Oh pooh. Got my first 3rd edition (revised) rejection email this afternoon: "... unfortunately this piece does not fit with our current needs." *sigh* :-(
Mr. Sutter was a busy little beaver today, wasn't he?
Of course, now I have a reason to put some work in on an adventure proposal for another adventure I started with a friend several years ago and which we've both been more or less ignoring.
You see, I just can't do like you others who churn out proposal after proposal like mad. I'm the sort that has to have an adventure plotted out in detail, completely mapped out and partially written before I feel comfortable preparing a proposal for it. This is because I am a perfectionist and it takes me a long time to bring together everything "just so". If I whipped up proposals and, god forbid, actually had something accepted, I'm pretty sure I couldn't bring an unwritten adventure together in the, presumably, short amount of time that would be required.
Perhaps I'll never get published this way, but I know how I work and I'm not sure how well I would handle pushing my envelope here.
Unless anyone has some suggestions?
Jenni
Hm. I know a bit of what you mean. It's not that I have to have everything worked out in detail; on the contrary, I'm confident that I can fill in the cracks conceptually. BUT: I have to really be in love with an adventure idea to think it's worth proposing, and the more ideas I'm in love with, the more time I spend detailing and working through them, and the less I spend dreaming up new ones.
Oh pooh. Got my first 3rd edition (revised) rejection email this afternoon: "... unfortunately this piece does not fit with our current needs." *sigh* :-(
I know how you feel. dangit!
You see, I just can't do like you others who churn out proposal after proposal like mad. I'm the sort that has to have an adventure plotted out in detail, completely mapped out and partially written before I feel comfortable preparing a proposal for it. This is because I am a perfectionist and it takes me a long time to bring together everything "just so".
-snip-
Unless anyone has some suggestions?
Jenni
Lemme tell ya something. You are not alone. I got busted for having too much backstory. That is the comment I get the most. But, in my head, I have to have that info all laid out...grrrrrrrr...I am learning how to limit it into my new proposals. Write it out in a .doc, then open another and do a 'Readers Digest' on it. Strip it down to the barest essentials, if you can. Then add in all the spicy fight scenes and kewl locations and the unique BBEG and don't assume that the ed's understand how the PCs are going to mop the floor with the grunts on the upper level--describe it a little. Then get creative (or a thesarus) and talk about the 'final battle'.
Now, take this with a grain of salt. I haven't got a 'greenlight' since 2002.
Speaking of which, weren't there like 8 'greenlights' left from the summer? Where did they go? Has there been a greenlight embargo?
I'm pretty sure I couldn't bring an unwritten adventure together in the, presumably, short amount of time that would be required.
Unless anyone has some suggestions?
Jenni
Jenni, just so you know, my deadlines from the last meeting read something like this: two for February 1st, one for April 1st (no joke - I hope). The one due in April was previously a resubmit which begged for more detail (I see it as being fairly controversial for the magazine to publish (I shall say no more)). When I got the go ahead Jeremy wanted a relatively dramatic change in level (which has me a bit worried as stat block space is at a premium). So I wouldn't set your plans in stone before sending them out. Likewise my proposals tend to be rather general. I put in what I feel are the important details, but leave myself room to work. My proposals end up running about 500 to 650 words with the one resubmit exception (which was basically 17 pages of scrawled maps, stat blocks -which have changed, half completed locations, and notes).
Chris, this time I think I'm going with quality over quantity. I really like my submissions this time around and on the whole feel them to be much stronger than the last batch when I produced a few submissions that became variations on a theme - a theme that Mr. Pett executed very well in the latest issue. I was sort of waiting to see what he had cooked up so as to make sure mine was suffeciently different before giving it the final edit.
Hope that helps,
GGG
I'm guessing at least some of those remaining 8 went to people who are foolish enough not to post on this board. ;)
And if you got comments, Nomad, you're lucky. The only comments I got were the ones that were between the proverbial lines of JS's e-mail. They said things like, "We're laughing at you right now," and "you call this writing? We have other words for it, but the FCC prevents us from saying them in e-mails."
:D
I'm pretty sure I couldn't bring an unwritten adventure together in the, presumably, short amount of time that would be required.
Unless anyone has some suggestions?
Jenni
Jenni, just so you know, my deadlines from the last meeting read something like this: two for February 1st, one for April 1st (no joke - I hope). The one due in April was previously a resubmit which begged for more detail (I see it as being fairly controversial for the magazine to publish (I shall say no more)). When I got the go ahead Jeremy wanted a relatively dramatic change in level (which has me a bit worried as stat block space is at a premium). So I wouldn't set your plans in stone before sending them out. Likewise my proposals tend to be rather general. I put in what I feel are the important details, but leave myself room to work. My proposals end up running about 500 to 650 words with the one resubmit exception (which was basically 17 pages of scrawled maps, stat blocks -which have changed, half completed locations, and notes).
Chris, this time I think I'm going with quality over quantity. I really like my submissions this time around and on the whole feel them to be much stronger than the last batch when I produced a few submissions that became variations on a theme - a theme that Mr. Pett executed very well in the latest issue. I was sort of waiting to see what he had cooked up so as to make sure mine was suffeciently different before giving it the final edit.
Hope that helps,
GGG
I'll also reiterate what GGG said. I'e never been asked to do anything in under 4-5 months. That's along time to take the coolness of your proposal, and hammer it into something that is (hopefully) workable.
GGG, that's a good strategy, too. I've ended up sacrificing quality in the past, presenting por structure or ideas that just don't play. It was like spinning my wheels. For some of them, I would have been better served at the beach instead of at my computer, slopping them out.
There is probably an ideal number of proposals to query each 3 months, combining quality with quantity. You may have nailed down the most efficient set this time around with your submissions. I hope so.
Good luck, all.
This next meeting I have another whopping number of entries - one. :rolleyes: I seem to get tidbits of ideas, but those ideas never fully form into a full proposal.
My proposals end up running about 500 to 650 words
GGG
Oh my, GGG..you are "da man". I run it right up to the edge. Almost every one goes 900+ words...no wonder I get comments on 'too much'...geez!
Well, ed's, get ready for one more HUGE BLOATED proposal coming in the next couple of days.
"Lemme tell ya something. You are not alone. I got busted for having too much backstory. That is the comment I get the most."
Did you actually get feedback on your rejections? The most I got was that two of my submissions were close, but not close enough, :).
Lemme tell ya something. You are not alone. I got busted for having too much backstory. That is the comment I get the most.Did you actually get feedback on your rejections? The most I got was that two of my submissions were close, but not close enough, :).
Here's my email:
Though we enjoyed reading over your queries, the following adventures
don't suit our current needs:
Harvest in the Shadow of the Giant's Ladder
The Burdon-Char Winter Bazaar
Loneliest Eleven Miles
Across the Twisted Trident Street
The Madness of the Queen
All for the Fiddle of a Grig
Of those, the best was definitely Burdon-Char - some of the others
could benefit from a bit more focus on the adventure and a bit less
backstory. Thanks again for submitting, and keep the queries coming!
Sincerely,
James Sutter
__________________________________________________________
This next meeting I have another whopping number of entries - one. :rolleyes: I seem to get tidbits of ideas, but those ideas never fully form into a full proposal.
You're doing better than me... I've been so busy I haven't submitted anything in months. Maybe this rejection is the kick in the pants I need, but a certain collaborative project will still dominate my attention for at least another week or so.
(Yeah, yeah, I know... I'm complaining about one rejection when the collaboration got the greenlight... I should keep myself thrilled about that, finish it, and then get cracking on new stuff)
- Ashavan
(Yeah, yeah, I know... I'm complaining about one rejection when the collaboration got the greenlight... I should keep myself thrilled about that, finish it, and then get cracking on new stuff)
- Ashavan
Drunken Pilgram of the Wastes,
Speaking of the collaborative project (and no Ashavan, I'm not reaching for a whip;) and proposal word counts. As a team we got ours down to a little under 1,300 words. Not bad for four feature-length articles.Also, on the topic of titles, your's are most evocative.
GGG
Hey guys,
We were so late on these we felt at this point is was more important to get the responses out even if they did not contain much feedback. So sorry about that, but we really wanted to clear this stuff off our desks asap.
If you have a really burning question concerning your submission that is causing you to lose sleep at night, then go ahead and email me and I will try and find time to look into it. Otherwise, thanks everyone and good luck at the next meeting!
Hey guys,
We were so late on these we felt at this point is was more important to get the responses out even if they did not contain much feedback. So sorry about that, but we really wanted to clear this stuff off our desks asap.
If you have a really burning question concerning your submission that is causing you to lose sleep at night, then go ahead and email me and I will try and find time to look into it. Otherwise, thanks everyone and good luck at the next meeting!
Jeremy -
I have really burning questions every time you turn down my ideas. They are all perfect, after all, and there's no reason any of them should ever be rejected! ;)
I know how busy you are, so as much as I'd love to indulge your offer, I'll restrain myself. I'm struggling, as we all do I expect, to figure out whether I'm doing something wrong with my submissions or if I'm just not coming up with the right ideas at the right times. To be honest, I was particularly attached to my query this time around, so it stung more than usual for it to get the axe. It didn't help that I had only submitted one for this round.
- Ashavan
Hey everybody-
Hope Black Tuesday has been kind to you (I probably shouldn't call it that, but it's kinda like being the guy who owns the pet rat that starts the bubonic plague... yes, it's causing death and destruction, but it's so darn cute!). Unless Jeremy's been holding out on me in order to give a piece special attention, all greenlights, redlights, and resubmits from the last meeting should be out by now. That said, there IS stuff in our inbox at the moment that dates as far back as 6 months. I'm going to try and get as much as possible into the next submission meeting (starting with the oldest pieces), so if you're worried and aching to resubmit - give it a month before you decide a piece has been lost. At the same time, if you're suddenly receiving a "your piece has been received!" email after half a year, that's why.
As far as personal feedback goes, Jeremy's right - I'm doing my best to drop in any quick and broad comments, but off the top of my head, the most common reasons for rejection are:
-The idea just doesn't grab us
-Too similar to something we're already running
-Poor writing/proofreading (clean proposals=clean manuscripts)
-Proposal focuses too much on backstory and not enough on the details of the adventure
-PCs are spectators, not a driving force in the adventure (i.e. "Short Story Syndrome")
-The idea is fundamentally broken (we've had to put down fabulous adventure ideas because they conflict with the rules/D&D canon too much)
Now back to the slush pile. Good luck, everyone!
-James
*nods* Yep, I'm about in the same boat as Ashavan. I'm curious, but not enough to swamp you with more to do. And besides, the comments that I read between the lines (see an earlier post) are more entertaining. :D
You see, I just can't do like you others who churn out proposal after proposal like mad. I'm the sort that has to have an adventure plotted out in detail, completely mapped out and partially written before I feel comfortable preparing a proposal for it. This is because I am a perfectionist and it takes me a long time to bring together everything "just so". If I whipped up proposals and, god forbid, actually had something accepted, I'm pretty sure I couldn't bring an unwritten adventure together in the, presumably, short amount of time that would be required.Perhaps I'll never get published this way, but I know how I work and I'm not sure how well I would handle pushing my envelope here.
Unless anyone has some suggestions?
Jenni
Me too, I need to put dozens of hours into a submission before I feel good about it. But that's my proposal-writing speed. I can tell you from experience that you don't need to submit 47 proposals in order to get one accepted, so don't give up just because you can't churn out a proposal a day.
My only suggestion would be this: Look at how much your concept changed over the second half of the time you spent on it. If the answer is, "Not much," I'd recommend calling it good and sending it in once you feel like you've got the essentials covered (this is what I'm trying to do now). As pointed out elsewhere in this thread, you'll likely get asked to change quite a few things anyway, so pinning down all of the details prior to submission likely just means that much more re-work.
I've always preached the "mud on a wall" theory about submitting proposals, but you guys, sometimes it backfires. Of the proposals I had in the last meeting all but one was a collaboration. That one was rejected, but ALL of the collaborative projects were greenlit. My fellows from these messageboards collaborating with me are now working hard to get those last bits of editing and playtesting in on 3 (THREE) adventures and 1 (ONE) backdrop article. I also had the luck of getting a 5th (FIVE) adventure and another backdrop article greenlit in the same meeting with another collaborating writer.
Now, I'm not complaining, but I also took on a 3-part adventure series to appear in the Oerthjournal at Canonfire! I got the first one written and into OJ 17, but then I found myself surrounded on all sides by green lights. I'm so busy with all of these projects that I haven't had the time or creative juices for anything besides these projects for months. I'M DRAINED!!!
So, I think from now on I'll stick to maybe 1 really awesome proposal a month. I actually feel relieved that I don't have to worry about any of my submissions being reviewed in the next meeting in a week or 2. Now, that's strange :|
PS-I hope this doesn't sound like gloating because it's not. Just a general strange kind of venting... and because I miss you guys ;)
Working with Ashavan, Steve, GGG and Dryder really inspired me. I dusted off some old homebrewed adventures I had from the glorious days of yesteryear, before I had a career, toddlers and teenagers driving me nuts, and turned them into queries. Three of them! Two are MIA, but I figure I'll hear from James next time 'round. One got rejected and a campaign workbook received the "item received" stamp.
I can't even imagine coming up with more ideas now. I wanted to work on more collaborative projects, but I just can't do it. I don't have the mental energy to come up with ideas and write about them in a structured way.
My homebrewed adventures are jumbled notes, crude maps, post-it notes and an Excel spreadsheet with my NPC's on them. They are so nice and so soothing on my brain....
If I happen to get greenlights on my other two queries, I'll jump for joy and write them up, as they are mostly finished anyway (just not for 3rd edition), but I think I'm pretty much finished with this for the foreseeable future. I'm richer for the experience, especially the experience of working with my brilliant collaborators.
....now the 1400 word stuff for campaign workbooks and Dragon class acts--that's a little bit more up my alley as far as to what I can handle....I may still throw a few of those at the editorial staff, but for the rest....the black hole has swallowed my brain....I'm going to go change a diaper now...and make sure my 13 year old is not disabling the parental controls on her computer....and make sure the coffee maker is ready for my 05:15 wake up call....(I wouldn't trade it for the world--the kids that is!)
Also, on the topic of titles, your's are most evocative.GGG
Hey triple gee-
Thanks. It seems like on page 3 or so of this thread you posted a buncha titles and the BBEG for a series of proposals you had in the hopper and it hit me then that a lot of the 'it' factor..at least for me, is in the title. I love a good title.
-edit- it's pg 4 and it was 'Nest of the Black Bug'.
Also, on the topic of titles, your's are most evocative.GGG
Hey triple gee-
Thanks. It seems like on page 3 or so of this thread you posted a buncha titles and the BBEG for a series of proposals you had in the hopper and it hit me then that a lot of the 'it' factor..at least for me, is in the title. I love a good title.
-edit- it's pg 4 and it was 'Nest of the Black Bug'.
I really liked that one to, but I think my favorite was 'Mechanus Unwound'. As for your titles 'Harvest in the Shadow of the Giant's Ladder', and the 'Loneliest Eleven Miles' are my favs though 'All for the Fiddle of a Grig' is just too funny. This time around I have the following:
All the World's a Stage
Flying Butress
Path of Destruction
Rotten to the Core
The Silver Cave
Snowbound
The One That Got Away
Well of the Wyrm
I hope you get to see some of these and I hope I get to write them. Some of these have some real meaty bits for DMs who like to role-play in character. One is a ghost story. One is a tale about a lazy giant. One details the activities of a roving natural disaster. There's one that could be used to forge a group of first level strangers into a group. One has twig blights, another focuses on an urban dragon, One is a modern sequel to to an old favorite, and the final adventure deals with the complications of living a shady existance in the planes. That's in no particular order of course - just to make things interesting. ;)
GGG
and the final adventure deals with the complications of living a shady existance in the planes. That's in no particular order of course - just to make things interesting. ;)
GGG
Uh oh, I have a Plane of Shadow adventure in this time too. But, I combined that piece with the other one you had ....the dragon! So, hopefully it is different enough to pass the mustard. Or shadowstuff. whatever. This time the titles go a lil sumthin like:
"Somerton's Larder" (2nd level) from 7-24-05
from last round...and, from this round:
"The Raven of Elmwood" (5th level)
"Messages from Gallates Priory" (1st level)
"In the Quaking Forest" (5th level)
"Heart of Wildemoor's Paladin" (8th level)
"Raining Cats and Dogs" (9th level)
"The Return of the Exiled" (9th level)
The one I'm most excited/afraid of in the Raven one. It's my first Realms proposal...got the Monsters of Faerun book for Christmas. I think I will get one more in this weekend...not sure if it will make the cutoff date.
Interesting. I also have ideas for the Plane of Shadow fermenting.
I got rejected today!
It was something I sent 6 months ago ;>
So it's back to the drawingboard for me, if I can find the time for it. But next time I will employ the services of someone who works in the editing field ;> Scratch one reason to reject me.....
... and a campaign workbook received the "item received" stamp.
Er... I thought Campaign Workbook articles went unacknowledged? I've submitted several without getting any word about them. Should I e-mail one of the editors to make sure they were received?
Also, on the topic of titles, your's are most evocative.
GGG
I'm generally not very satisfied with my titles; at least they are not as evocative as some I've read on this thread. The last round of rejects were:
"Sanctuary" (4th)
"Hramshar's Folly" (1st)
"Law and Disorder" (8th)
"Culture Clash" (5th)
So far in the next round, I have a pair of Eberron adventures:
"The Cold Embrace"
"The Urban Jungle"
I am currently working on a proposal that has a working title I'm most proud of, "The Frogs of War." I have to get that one in pretty soon.
Interesting. I also have ideas for the Plane of Shadow fermenting.
No worries here, think 'shady existance' in terms other than Shadow Plane.
Enigmatically,
GGG
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Er... I thought Campaign Workbook articles went unacknowledged? I've submitted several without getting any word about them. Should I e-mail one of the editors to make sure they were received?
Campaign Workbook submissions do generally go unacknowledged. It seems Jeremy has a "pile" that he sifts through occassionally, but he doesn't usually do rejections, so an article could sit in the pile for many, many months. I did send him an email once with a list of three or four articles, just to make sure he still had them in his pile, and he did respond.
Just as an aside, I've found that when I email the staff at Paizo with specific questions they respond very quickly.
Campaign Workbook submissions do generally go unacknowledged. It seems Jeremy has a "pile" that he sifts through occassionally, but he doesn't usually do rejections, so an article could sit in the pile for many, many months. I did send him an email once with a list of three or four articles, just to make sure he still had them in his pile, and he did respond.
Thanks. :)
Just as an aside, I've found that when I email the staff at Paizo with specific questions they respond very quickly.
I find it depends on whom I'm e-mailing. :D
Campaign Workbook submissions do generally go unacknowledged. It seems Jeremy has a "pile" that he sifts through occassionally, but he doesn't usually do rejections, so an article could sit in the pile for many, many months.
It's true, that's how things used to work, back when Jeremy and James were totally overworked and overstressed.
But there's a new sheriff in town.
While it's going to take me a bit to work through the backlog (no need to ping us quite yet!), we're now treating Campaign Workbooks more like adventures, in that you'll get a "submission received" email, followed by an actual decision (hopefully within a month or two). As somebody who's done a bit of submitting to 'zines in the past, I feel that letting people know a definite answer as quickly as possible is extremely important.
So stick around, folks -I reckon it'll be an ugly business, but I'm here to help clean up these parts.
-James
Hey All!
I just had a quick question about CWs. In the past I have submitted little paragraph blurb "proposals" first. Is that still the standard practice, or should we just write the darned thing and submit it (ala Crit Threats)?
Excellent - I get to receive more rejection letters from JS. :P
As impatient as I can be, I'm typically much more interesting in the "your submission/query has been received" than in a final answer - especially if I know that what I've sent hasn't been looked at yet, such as my current adventure query. So far, I've managed to not fret over the three CWs I have out there too much. So far.
In fact, this is why I've suggested in the past that your tech folks try and turn on some form of auto reply to the "clearing" accounts - dragon@paizo.com, dungeon@paizo.com, and gatekeeper@paizo.com.
Excellent - I get to receive more rejection letters from JS. :P
As impatient as I can be, I'm typically much more interesting in the "your submission/query has been received" than in a final answer - especially if I know that what I've sent hasn't been looked at yet, such as my current adventure query. So far, I've managed to not fret over the three CWs I have out there too much. So far.
In fact, this is why I've suggested in the past that your tech folks try and turn on some form of auto reply to the "clearing" accounts - dragon@paizo.com, dungeon@paizo.com, and gatekeeper@paizo.com.
From here on out, CWs are going to be treated more like adventures, in that they'll also get the "submission received!" email, followed by a final decision (hopefully within 4-6 weeks). As for an autoreply - you're looking at him. : ) An actual autoreply function wouldn't be as useful, because the "submission received" letter doesn't just mean your message made it to the inbox - it means that I've looked it over and it's headed for the next submissions meeting. Consider it Round One of the The Process.
-James
From here on out, CWs are going to be treated more like adventures, in that they'll also get the "submission received!" email ...
You're talking actual submissions, here, right? Not queries? Because I've never received this sort of e-mail for a query before (all two of them I've ever sent in).
Test test...
My posts don't seem to be showing up on my computer....
Check, one, two....
*E minor chord*
From here on out, CWs are going to be treated more like adventures, in that they'll also get the "submission received!" email ...You're talking actual submissions, here, right? Not queries? Because I've never received this sort of e-mail for a query before (all two of them I've ever sent in).
Sorry about the confusion - now that I can actually see my posts again, I'll clarify. : P
First off, don't bother querying Campaign Workbook articles - 98% of the time all you'll get is "Sure, write it up and we'll take a look at it". (The other 2% we'll tell you that we can't accept the article you pitched, usually because it doesn't fit into any of the CW parameters.) Just send the whole thing in. While you might be thinking "Hey, querying first still saves me effort 2% of the time!", odds are that if you're getting a lot of those 2% query rejections, you need to take a look at what exactly the CW section does.
*PLEASE NOTE: We are NOT currently accepting "advice" articles, in which you instruct a DM how to handle specific part of the game. Monte's got that angle covered with Dungeoncraft for the time being.*
As for the response letters, I actually misspoke the first time - any time you send something in, you'll either get a "submission received" email (meaning that it'll be discussed at the next sub meeting) or a rejection notice (meaning that, for one reason or another, we knew right off the bat that a given piece wasn't going to work for us). So either way, you should hear SOMETHING relatively soon after submitting.
Thanks!
-James
As for the response letters, I actually misspoke the first time - any time you send something in, you'll either get a "submission received" email (meaning that it'll be discussed at the next sub meeting) or a rejection notice (meaning that, for one reason or another, we knew right off the bat that a given piece wasn't going to work for us). So either way, you should hear SOMETHING relatively soon after submitting.Thanks!
-James
Way cool! Thank you guys for relieving SOME of the worrying. When will this start?
I'm generally not very satisfied with my titles; at least they are not as evocative as some I've read on this thread. The last round of rejects were:"Sanctuary" (4th)
"Hramshar's Folly" (1st)I am currently working on a proposal that has a working title I'm most proud of, "The Frogs of War." I have to get that one in pretty soon.
Sanctuary is an amazing song by Maiden, so that's good. The Hramshar Folly is great too. And Frogs of War is a great image!
If you have a really burning question concerning your submission that is causing you to lose sleep at night, then go ahead and email me and I will try and find time to look into it. Otherwise, thanks everyone and good luck at the next meeting!
Well, unlike those other namby-pamby types who figure you deserve a break just because you're supposedly busy trying to put another so-called issue of some magazine thing-y together, I'm not at all shy about grabbing a golden ring when it's offered. Ergo, as my "Black Tuesday" email had no feedback about my submission at all, you should already have something from me in your inbox.
;-)
Actually, thanks, in advance, for putting in the extra effort on behalf of those of us who are newer at this than some of the others and really want to know what needs to be done better next time. :-D
Jenni
Well, unlike those other namby-pamby types who figure you deserve a break just because you're supposedly busy trying to put another so-called issue of some magazine thing-y together, I'm not at all shy about grabbing a golden ring when it's offered. Ergo, as my "Black Tuesday" email had no feedback about my submission at all, you should already have something from me in your inbox.;-)
Actually, thanks, in advance, for putting in the extra effort on behalf of those of us who are newer at this than some of the others and really want to know what needs to be done better next time. :-D
Jenni
Jenni -
Never doubt that we aren't curious, Jenni, as to why our ideas got axed. The people who have thus far said they would give the editors a break are people who have had material published in either Dungeon or Dragon... that gives us a bit of a buffer. We've all had many ideas rejected before. We've all had material accepted - something that lets us know that our writing IS good enough to get in the door. Sometimes we just have to learn to let an idea go - or if we are too attached to it to let it go, retool it to pure d20 and pitch it elsewhere. A no is still a no; I'm not going to change the editors mind.
- Ashavan
PS - it was a really tempting offer on Jeremy's part, and I don't blame you in the least for taking him up on it.
Hey everybody-
Hope Black Tuesday has been kind to you (I probably shouldn't call it that, but it's kinda like being the guy who owns the pet rat that starts the bubonic plague... yes, it's causing death and destruction, but it's so darn cute!). Unless Jeremy's been holding out on me in order to give a piece special attention, all greenlights, redlights, and resubmits from the last meeting should be out by now.
-James
Erm, I don't know what might have happened but I've got well over ten queries still outstanding, some dating back to last July. I did get one response about a Campaign Workbook, but the rest has gone unanswered. Have I merely fallen through the cracks? Should I just resubmit the whole batch that I've been waiting nearly half a year for a response, only for them to go on the bottom of the pile again? ANY advice?
Erm, I don't know what might have happened but I've got well over ten queries still outstanding, some dating back to last July. I did get one response about a Campaign Workbook, but the rest has gone unanswered. Have I merely fallen through the cracks? Should I just resubmit the whole batch that I've been waiting nearly half a year for a response, only for them to go on the bottom of the pile again? ANY advice?
I would send a note to Jeremy directly with the names of the queries and the dates that you sent them, letting them know you're just concerned that in the desk clearing that you haven't received any responses.
- Ashavan
Yay!
I just got an e-mail from James Sutter about a Critical Threat I sent in back in late September (on my birthday, actually). He didn't say, "This sucks, and there's no chance of us printing it!" YAY!
It's "under consideration" - much better than being out-right rejected, in my opinion. :D
Way cool! Thank you guys for relieving SOME of the worrying. When will this start?
Now, and retroactively. I'm up to October so far. : P
-James
Erm, I don't know what might have happened but I've got well over ten queries still outstanding, some dating back to last July. I did get one response about a Campaign Workbook, but the rest has gone unanswered. Have I merely fallen through the cracks? Should I just resubmit the whole batch that I've been waiting nearly half a year for a response, only for them to go on the bottom of the pile again? ANY advice?Hey everybody-
Hope Black Tuesday has been kind to you (I probably shouldn't call it that, but it's kinda like being the guy who owns the pet rat that starts the bubonic plague... yes, it's causing death and destruction, but it's so darn cute!). Unless Jeremy's been holding out on me in order to give a piece special attention, all greenlights, redlights, and resubmits from the last meeting should be out by now.
-James
Don't resubmit quite yet - emails have gone out relaying every decision that was made at the last meeting, but there are still manuscripts (particularly Campaign Workbooks) going back to July that haven't been reviewed/responded to. The system is in the process of being streamlined, so hopefully the days of a 6-month lag time are finally gone for good. If you still haven't gotten at least a "received" email by the end of the month, please resubmit. Thanks for being so patient!
-James
Way cool! Thank you guys for relieving SOME of the worrying. When will this start?Now, and retroactively. I'm up to October so far. : P
-James
hmmm... I have one that I e-mailed on September 30th that I haven't heard about yet. It could be an e-mail delay. If I haven't received a reply by tomorrow or so, James, should I drop you a note about it?
Did I ever tell ya'll I'm not a very patient person? ;) The e-mail just arrived - no worries, James.
Now, and retroactively. I'm up to October so far. : P
-James
But I don't have any October ones...