best to wait. In my 10 years as a freelancer for Dragon, only one query was ever lost. I currently have one article in the "hopper" that I sent in 2 months ago and have yet to hear back on whether or not it will see print. With the new format that Erik is mulling over, it may not make it.

- Ed