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Message: <blockquote data-quote="greymist" data-source="post: 1902173" data-attributes="member: 7113">My original post is a bunch of pages back, but I wanted to respond to Erik's post about fiction.    I don't mind reading the fiction in Dragon, frankly with some issues, it is a way to get away from the articles that I don't like. However, sticking to WOTC-themed fiction will be another nail in the coffin. As you said, WOTC publishes a dozen or two novels each year...if I want to read them I will. The fact of the matter is that I find the majority of the novels to be garbage. If you add it to Dungeon on a regular basis you will be driving me away faster.     In regards to your comment about being introduced to many authors by Dragon: so was I...but that was then.    IMO you are dealing with a much better educated buyer now. Not in terms of schooling, but in terms of knowing about all of the available products and all of the tie-ins, etc. Marketing in 2004 using 1974 as a model is simply a bad business decision.    I expect that the readers of EN World make a pretty good sample for the Dragon market, and from what I can see you should not even be thinking about it...drop the fiction (even though I will miss some of it) and provide more fluff. And if you think that this thread is not representative of your readers, then you sure as heck better be polling your subscribers directly to make sure.    I am looking forward to reading your editorial response, I hope you will post a lengthier version here, where your word count is not constrained.  And finally, I would like to add my voice to those who do not want to see any articles on D&D Miniatures, or computer games....stick to the knitting and write articles on roleplaying games.</blockquote>

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