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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5508977" data-attributes="member: 50895">I began my side career as a freelancer, a cartographer, not a writer and continue to gain more work for commissions, however, I wasn't satisfied with being just a freelancer, so I decided to toss my development ball into the ring, and now I am working with Rite Publishing to develop my own RPG property in the form of Kaidan. I want to eventually be my own publisher, but I am taking baby steps, learning from the best people I can.I knew that while I could make some money as a pro fantasy cartographer, I could make even more money with my own product (setting, adventures and supplements) so that's what I'm doing.Regarding my mapping gigs, I am not the lowest bidder ever, in fact I'm usually the most expensive, yet I still get the commissions I bid for, because my talent is known, and publishers wanting better quality are willing to pay for it.Since Kaidan is my project, I can do what most publishers cannot and that is fill my adventures to the gills with maps. Maps are generally among the most expensive freelance payouts a publisher can make, so most adventures feature only 1 to 3 maps. My first adventure features 14 maps, nobody can do that affordably. I eat the cost of my maps for my publication as a means to maximize profits and come out with a map heavy product, that has no competition. Unless a publisher is also a top mapper, it just can't be done. So that's my edge.GP</blockquote>

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