My understanding is that most Golarion fiction is either done through the Pathfinder Chronclers or directly commissioned from someone they already know as a writer.
If you don't mind keeping it short (under 1500 words), you can submit fiction to Wayfinder too, with a good chance of being published.
That is a bit of a problem. :(
From what I've seen (and I write both long stuff and short stuff) short pieces are much more likely to get published than long ones.
Best of luck, anyway.
I would highly suggest tightening up your writing. 34k words per chapter is hard on a reader. Unless you're aspiring to be the next Stephen King or Tad Williams, short, concise writing is a must. Cut the grandiose descriptions, smooth out the dialog, and keep the action moving. Your future editor and readers thank you.
Unfortunately, at the moment all Pathfinder fiction is commissioned from the best professional authors we can find (and afford), so the first step to writing Pathfinder fiction is to get published elsewhere (for money) with your own stuff. Once you've got a few pro (or at least semi-pro) credits under your belts, feel free to email me some samples. While I'd love to do a slush pile where brand new authors can wow me with their stuff, I unfortunately don't have the time to even read samples from all the pros that contact me at the moment...
As mentioned, though, there are definitely avenues for fan fiction set in Golarion! Pathfinder Chronicler is home to a great fan-fiction community, with its own print publication and fan-fiction contest that comes with some pretty great cash prizes (and which I often judge the final round of). There's also Wayfinder, a free fan-run Pathfinder publication that's up there with some of the best for-profit RPG magazines I've seen.
Good luck!
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Unfortunately, at the moment all Pathfinder fiction is commissioned from the best professional authors we can find (and afford)...
This is really not "unfortunate" in my book.
While I'd love to do a slush pile where brand new authors can wow me with their stuff, I unfortunately don't have the time to even read samples from all the pros that contact me at the moment...
That is, though!
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Unfortunately, at the moment all Pathfinder fiction is commissioned from the best professional authors we can find (and afford)...This is really not "unfortunate" in my book.
While I'd love to do a slush pile where brand new authors can wow me with their stuff, I unfortunately don't have the time to even read samples from all the pros that contact me at the moment...That is, though!
Ha! Good point, Vic. It probably goes without saying that I'm extremely proud of the authors we've been able to snag for Pathfinder Tales. But I also really understand how daunting it can be to have to go up against the Big Kids in the fiction marketplace.
My only consolation to new writers is that very few of those giants dominating the bookshelves started out huge--most of them began as fans and wrote and wrote, slowly carving out a place for themselves, while at the same time competing with the giants of *their* day. Just keep at it!
