Get well soon Lil. :)
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Hey gang, responses to Wayfinder will be slow going. I have been struck with one of Urgathoa's plagues and will be delayed in finalizing the Wayfinder #2 article list.
Get well, soon!
While we wait for your recovery, should we go ahead and tweak our material?
I know I've spotted ways to improve mine.
I originally didn't find the linnorms in the Bestiary when I started, since I was looking under 'Dragon', so assumed they'd been put back for a later product. I now find them in their own entry, and that the description in the Campaign Setting differs from the Bestiary, by describing them with vestigial wings, which they've since lost.
So scratch any mention of wing attacks.
The version of your article that you sent in should have been your final one...though you might get a chance to update it before it goes out to the editor. (Not likely though, as we're cutting it close to the wire for the release date.)
No tweaking or we will never finish!!! We still have lots of editing/artsy/layout/privatepartscratching/marketing to do!
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The version of your article that you sent in should have been your final one...though you might get a chance to update it before it goes out to the editor. (Not likely though, as we're cutting it close to the wire for the release date.)
True, I was just thinking we could reduce delays from the editors being sick, if we amend things we've already spotted.
No sense waiting to be told things we already know, right?In my case, remove any reference to fly speed, or wing attack, and chop reference to flight in the Tactics section.
Add the word 'mithral' to the armor (and reduce armor check penalty to -1).
That frees up some word count to add to the PC hook, and I'll see if I can rebalance the wordcount between backstory and current info.
We are going to get artsy real soon!
If someone other than the current artists wants to participate please let me know.
I'm sure we'll be notified in due order. Patience, grasshopper.
We are going to get artsy real soon!
If someone other than the current artists wants to participate please let me know.
I'd definitely be interested, although there's a sad lot of "depends" connected to it, ainly technical issues such as poor scanner etc. However that can be dealt with.
So, well, if you're missing more people, do let me know.
We are going to get artsy real soon!
If someone other than the current artists wants to participate please let me know.
I'd definitely be interested, although there's a sad lot of "depends" connected to it, ainly technical issues such as poor scanner etc. However that can be dealt with.
So, well, if you're missing more people, do let me know.
This is a "Fan"-zine, and thou we do look up for quality, everyone is welcome as long as they submit a decent job.
Please shoot me an email to:
to have your contact and send you the art request when ready
We are going to get artsy real soon!
If someone other than the current artists wants to participate please let me know.
I'd definitely be interested, although there's a sad lot of "depends" connected to it, ainly technical issues such as poor scanner etc. However that can be dealt with.
So, well, if you're missing more people, do let me know.
This is a "Fan"-zine, and thou we do look up for quality, everyone is welcome as long as they submit a decent job.
Please shoot me an email to:
** spoiler omitted **
to have your contact and send you the art request when ready
Email sent, thanks a lot for the reply.
Hoping I can help with the project, it's such an awesome initiative.
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We are going to get artsy real soon!
If someone other than the current artists wants to participate please let me know.
I'd definitely be interested, although there's a sad lot of "depends" connected to it, ainly technical issues such as poor scanner etc. However that can be dealt with.
So, well, if you're missing more people, do let me know.
This is a "Fan"-zine, and thou we do look up for quality, everyone is welcome as long as they submit a decent job.
Please shoot me an email to:
** spoiler omitted **
to have your contact and send you the art request when ready
Hey Hugo,
I shot you a quick e-mail ...
Thanks!
Marc
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In the spirit of Snorter's 'last minute corrections',...
Oh, Charles, you're champing at the bit, as are we all.
Have a sugar lump.For the record, I sort of agree that there should be a limit on submitting amendments, so as not to drive the editors crazy.
Though I see a distinction between mechanical corrections, which have to be made, or the entry is objectively 'wrong', and descriptive prose, which is totally subjective, so can never be deemed right or wrong.
It's the latter that can get out of hand; many creatives are their own worst critic, and would be second-guessing themselves right up to the article going to press.
Snorter:
Ahh, the old numbers vs words debate... :D
Edit:
Smurf. ;)
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It's the latter that can get out of hand; many creatives are their own worst critic, and would be second-guessing themselves right up to the article going to press.
Oh hell yes. And, in my case, several years after going to press. *Every* time I read something I've written in the past, I cringe and discover new errors or things that could have been worded better. Doesn't matter if I've read that particular item a dozen times in the past, it's like new typos creep in just to vex me...
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It's the latter that can get out of hand; many creatives are their own worst critic, and would be second-guessing themselves right up to the article going to press.Oh hell yes. And, in my case, several years after going to press. *Every* time I read something I've written in the past, I cringe and discover new errors or things that could have been worded better. Doesn't matter if I've read that particular item a dozen times in the past, it's like new typos creep in just to vex me...
I thought that level of anxiety and self-criticism only happened to artists...
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Snorter:
Ahh, the old numbers vs words debate... :D
Well, I never did get an answer to that original query from oh, so many years ago, that made any sense. Mostly, it was 'because writers have always been paid by the word', but that doesn't explain why that state of affairs ever became the norm.
Why are submissions (to any publication, not just this one) rated on number of words? Why not characters? Or number of lines?
Surely, it's the space taken up on the page that's the sticking point?
Otherwise, I'll start channeling Clark Ashton Smith, and those 1500 words will end up the size of a thesaurus. LOL
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Snorter:
Ahh, the old numbers vs words debate... :DWell, I never did get an answer to that original query from oh, so many years ago, that made any sense. Mostly, it was 'because writers have always been paid by the word', but that doesn't explain why that state of affairs ever became the norm.
Why are submissions (to any publication, not just this one) rated on number of words? Why not characters? Or number of lines?
Surely, it's the space taken up on the page that's the sticking point?Otherwise, I'll start channeling Clark Ashton Smith, and those 1500 words will end up the size of a thesaurus. LOL
IIRC, it has more to do with an estimation of the space a publisher has that they need to fill ... makes more sense to refer to that by word rather than columns (dimensions of which could vary depending on the publication or even page) or characters (which also leads to a wide variation depending on the letter ... the letter 'i' takes much less space than 'm', for example). A word count would average out the character count issue somewhat.
Of course, I could just be full of it and making it up as I go along. ;)
DEADLINE: October 31st. All entries will be handled on a first come, first serve basis. Unlike the first Wayfinder, there will be a set limit on the number of articles, and your article may be rejected. I will announce when submissions are closed for Wayfinder #2, however, keep those submissions handy. Something…else…will be afoot. ;) Clarification requested:
I have seen nothing further on the subject of that 'Something…else…'. Did it fall through, and if not is there a specific date assigned to it?
The pieces have not been put in play for that yet, alas.
Wayfinder blog, YAY!
Huzzah! When do we start finding out if our articles made it in or not? First week in December? i.e. Next week?
I have finalized the article list for Wayfinder #2, and will be getting out emails tonight and tomorrow to editors, artists and authors.
Crosses fingers.
Me too!
I have finalized the article list for Wayfinder #2, and will be getting out emails tonight and tomorrow to editors, artists and authors.Thanks, Lilith. Will we be finding out one way or the other (got accepted/did not get accepted)?
Yes. :)
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Yes. :)I have finalized the article list for Wayfinder #2, and will be getting out emails tonight and tomorrow to editors, artists and authors.Thanks, Lilith. Will we be finding out one way or the other (got accepted/did not get accepted)?
Hee hee. Here's hoping I have good news in my e-mail.
And best of luck to everyone else. I'm looking forward to seeing the latest installment.
All emails have been sent to the authors for acceptance (or rejection).
Accepted articles are away to the editors.
Art orders are being written.
Go Wayfinder go!
Huzzah! I'm really excited now!
Congratulations to everyone who got their articles accepted!