Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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.. to get a shot at doing some writing for Paizo (both game and fiction). Especially if said guy is a former freelancer who worked on Exalted and GammWorld D20 whose real life took him away from writing for a while but wants to get back in the biz?
You know, hypothetically?
There are the standard avenues available to anybody, such as entering RPG Superstar or the PF Fiction Contest, or submitting to the open calls they announce for PFS scenarios. If you think you've got pro talent that justifies a different avenue of entry, use the contact info on the website to call in and ask to talk to the editorial staff. If they are familiar with your work, they might give you a shot at contributing to a product.
Sorry, nothing too earthshattering about this advice, but it's what I would do in your shoes. :)
Director of Narrative
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I'd start here.
Also, this topic is frequently brought up, so, it's been the topic of seminars a few times. The most recent time at PaizoCon, it was recorded. Scan through the list of recorded seminars here for the Writing for Pathfinder Society seminar and give it a listen.
Aside from those, writing for 3PPs is a good way to get your name out there and get noticed by Paizo. Check out their submission guideines and pitch some work.
Hope that helps.
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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I'd start here.
Also, this topic is frequently brought up, so, it's been the topic of seminars a few times. The most recent time at PaizoCon, it was recorded. Scan through the list of recorded seminars here for the Writing for Pathfinder Society seminar and give it a listen.
Aside from those, writing for 3PPs is a good way to get your name out there and get noticed by Paizo. Check out their submission guideines and pitch some work.
Hope that helps.
Good call Daigle, I forgot about the PaizoCon seminar. Listenting to that would be an aces place to start.
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Director of Brand Strategy
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If you have verifiable credits in RPG design, shoot me an email at mark.moreland@paizo.com with a list of your work so I can check it out, and I'll see what we can do. Outside of nudging your foot in the door on past work, the suggestions of participating in the RPG Superstar contest and the Pathfinder Society open call are good ones.
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I'm curious as to what the steps are for submitting Pathfinder Tales ideas/stories is rather than the module/game design avenue myself.
Unfortunately, we don't currently accept unsolicited story submissions for Pathfinder Tales. While we're always looking for new authors for the line, the term "new" is a touch misleading. Due to the newness of the line, the relatively small number of openings we have for stories each year, and the *extremely* high workload an active slush pile entails, right now we're only looking at writing samples from experienced fiction authors with professional publication credits.
If you've got some short story or novel sales under your belt, you're welcome to email me at james.sutter@paizo.com with a writing sample (two short stories or novel excerpts) and a list of your most prominent publications.
Otherwise, your best bet is to write a few stories, shop 'em around to literary mags and websites (duotrope.com can help in this regard), and start building up your writing portfolio. Alternatively, if you really want to write Pathfinder material, Pathfinder Chronicler is an awesome fan fiction site which publishes an annual anthology and runs the Pathfinder Fan Fiction Writing Contest. It's no secret that I look at who wins that--in fact, so far I've ended up guest judging the final round two years in a row.
Good luck!
.. to get a shot at doing some writing for Paizo (both game and fiction). Especially if said guy is a former freelancer who worked on Exalted and GammWorld D20 whose real life took him away from writing for a while but wants to get back in the biz?
I'd strongly recommend trying your hand at one of the better-known 3pp. Rite Publishing comes to mind, as does Open Deisgn and Super Genius Games. (Hyrum Savage, a Paizo employee, used to work for SGG).