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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 7659441" data-attributes="member: 70"><p>I'll echo what's been said. An article is different from an actual product. I've done fan-writing for GH since the mid-90's culminating in editing the <em>Oerth Journal</em> for 4 issues (I was assistant editor for one issue under Erik Mona). That got me enough confidence to submit three articles to <em>Dragon</em> (netting one rejection, one request for revision that was so extensive we mutually retconed it into a rejection, and one acceptance) at the same time 3e was announced. I've done little stuff since then, but not much public.</p><p></p><p>A few years ago I got involved in the OSR and, unhappy with a lot of what I saw, decided to write an illusionist supplement for <em>Swords & Wizardry</em>. I was working off a free copy of the rules, and vowed to make the supplement free in turn. The result is <em>The Basic Illusionist</em>, which I am absolutely proud of and rue daily the vow to make it free, but so it is and so it stays.</p><p></p><p>A year after that I wrote two issues of a fanzine, <em>Secrets: Omens & Artifacts</em> and <em>Secrets: Strange Races</em>. Those are for-pay ($1.99 each). I listed all three of them on RPGNow/DTRPG just prior to Thanksgiving, so approximately two months ago. In that time (approx two months) I've "sold" 562 copies of <em>The Basic Illusionist</em>; 18 copies of <em>Strange Races</em>, and 10 copies of <em>Omens & Artifacts</em>. It's not much, but <em>TBI</em> definitely draws attention to the other two, even though it's almost two years old at this point and has been available for free in various places around the internet that whole time. </p><p></p><p>I don't freelance because I know I'm not reliable at this point. Self-publishing is a hassle, and many self-publishers are, frankly, abysmal. Particularly with design & layout. I self-publish because I'm not adhered to a deadline (though it would probably actually work for me) and I have control over the product. </p><p></p><p>This turned in to a bit of a ramble. Hope it's helpful in some way.</p><p></p><p><strong>Edit:</strong> I just updated <em>The Basic Illusionist</em> to Pay What You Want, because...why not?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 7659441, member: 70"] I'll echo what's been said. An article is different from an actual product. I've done fan-writing for GH since the mid-90's culminating in editing the [I]Oerth Journal[/I] for 4 issues (I was assistant editor for one issue under Erik Mona). That got me enough confidence to submit three articles to [I]Dragon[/I] (netting one rejection, one request for revision that was so extensive we mutually retconed it into a rejection, and one acceptance) at the same time 3e was announced. I've done little stuff since then, but not much public. A few years ago I got involved in the OSR and, unhappy with a lot of what I saw, decided to write an illusionist supplement for [I]Swords & Wizardry[/I]. I was working off a free copy of the rules, and vowed to make the supplement free in turn. The result is [I]The Basic Illusionist[/I], which I am absolutely proud of and rue daily the vow to make it free, but so it is and so it stays. A year after that I wrote two issues of a fanzine, [I]Secrets: Omens & Artifacts[/I] and [I]Secrets: Strange Races[/I]. Those are for-pay ($1.99 each). I listed all three of them on RPGNow/DTRPG just prior to Thanksgiving, so approximately two months ago. In that time (approx two months) I've "sold" 562 copies of [I]The Basic Illusionist[/I]; 18 copies of [I]Strange Races[/I], and 10 copies of [I]Omens & Artifacts[/I]. It's not much, but [I]TBI[/I] definitely draws attention to the other two, even though it's almost two years old at this point and has been available for free in various places around the internet that whole time. I don't freelance because I know I'm not reliable at this point. Self-publishing is a hassle, and many self-publishers are, frankly, abysmal. Particularly with design & layout. I self-publish because I'm not adhered to a deadline (though it would probably actually work for me) and I have control over the product. This turned in to a bit of a ramble. Hope it's helpful in some way. [B]Edit:[/B] I just updated [I]The Basic Illusionist[/I] to Pay What You Want, because...why not? [/QUOTE]
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