paizo.com Recent Comments on Winter Witch Sample Chapter—Prologue: The Dancing Hutpaizo.com Recent Comments on Winter Witch Sample Chapter—Prologue: The Dancing Hut2011-06-15T20:22:13Z2011-06-15T20:22:13ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Paizo Blog: Winter Witch Sample Chapter--Prologue: The Dancing HutWhited Sepulcherhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbog?Winter-Witch-Sample-ChapterPrologue-The#62010-12-11T13:59:05Z2010-12-11T13:59:05Z<p>Well, after reading the preview chapter and getting hooked, I saw a copy at Barnes and Noble yesterday and bought it. Slowly working my way through... why did it have to be the end of the quarter now? Work or novel... I guess I better finish off on work so I can buy more novels in the future. •sigh• :-)</p>Well, after reading the preview chapter and getting hooked, I saw a copy at Barnes and Noble yesterday and bought it. Slowly working my way through... why did it have to be the end of the quarter now? Work or novel... I guess I better finish off on work so I can buy more novels in the future. *sigh* :-)Whited Sepulcher2010-12-11T13:59:05ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Paizo Blog: Winter Witch Sample Chapter--Prologue: The Dancing HutGeraintElberionhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbog?Winter-Witch-Sample-ChapterPrologue-The#52010-12-08T20:59:40Z2010-12-08T20:59:40Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lord Slaavik wrote:</div><blockquote><p>That being said "Winter Witch" is indeed a very solid novel. The author(s) (Dave Gross worked on it too from what I have understood) have definitely read their Pathfinder copies, specifically the "Rise of the Runelords" ones about Varisia and of course the Whitethrone section of Cities of Golarion. Elaine Cunningham as usual is very good at developing characters as the story goes along. The only gripe I have with the book is the ending that seems a bit rushed, as in it feels like the book needed another fifty pages or so.
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</blockquote><p>I agree with all of this.Lord Slaavik wrote:That being said "Winter Witch" is indeed a very solid novel. The author(s) (Dave Gross worked on it too from what I have understood) have definitely read their Pathfinder copies, specifically the "Rise of the Runelords" ones about Varisia and of course the Whitethrone section of Cities of Golarion. Elaine Cunningham as usual is very good at developing characters as the story goes along. The only gripe I have with the book is the ending that seems a bit rushed, as in it...GeraintElberion2010-12-08T20:59:40ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Paizo Blog: Winter Witch Sample Chapter--Prologue: The Dancing HutJames Sutter (Contributor)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbog?Winter-Witch-Sample-ChapterPrologue-The#42010-12-08T19:55:48Z2010-12-08T19:55:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lord Slaavik wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Like many I received the book a while ago and like Kajehase in particular, I have also finished reading it.</p>
<p>Granted, there is a blog entry that explains why the preview is so late, but I still find it unfair, intolerable, etc, :) that our weekly free dose of Pathfinder fiction is interrupted by a preview. Yes, I know, it is free, so we are not paying for it, but still as a "freetard" I am entitled to free stuff!</p>
<p>Why not attach a preview PDF to the product page and be done with it?</p>
<p></blockquote><p>The main reason we don't just attach the sample chapter PDF to the product page is because we want to show it off. As you can see from some of the other comments, there are folks that read the webfiction that don't subscribe or read the normal blogs, and if they see a sample chapter here and buy a book, that helps the line immensely. The whole point of the free web fiction is to raise the visibility of Pathfinder Tales and get folks invested. While it's true that a free sample chapter gives you slightly less content than a free sample chapter AND a new chapter of a short story, if previewing 4 sample chapters a year helps us justify paying thousands of dollars to provide the other 48 weeks a year of free fiction and art, that's a pretty sweet deal!
<p>Plus, with all the sample chapters after this one, you'll get •brand new• illustrations of main characters from the novels. So there will •still• be value, even if you've already read the book!</p>Lord Slaavik wrote:Like many I received the book a while ago and like Kajehase in particular, I have also finished reading it.
Granted, there is a blog entry that explains why the preview is so late, but I still find it unfair, intolerable, etc, :) that our weekly free dose of Pathfinder fiction is interrupted by a preview. Yes, I know, it is free, so we are not paying for it, but still as a "freetard" I am entitled to free stuff!
Why not attach a preview PDF to the product page and be done...James Sutter (Contributor)2010-12-08T19:55:48ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Paizo Blog: Winter Witch Sample Chapter--Prologue: The Dancing HutLiane Merciel (Contributor)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbog?Winter-Witch-Sample-ChapterPrologue-The#32010-12-08T18:11:43Z2010-12-08T18:11:43Z<p>Love the sample chapter. Just ordered my copy of Winter Witch 10 minutes ago, and can't wait to read the rest of the story when it gets here. :)</p>Love the sample chapter. Just ordered my copy of Winter Witch 10 minutes ago, and can't wait to read the rest of the story when it gets here. :)Liane Merciel (Contributor)2010-12-08T18:11:43ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Tales: Paizo Blog: Winter Witch Sample Chapter--Prologue: The Dancing HutLord Slaavikhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbog?Winter-Witch-Sample-ChapterPrologue-The#22012-11-15T23:00:30Z2010-12-08T14:36:41Z<p>Like many I received the book a while ago and like Kajehase in particular, I have also finished reading it.</p>
<p>Granted, there is a blog entry that explains why the preview is so late, but I still find it unfair, intolerable, etc, :) that our weekly free dose of Pathfinder fiction is interrupted by a preview. Yes, I know, it is free, so we are not paying for it, but still as a "freetard" I am entitled to free stuff!</p>
<p>Why not attach a preview PDF to the product page and be done with it?</p>
<p>This is especially annoying this week as Ed Greenwood is supposed to be the next author of the next short piece of Pathfinder webfiction and I have to wait another week for that.</p>
<p>That being said "Winter Witch" is indeed a very solid novel. The author(s) (Dave Gross worked on it too from what I have understood) have definitely read their Pathfinder copies, specifically the "Rise of the Runelords" ones about Varisia and of course the Whitethrone section of Cities of Golarion. Elaine Cunningham as usual is very good at developping characters as the story goes along. The only gripe I have with the book is the ending that seems a bit rushed, as in it feels like the book needed another fifty pages or so.</p>Like many I received the book a while ago and like Kajehase in particular, I have also finished reading it.
Granted, there is a blog entry that explains why the preview is so late, but I still find it unfair, intolerable, etc, :) that our weekly free dose of Pathfinder fiction is interrupted by a preview. Yes, I know, it is free, so we are not paying for it, but still as a "freetard" I am entitled to free stuff!
Why not attach a preview PDF to the product page and be done with it?
This is...Lord Slaavik2010-12-08T14:36:41ZForums: Pathfinder Tales: Paizo Blog: Winter Witch Sample Chapter--Prologue: The Dancing HutKajehasehttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbog?Winter-Witch-Sample-ChapterPrologue-The#12012-11-15T23:00:30Z2010-12-08T14:12:00Z<p>I finished this book yesterday, and to anyone who liked this chapter - it gets even better.</p>I finished this book yesterday, and to anyone who liked this chapter - it gets even better.Kajehase2010-12-08T14:12:00Z