The Freelancer Name Game

[Ed Cha]

I like Ed Cha too. and he deserves his own post.

LOL. Thank you, diaglo! Much appreciated.

 

[Mytholder]

Gareth Hanrahan. (I liked his work on Sorcery & Steam so much, I went out and convinced one of my employers to let me hire him on to a project I'm developing.)

*Happy dance*

We should really get rolling on that, actually...

 

[Mouseferatu]

*Happy dance*

We should really get rolling on that, actually...

Indeed we should, and I apologize that we haven't. The company in question has been dealing with problems/delays on several major projects, and that has pushed back contracts and the like for our little job.

That said, it is still going to happen (though we may push tentative deadlines back a bit). When they get back from GenCon SoCal next week, I'm going to ride him about getting those contracts out, and the three of us can start tossing ideas back and forth.

 

[Teflon Billy]

I know he's not a Freelancer anymore, but I'm going to pretend that I posted this the day before yesterday and say Mike Mearls

Following closely on his heels is Steve Kenson who wrote both Mutants and Masterminds as well it's Freedom City setting. I am told by a source I trust that his Shaman's Handbook is the definitive supplement on the subject for D&D.

I'll add Wil Upchurch in there, as well as Benjamin Durbin (though I'm not sure he is a freelancer)

 

[Napftor]

I know he's not a Freelancer anymore, but I'm going to pretend that I posted this the day before yesterday and say Mike Mearls

Mearls is at the top of my list too for buying pretty much sight unseen any book with his name on it.

And I'm not sure he's gotten a real chance to shine through the fog of freelancers out there, but Charles Plemons III is worth people's hard-earned dollars. I've worked with him on all of MEG's Foul Locales books (among others). This guy knows his d20 and is nice to boot! Check out his first solo work Players Advantage: Rogue coming out this month (?) from MEG.

There's also Brannon Hollingsworth, Steve Creech, and Kevin Ruesch. All of these Bastion Press regulars continue to impress me with their quality of output and professionalism. Kudos to everyone already named in this thread as well. Good choices all!

 

[Napftor]

Maybe it's my lack of natural charm that kills threads. Here's a BUMP anyway!

 

[Ashy]

Nah, it's the fact that you mentioned *MY* name amongst all these industry pros! Thanks for the honor, Napftor!

 

[Darrin Drader]

As a side note....I have yet to pick up anything by Barendur so I cannot comment.

Well, there's plenty of free samples lying around the web. Here's a few:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20031128a
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ae/20030819x
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20030916x
http://www.bastionpress.com/Downloads/Akaya.zip

Oh, and it's Whisperfoot, no longer Baraendur.

 

[Klaus]

I know another freelancer, but not for his writing: Claudio Pozas.

Claudio may not agree, but Claudio (and people like Clark Peterson and Bill Webb, who don't count by your defintion) is what the OGL is all about: Someone who gets to work in a field they love, because they don't have to reinvent the wheel in order to do so.

Claudio has had his art attached to some very influential works, especially a lot from Fantasy Flight, and his earlier four-color style with more traditional fantasy elements shaped the look of d20 in many ways, at a time a year or two ago when the style dominating d20 was "spikey goth" to coin a phrase.

I'll quit gushing about him now.

I'll try and stop blushing now...

Thanks for the kind words, Henry!

I'll add another vote for ex-freelancer Mike Mearls, and for my friend and DM extraordinaire Kevin Kulp (he should write more often, tho).

 

[Ashy]

Oh, and it's Whisperfoot, no longer Baraendur.

What is up wit dat???