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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7894906" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Really? Do we suppose Mercer owed something to those fans? I am a fan of Patrick Rothfuss, I'm frustrated that the third book in his trilogy hasn't been published yet. Should I expect an apology from Robert Crais? They are both published by DAW books and Crais just got a new book released. The agents who worked on that book could have been working with Rothfuss. The space in their printing schedule could have been used by Rothfuss. The advertising dollars could have been used on Rothfuss. So, does Crais owe me as a fan of Patrick Rothfuss any sort of apology? Of course not. Crais has no control over when Rothfuss finishes his book, he has no control over the company that publishes the material. He has nothing to worry about except getting his own work published. Why is Matt Mercer different? Should he have told WoTC that they shouldn't publish his work, because fans of Greyhawk are frustrated there isn't more material? When he was meeting with editors to go over his work for errors, should he have instead told them to go and find a Spelljammer manuscript to edit, because the fans want it? No. He has no responsibility to do anything with those settings. They are not his work, they are not his concern. And even if his setting delayed the release of all of those settings by two years, he has zero responsibility to those fans. Because he has his own fans, his own work, and it deserves to be acknowledged.</blockquote>

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