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Not sure about the Starstone idea. That is an Absalom centric thing, and we are keeping on theme for everything in Kortos and Escadar that's not Absalom.Wait... Are we not allowed to do Absalom material? If so, I will have to toss out two of the submissions coming your way. I have an archetype that is a direct tie-in to backmatter that I wrote for the Agents of Edgewatch AP.
I did say Agents of Edgewatch based material would be considered, and that it'd be more favorable than a straight up Absalom piece....but I'm going to be honest.... I'm going to load preferences for things outside of Absalom higher. If you have an article that deals with Absalom proper, it would be better for you to hold on to that for a later Absalom themed issue. So far, out of 36 submissions, all have managed to stay completely out of Absalom.
Honestly, I was fully set to make issue #22 the City of Absalom, but the book got delayed to the point that we had to reconsider. Given that there is quite a lot of Paizo material on places outside of the city on Kortos and Escadar, we thought this might be a pretty good place to flesh out. But, yeah, I was very disappointed we couldn't do Absalom.
If you are doing Edgewatch articles, I would consider stuff in the Outskirts, the harbor, Pilot Island, the Flotsam Graveyard (so the Black Whale), and Starwatch Keep to be outside of the city, and fair game in this issue.
I realize that we should have been clearer on the Edgewatch content needing to be more Kortos based, and less Absalom based. So, again, if your submission is really dealing with stuff inside Absalom, and has little or nothing to connect it to stuff outside of the city, then you should hold on to it for the next PF2E issue we do. Sorry.
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ONE WEEK LEFT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Current tally is 36 articles, folks.
Advice: 0
Bestiary: 12
Fiction: 5
Gazetteers: 4
New Equipment: 1
New Rules: 7 (2 class, 3 ancestry, 2 various)
Poetry and Song: 0
Side Trek Seeds: 2
Weal or Woe: 5
Also, we have two adventure pitches so far.
With 36, we are still lean on articles of all categories, so we're still eager to get whatever article category you want to sent.
Viewing the list, we could use more magic items and equipment, more rules articles dealing with backgrounds or class options, maybe some archetypes, more side trek seeds, and ALWAYS more gazetteers.
Deadline is October 15th!
So far, out of 36 submissions, all have managed to stay completely out of Absalom.
This statement surprises me, as I sent in a Weal or Woe tied to the Agents of Edgewatch AP on September 25th.
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So far, out of 36 submissions, all have managed to stay completely out of Absalom.This statement surprises me, as I sent in a Weal or Woe tied to the Agents of Edgewatch AP on September 25th.
I stand corrected. There was no specific mention of Absalom in your article, but yes, there were references to the Graycloaks and Edgewatch there.
(shrug) We will see what happens, I guess.
Is there a preferred word count for submissions relating to New Equipment? the guidelines don't mention a word count. I'm putting together a bunch of thematically linked magic items, weapons and armor.
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Is there a preferred word count for submissions relating to New Equipment? the guidelines don't mention a word count. I'm putting together a bunch of thematically linked magic items, weapons and armor.
New equipment articles can be 750 or 1500. The important thing is that the article should have a theme that ties the items together. It could be items that are used by a caravan, item unique to a place (Turpin Row items, for instance), heck even a random selection of items could have a emporium or store as the tie in.
If you submit a handful of random items with no theme, then we will only use them if we get enough from others to be able to make our Heroes' Hoard article.
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THREE DAYS REMAIN FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Current tally is 45 articles, folks.
Advice: 0
Bestiary: 13
Fiction: 7
Flavor: 3
Gazetteers: 4
New Equipment: 1
New Rules: 7 (2 class, 3 ancestry, 2 various)
Poetry and Song: 0
Side Trek Seeds: 5
Weal or Woe: 5
Still only two adventure pitches.
With 45, we are at the minimum number needed for an issue. That requires all articles to be approved. Getting 60 or more allows for us to be picky, and select the best submissions. So, more submissions helps the quality!
Viewing the list, we could use more magic items and equipment, a song or poem, and more rules stuff (classes, archetypes, spells, etc.)
Deadline is October 15th!
This is a really silly idea, so I have to know if it's even applicable:
A set of (clean) limericks about the people who live on the Isle of Kortos as if written by them.
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Tim --
Mine is a archetype for followers of a very specific failed god. I'm not sure it mentions the word 'Absalom'. I do mention the Ogoda, which is in Absalom, but maybe it has locations in other Kortos cities as well. I could see the teaching of Oggo spreading elsewhere on Kortos. Perhaps with that small tweak I will be able to send it in.
Hmm
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I'm still not super proud of my submission, but kinda lacking energy to come up with more isle of kortos related ideas.
That and while I kinda want to write adventure content, I'm super intimidated by doing that for first time since no editing skills and all x'D Like even with feeling down lately and brain space being stolen by rpg superstar 2021 (and the dire corby related idea I have hanging in brain), easiest thing for me to do would be more bestiary entries, but even if I did that instead I'm currently kinda going blank for "umm... What else Isle of Kortos related I could create new thing for besides one I already did a thing for"
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I submitted a GM's Toolbox of backgrounds and feats.
Gaah! I hate it when I edit and re-edit my submission only to notice obvious spelling errors right after I submit it. I can spell, I promise!
And with just 7 hours to go I got my ancestry submitted.
I had one more idea after Guns and Gears released, but after finishing my first one I didn't think 7 hours was enough time to do it properly start to finish.
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Final Count: 78 submissions, and 4 adventure pitches.
Thank you to everyone that submitted something! I know this theme was a bit difficult, especially since the delay of the Absalom book derailed our original plan, but 78 is a VERY healthy number for us to generate a solid, high quality issue again.
I greatly appreciate all your support in keeping Wayfinder going all these years. We can't make a magazine without fans sending in their ideas and art. As we head into the Infinite Era, it is my hope that Wayfinder will still maintain its relevancy and its appeal as the gateway and testing grounds for future freelancers. But, that's not necessarily for ME to decide....that's up to all of you.
For now....we have a magazine issue to get started on!
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Let me thank the editors in advance too! For them the hard work is just starting!
Now only seven months to wait! :-)
I'm seeing it as more like two months, to know if my article made the cut.
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After much review, much reading, and much consideration, here are the following authors with accepted submissions for Wayfinder #22:
Aaron Filipowich
Adam Jones
Adam Kessler
Adrian Von Almen
Alexander J. Ogilvy
Andrew D. Geels
Benjamin Tait
Betty Osthoff
Brite Cheney
Charlie Brooks
Corey Roberge
Daniel Angelo Monaco
David Schwartz
Doug Edwards
Felix Dritz
Ivis Flanagan
Jacob W. Michaels
James Abendroth
James Anderson
James Long
James S. Austin
Jeffrey Anderson
Jess Miller-Camp
KM Kovalcik
Marceline Miller
Mark Rivett
Michael Bramnik
Michael Kuehne
Mischa Catalan
Nick Volpe
Robb Miller
Rodney Sloan
Ryan King
Scott Nolan
Sen.H.H.S.
Tineke Bolleman
Tommy Gaddy
Victoria Sullivan
Next steps are sending out acceptance emails with the legal-type agreements, then editor assignments, and then art assignments.
We are still quite low on artists right now. As it stands, we will not be able to illustrate all the articles.... so, we are putting out a BIG CALL for volunteer artists.
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Not too surprised that monster related to lich in lore with depression and creative slump written while I was in depressive mood and creative slump didn't get in :D That was bit too meta
(still kinda pity I didn't get two other ideas to submit, but eh maybe next time)
Congratulations to everyone who made the cut! As far as volunteering to do art is concerned, how does that work exactly?
Woo! Congrats everyone!
Congrats everyone! :-)
I apologize if this is too much to ask right now but is there any chance for me to receive some feedback (even a few words would help) concerning my submission, in order to realize my weak points and submit a better one for the next issue?
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Congrats everyone! :-)
I apologize if this is too much to ask right now but is there any chance for me to receive some feedback (even a few words would help) concerning my submission, in order to realize my weak points and submit a better one for the next issue?
So, there is a sticky history to this kind of request. I used to do that, yes. But, I started to get quite a lot of argumentative push-back, and it became VERY unpleasant. So, instead of opening the door to that kind of abuse, I opted to stop giving feedback.
What I can say is this: send the request via email (be sure to prompt me to which article) and I will see what I can do, OK?
Tim
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Congratulations to everyone who made the cut! As far as volunteering to do art is concerned, how does that work exactly?
Send me an email (wayfinderDOTfanzineATgmailDOTcom) expressing your interest in volunteering.
Include a link to a website or gallery or online portfolio showing examples of your artwork. This helps us determine if your art style matches what we have in mind for the issue, and helps me match that style with the articles' illustration needs.
I'll reply with a sort of pre-written summary of how our art process goes, and how we proceed from there.
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Just a little peek into what I was faced with in the decision process. In total, I had over 80 submissions to choose from. Now, we have about 12 categories or types of articles, and we strive to get a fairly even distribution of article types into each issue. Submissions are not evenly spread across those categories...so that means some categories have more "competition" than others.
As I go through the articles, I assign 3 statuses: KEEP, RESERVE, REJECT.
KEEP means it was a strong submission from the start. RESERVE means it was good, but didn't jump out in the front like a keeper...it goes into the "think about it/maybe" pile. REJECT is assigned to those articles that just didn't fit, or have too many errors, or just were not strong enough submissions. In a few limited cases, they violate the guidelines, which is an AUTO-REJECT.
After we tally the KEEPs, we look at the page counts, and then start selecting the RESERVE articles to fill out the issue to bring it to the 76 page limit.
At the end of the process for this issue, I selected 48 articles, and had to drop 33 submissions from pool. I honestly don't really consider the author names until the very end. Right before final selections, I review the author names, and if I have some "RESERVE" selections from an author that has all 3 articles, I'll look and see if a RESERVE from another author not selected could be used instead, so that we maximize our number of authors that get selected.
In the end, it's not perfect, but the process is what it is.
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"At the end of the process for this issue, I selected 48 articles, and had to drop 33 submissions from pool. I honestly don't really consider the author names until the very end. Right before final selections, I review the author names, and if I have some "RESERVE" selections from an author that has all 3 articles, I'll look and see if a RESERVE from another author not selected could be used instead, so that we maximize our number of authors that get selected."
That's a nice touch! I like it.
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Congrats everyone! :-)
I apologize if this is too much to ask right now but is there any chance for me to receive some feedback (even a few words would help) concerning my submission, in order to realize my weak points and submit a better one for the next issue?
If you want additional eyes there are a few places online for RPG writers. Perhaps joining a writing group will get you the feedback you're looking for. I'd suggest doing so for next year's submission. I know joining Freelance Forge has helped me.
Congratulations to everyone who made the cut! As far as volunteering to do art is concerned, how does that work exactly?Send me an email (wayfinderDOTfanzineATgmailDOTcom) expressing your interest in volunteering.
Include a link to a website or gallery or online portfolio showing examples of your artwork. This helps us determine if your art style matches what we have in mind for the issue, and helps me match that style with the articles' illustration needs.
I'll reply with a sort of pre-written summary of how our art process goes, and how we proceed from there.
Great, thanks for this!
What I can say is this: send the request via email (be sure to prompt me to which article) and I will see what I can do, OK?Tim
Thank you Tim!
If you want additional eyes there are a few places online for RPG writers. Perhaps joining a writing group will get you the feedback you're looking for. I'd suggest doing so for next year's submission. I know joining Freelance Forge has helped me.
Thank you Zombkat for the suggestion. I tried to find a writing group near my area but no luck, so it seems that online groups are currently my best bet.
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I think Freelance Forge is great for aspiring designers. You can join at this link.
Congrats to all those who got in. I'm looking forward to reading the entries.
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OOh, I see a number of people that I encouraged to submit on that acceptance list. Congratulations to all of you!
And I see that the time was not ripe for the Oggo disciple, so I will have to write it up for Pathfinder Infinite. Maybe even add in some lore and adventure hooks. Perhaps even a map of the Ogoda.
Hmm
For what it's worth, I need to work out what goes into actually answering the call, but I'm very interested and will try to get back to y'all soon!
Does it involve a portfolio or something? I have never actually even considered submitting my own art before, so I have no idea how this works.
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Include a link to a website or gallery or online portfolio showing examples of your artwork. This helps us determine if your art style matches what we have in mind for the issue, and helps me match that style with the articles' illustration needs.
Aha! Okay, now I know. I was ctrl-f'ing for "art" and "artist", but not "illustration".
Emailed! And immediately noticed glaring presentation errors and issues in quality, as is tradition. Oh well.
A while back, you posted an update with the number of submissions in each category.
Could you post the final number of submissions in each category?
I am so happy that you are trying out for the Wayfinder family, KC!
Hmm
I'm glad someone is! I second-guessed even bothering them with the offer about five minutes after sending the email. XD
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A while back, you posted an update with the number of submissions in each category.
Could you post the final number of submissions in each category?
Final tally is 79 articles.
Advice: 2
Bestiary: 18
Class: 2
Crunch (Rules): 11
Fiction: 11
Flavor: 8
Gazetteers: 3
Items: 7
Poetry and Song: 3
Side Trek Seeds: 7
Weal or Woe: 7
And four adventure pitches.
What's the deal with adventure pitches? What is the format for such a pitch? And how long can the finished adventure be?
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What's the deal with adventure pitches? What is the format for such a pitch? And how long can the finished adventure be?
We used to arrange them with people that had a bit of writing experience. Neil Spicer wrote several of them, in fact. Recently, I've sort of made an open call of them.
The pitch is really just a side trek seed (with a plot hook, backstory, and possible resolutions), but with some extra summary of encounters (how many, what kind, how they are ordered), and some detail on the Weal or Woe that accompanies the adventure.
Adventures are 4500 words, plus the 1500 word Weal or Woe, which allows you to set up the ally and the foe, and have stat blocks for them.
I don't take them unsolicited, though. I'll either prearrange it, or hold an open call for pitches.