So who's getting ulcers from anticipation?

[Chromnos]

I thought he was working on "a feast of crows"????

And me? I'm going stir crazy.

River

River-

I'm certainly not going to criticise for someone feeling the burn. There's nothing wrong with being serious about entering or entering to win, despite what some may say. Even zen archers sometimes dream of hitting the target.

-C

 

[Chromnos]

Yeah, that was meant as a joke. Sorry if I scared you. To compare Martin to Salvatore is...well...you know. I've not read much game novel material. Are there any *well* written works out there? If game companies produced quality novels, would they sell, or are people turned off by the idea of game fic and automatically discount any attempt at high standards in the genre? Of course, I ask these questions because I write, and I write better than R.A., and I'm trying to get started in this particular field. I'm wondering if it's worth the time, or if I'd be running in circles. This post, btw, is not indicative of my skills, writing wise. I tend to post nonlinearly. Bad shad. Bad.

Man, sometimes you just gotta turn off the internal editor and just let it flow or spat.

-C

 

[dead_radish]

Here's the question - would Martin, Jordan, et al really license their work for 120k?

The time they spend working on this setting - would it really make up for the time they would lose writing their next book, which I am fairly sure would make over 120k? Would they really license their name and fame to WotC for 120k? I would bet it was worth quite a bit more than that....

I would think that if they wanted to do a supplement, they would contact Wizards, and work out a much higher priced agreement, personally, rather than sending in something to this contest in the hopes that they would eventually get picked. Monte is a good writer, but he doesn't make the best-seller list with novels. Jordan does. It's disturbing to think of it, but I'd be willing to bet their time is worth more than they would get from this search.

So I'm betting the 2 ton gorillas are out, leaving just people like Monte and Skip Williams. Woot!

 

[Chromnos]

Here's the question - would Martin, Jordan, et al really license their work for 120k?

The time they spend working on this setting - would it really make up for the time they would lose writing their next book, which I am fairly sure would make over 120k? Would they really license their name and fame to WotC for 120k? I would bet it was worth quite a bit more than that....

I would think that if they wanted to do a supplement, they would contact Wizards, and work out a much higher priced agreement, personally, rather than sending in something to this contest in the hopes that they would eventually get picked. Monte is a good writer, but he doesn't make the best-seller list with novels. Jordan does. It's disturbing to think of it, but I'd be willing to bet their time is worth more than they would get from this search.

So I'm betting the 2 ton gorillas are out, leaving just people like Monte and Skip Williams. Woot!

I'm with you. I don't think Wizards bid high enough with this contest to attract the big names. However, publish a fantasy setting and add a few novel contracts and then you're talking about something. Still, there aren't many authors out there who wouldn't think twice about selling off all their rights. If they did sell off, I bet their agents would hang them!

-C

 

[Olidammara]

How many pages long should my submission be? I've just about got it down to 30. Should be ready to mail next week after one more proof.

 

[Chromnos]

How many pages long should my submission be? I've just about got it down to 30. Should be ready to mail next week after one more proof.

You've got to be kidding!

 

[Olidammara]

You've got to be kidding!

Still too long? I can trim to 25. Thanks.

 

[Xeriar]

That's the one. For some reason I thought it was a A Feast of Ravens (silly, silly me).

A Dance With Dragons is the title he chose to use for the FIFTH book. Originally it was meant for the fourth, and then he switched them.

I really don't know what the ASoIaF RPG handbook would be like except for a large background book (which of course would be cool ). I mean, it's not exactly like there are any outstandingly difficult things to render mechanics-wise. Just stick to the NPC classes for everyone

I said 'A Dance With Dragons' because Feast For Crows will probably be nearly finished by the time they announce the ten-page winners.

Last word on the RPG was that no information on who would make it was available yet. :-(

 

[Xeriar]

I'm with you. I don't think Wizards bid high enough with this contest to attract the big names. However, publish a fantasy setting and add a few novel contracts and then you're talking about something. Still, there aren't many authors out there who wouldn't think twice about selling off all their rights. If they did sell off, I bet their agents would hang them!

-C

$120k for 111 pages is worth more per page than any novelist has yet made, as far as I know. Yeah, odds are slim, but you only need to do a freaking page to at least test the waters.

 

[Hakkenshi]

Here's the question - would Martin, Jordan, et al really license their work for 120k?

Jordan, no, he's already making enough off WoT.

But Martin? From what I hear, he has a day job too. 120K for letting your mind wander is pretty good. An author like that probably wouldn't sweat a 100-page setting.

Either way, for us Canadians the 120K is much better; it translates to about 180K here

(No, I'm not giving myself false hopes, OR thinking only about the money)