So can we get an unofficial list? Unless of course when you said "know the editor" you meant, have a personal, monogamous, polygamous, fraternal, professional, parasitic, symbiotic, or spiritual relationship with the editor. (sorry, forgot I’m not getting paid by the word for a second there…)
Yes, if you know the editor in charge of a particular section feel free to email that editor directly. That saves us all a little time and a little hassle. :)
Ecologies: F. Wesley Schneider
Spellcraft: F. Wesley SchneiderDivine Inspiration: F. Wesley Schneider
Bizarre of the Bazaar: Mike McArtor
Class Acts: Mike McArtor
Features: Jason Buhlman
I think that's all I have in my notes.
- Ashavan
A couple months ago I sent a digital painting that I made to the dragon@paizo.com inbox, but for the future is there anyone I should/could send it to? Sean Glenn, perhaps?
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you think thats a long wait time... they accepted my new monster article "Horrors of Hepmonaland" submitted 12/1/03, but still have not got around to placing it on the schedule to be actualy published ;) nearly 2 years so far, now that is a wait time.
That article was originally accepted for the Living Greyhawk Journal, and fitting it into the context of a more generalized article has been daunting. I expect it to run within the next 5 months for sure, as we'll probably end up putting some of the monsters in the upcoming Creature Catalog V.
You heard it here first.
--Erik
:)
I expect it to run within the next 5 months for sure, as we'll probably end up putting some of the monsters in the upcoming Creature Catalog V.
You heard it here first.
there was a IV? :)
...ahhh - "I see," said the blind man! :)
Mike - do those vague and nebulous rumors you might be talking about possibly - or not - cover submissions, queries, or both?I can neither confirm nor deny the possibility that something akin to queries might have been seen by a number of Paizo staffers of a number greater than two but less than four.
I did not post this. You do not know me. This post won't self-destruct, though, because that would be bad. ;D
So out of curiosity (and an utter lack of patience on my part ;) ) -- is there any idea when e-mails that are the result of this mysterious meeting back around Hallowe'en might be going out?
-- John, who hates to be a pain in the ass but can't help it...
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So out of curiosity (and an utter lack of patience on my part ;) ) -- is there any idea when e-mails that are the result of this mysterious meeting back around Hallowe'en might be going out?
-- John, who hates to be a pain in the ass but can't help it...
We have finished a large portion of the review process that is currently backed up. The next time we get a break in the production schedule, answering the querries is my number 1 priority. This may take a little bit, depending upon circumstances.
Thanks for the answer, Jason. :) I like, "It's next on my list" much better than, "We sent out all the replies already." :D
woohoo! :)
* sits in the corner and sobs *
Four queries, four rejections. Le sigh.
I still have a submission hanging out there, so here's to hoping...
two querries, two rejections here... did Jason accept ANY articles, LOL
Four querries (that I had forgotten about), three rejections and a challenge!
GGG
Four querries (that I had forgotten about), three rejections and a challenge!
GGG
Congratulations, Matt! Go get 'em.
i sent four queries; i only got two responses and both rejections. i still have two more outstanding queries, as far as i remember. ;)
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i sent four queries; i only got two responses and both rejections. i still have two more outstanding queries, as far as i remember. ;)
Just to give everyone the 411.
Today I had the time to send out rejection letters. All of the rest of the queries from the current batch are either being accepted in some part or are getting a requery letter. Now.. that said, there may be some in the batch that got lost in the shuffle and will not make it, and the batch stops about a month or so ago. I am hoping to start sending out some "request for submission" letters tomorrow. We will see how the day turns out though.
Thanks everyone for being patient. The backlog is slowly starting to clear.
Two queries--one rejection, one "maybe"
If it makes you feel any better, my success rate went like this:
Three queries.
Three rejections.
^_^
See, it even happens to the guys who work on the magazine.
You need to bring extra film to the Christmas party this year and make sure you get lots and lots of incriminating photos.
(and then you need to make sure I get some copies too... :) )
Two query letters, each with three articles...Thus a total of six rejections.
I have one last query out there with three more articles, but I haven't heard about those yet.
Time to break out the past few issues of DRAGON, study them a bit more closely to hone in closer to what the editors want/need (and perhaps read a few tea leaves just for good measure)...
Yikes! I just noticed the time stamp on Jason Buhlman's post up above...talk about burning the midnight oil!
I hope the staff at DUNGEON and DRAGON have regular access to copious quantities of coffee.
Thanks to Jason, Mike, and everyone else at the magazines for putting in such time and work to produce these magazines.
I did get some constructive criticism from Mike McArtor, who's been very good at letting me know where things stand and giving me little hints on where I could have done better, so I don't have that problem. I waited 3 months for one response and got a response within a week on the other query, so I'm really pleased with how I've been treated, especially being a rookie.
I did get some constructive criticism from Mike McArtor, who's been very good at letting me know where things stand and giving me little hints on where I could have done better, so I don't have that problem. I waited 3 months for one response and got a response within a week on the other query, so I'm really pleased with how I've been treated, especially being a rookie.
I always get good feedback from Mike... from Jason I generaly get something that looks like a form letter :P
You guys have to get a proceedure down for queries. There's no way the mag can be so mismanaged compared to Jesse Decker and crew that it needs six months, a year or _more_ to respond to a query letter.
This is just a hunch but I believe there is more forward planning going on at this time than during any previous administration. The Dungeon staff for instance know what's going into a mag eight monthes in advance instead of two. While this is a good thing for a magazine it does mean that something is going to be left by the wayside in this case getting back to freelancers quicker than pretty much any other similar professional publication.
If the wait is irksome, I would say: don't wait. Send them something else, write sonnets, water the grass, or write an article about waiting. So long as you have a bunch of articles in the hopper (with more going in) you not only improve your odds of getting in, but also of having multiple deadlines (no one is going to come back and say have all three of these done by next week).
That said Dragon gets tons more submissions than Dungeon (so many I've never pinned any hope of getting into that magazine except by wheedling myself into the latter first). So try Dungeon especially now that it has the Campaign Workbook section. They are no faster, but it is another outlet.
GGG
I did get some constructive criticism from Mike McArtor, who's been very good at letting me know where things stand and giving me little hints on where I could have done better, so I don't have that problem. I waited 3 months for one response and got a response within a week on the other query, so I'm really pleased with how I've been treated, especially being a rookie.I always get good feedback from Mike... from Jason I generaly get something that looks like a form letter :P
For queries, my experiences pretty much match Wes's. I will say, though, that back in February of so of this year I was working on a submission for Dragon and ran into some issues - I was going to end up blowing waaaaay past my word count. I e-mailed Jason about it and received wonderful assistance; he gave me more words to work with, and also suggested some changes I could make to help get things a bit more under control. I don't know if I could've finished the article without Jason's help to be honest.
I do agree, though, that form letters suck for replies to queries (though I understand why).
I've also had good feedback from Wes on the one Spellcraft article I sent that was rejected. He took the time to explain to me why he was rejecting the submission, and offered tips for what I can do to improve things the next time I submitted a Spellcraft article. Again, very helpful.
So far I've heard back on twenty-one of my twenty-eight feature pitches I sent in back in August. Five greenlights and sixteen "pass/no thanks", which is slightly higher then I expected (normally the ratio is 1/5 not 1/4 :) ). A couple are particularly intriguing, and one is a natural follow up to an article I wrote earlier this year but have yet to hear back on (which hopefully offers some hint as to its ultimate fate :) ).
so has anyone besides Hal gotten the go-ahead yet? ;)
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Fellas,
I still haven't heard back on handful of proposals from back in April....
That is troubling. Everyone once and a while someone gets sucked into my spam filter and is never heard from again. You may have fallen into that category. Try resending these queries please.
Jason Bulmahn
Associate Editor of Dragon
i have a question. since we now know that the Creature Catalog compilation articles have been restarted, can we "take aim" at those? say take a dozen or so monsters and put them in a query and say "see anything you like?" if so, should there be a specific theme to them, or can they be generally unconnected (and thus they would be placed within some other theme generated by the staff)?
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I did get some constructive criticism from Mike McArtor, who's been very good at letting me know where things stand and giving me little hints on where I could have done better, so I don't have that problem. I waited 3 months for one response and got a response within a week on the other query, so I'm really pleased with how I've been treated, especially being a rookie.
Generally speaking I respond to emails within a week or so, depending on where we are in the production cycle. (I can't speak to why Jason is so slow...) ;) I have fallen behind only once, through a combination of Gen Con and Dragon Compendium.
As of right now I have 14 emails in my Inbox. I think roughly 6 of them are query emails. So I might get through all of my queries today.
Unless Sarah drops an article on my desk. ^_^
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i have a question. since we now know that the Creature Catalog compilation articles have been restarted, can we "take aim" at those? say take a dozen or so monsters and put them in a query and say "see anything you like?" if so, should there be a specific theme to them, or can they be generally unconnected (and thus they would be placed within some other theme generated by the staff)?
Yes, you can do this. The Catalogs will not be "themed" (except for the one in 339, which focuses on official campaign setting monsters). We'd also prefer that most of them be new monsters, rather than coversions. A couple sentences on each monster's schtick ought to be enough to give us an idea of whether we're interested in it or not.
--Erik
We'd also prefer that most of them be new monsters, rather than coversions.
boo. ;) well, we do have some new ones too.
w00t.
Two queries:
One pass, one yes.
My first yes.
I'm sorry, but I'm new to this and a bit unsure of the process. I sent my digital painting in September and still haven't heard anything about it. I don't mean to be impatient and I understand that these things take time, but I'm just worried that maybe it got lost along the way. It's a picture of some shadow creature things, if that means anything, perhaps somebody has seen it?
If you think it would help to send it in again, I can do so easily, I don't want to fill up your inbox with my junk though.
Again, I know I'm not the only one waiting, so I understand that it could just be taking longer.
Thanks.
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I'm sorry, but I'm new to this and a bit unsure of the process. I sent my digital painting in September and still haven't heard anything about it. I don't mean to be impatient and I understand that these things take time, but I'm just worried that maybe it got lost along the way. It's a picture of some shadow creature things, if that means anything, perhaps somebody has seen it?
If you think it would help to send it in again, I can do so easily, I don't want to fill up your inbox with my junk though.
Again, I know I'm not the only one waiting, so I understand that it could just be taking longer.
Thanks.
If you didn't send it to the art director, Sean Glenn, then you probably won't hear a response on it. Make sure you send all art to Sean. We editors don't make those decisions (well sometimes Erik might, but I don't know that for sure).
w00t.
Two queries:
One pass, one yes.
My first yes.
Congratulations Josh. That first one's a great feeling.
So is the second, and the third, and the fourth, and...
:D
Hey All!
I was just wondering if Jason is done getting back to people, cause I didn't hear yet and was worried my props got lost in the shuffle. Thanks for any help.
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Hey All!
I was just wondering if Jason is done getting back to people, cause I didn't hear yet and was worried my props got lost in the shuffle. Thanks for any help.
The only things I have left in my pile are queries that need a bit of work and we are sending back for revisions. Aside from that, we are caught up through roughly mid october.
on the bright side, while i got two rejections with this batch, there were at least three that i still had pending - all submitted (IIRC) since mid-october. ;)
*hopeful chuckle*
Still waiting for some word back on two queries I'd been asked for more detail on, and there's still one idea that I've been told to ask back on every other couple of months.