Fingers crossed for you.
.-= Colmarr´s last blog ..Raiders of Oakhurst Ch 3.4 =-.

I just deleted a rant about the PDF market and proper pricing but it serves no purposes. I just want to say that real and perceived worth meet with demand at one point and that sets the price. If I price my stuff too low, people may think I’m a five and Dime publisher.

However there is a market for low cost modular, plug this in your campaign products. I’ll think about that.

Thanks for your offer, I may call in on all readers when the time comes. Another model I’d like to explore is Reader patronage.

Lessee… yes always incisive and insightful. You are right that I may be a little to ‘etapiste’ in my approach, wanting to do step 1 before step 2, etc. I agree a 100% that ideas are valueless until made into something you can touch/read and believe you me, I’m not hoarding any.

Creating material lifted from this blog and re-editted is the next part after I fulfill my magazine contribution in December.

And you are right, waiting for WotC has not served me all that well for D&D for kids. Time to plan another brainstorm session.

I want to build a bigger RPG name for myself so that I’ll be able to sell more than 15 copies of D&D adventures if and when I decide to start my own imprint.

I like the rest of your post but I think you have this part ass-backward!

Ideas aren’t terribly valuable; there’s no sense hoarding them. The best preparation for writing, say, 32-page D&D modules is writing 32-page D&D modules. You make a name for yourself as a writer of game material who blogs, rather than a blogger-who-writes-adventures, by churning out adventures. (A good model in this regard: James Raggi. His blogging is ridiculous and overwrought but his adventures have Mike Mearls calling him ‘one of the best RPG writers period’ or somesuch.)

Before you can ‘start your own imprint’ you’re gonna have to have something to publish under it. Before you sell 100 copies you have to sell 15. Here’s a notion: take all the ‘gameable’ material you’ve shared on this blog, compile it into a digest-sized book overflowing with awesome unreleased material, and sell an armload of printed copies for, I dunno, $8 apiece.

Instead of waiting for the Perfect Audience to come along and find you, go out and create your audience. Your blog has done some of that, but you’ve got to write and publish some middling shit before you can get to the great stuff you’ve got inside.

Whatever it is you want to ‘eventually’ be publishing, just start writing it now. You’ve got the time. Pitching to Dragon is gratifying, but let’s be honest: that’s just asking the corporate guys for permission. They might be corporate guys you like/admire, they might even read your blog, but ultimately they’re employees safeguarding a brand. You wanna make a name for yourself? Put it on the cover of a chapbook. Don’t worry about what the WotC editors say they need – if an audience can exist for your work then it will come into existence as a result of you making and sharing works of craftsmanship.
.-= Wax Banks´s last blog ..Global warming. Climate change. =-.

You are an inspiriation to many people out there including myself. I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. I’ve already put the money aside to purchase ‘Chatty DM’s’ 1st dead tree release.

Looking forward to seeing you progress on your journey.

All the best in the future.

Scott

Thanks everyone for the kind words of encouragement. I’ll get there and you’ll see my name (ChattyDM or that other one) on a dead tree book soon.

In any case, best of luck and wishes.
.-= doomdreamer´s last blog ..Outlines! =-.

The way things are going you will work for Wizards of the Coast my friend. At this rate they’ll have sacked everyone and need we bloggers to finish the books.
.-= greywulf´s last blog ..Newspapers, in geek =-.

You hooked me into your blog back when I got linked to your “Gaming with Kids” series, and I’ve been following you since – you’re my favorite RPG blogger (even if I feel my DM’ing style is radically different from yours), and your posts have got me to try quite a few different things in my games.
.-= Claus Aranha´s last blog ..Game Report: Fear the Rust Monster! =-.

It sounds like everything is pointing in the right direction, and you’re pushing them along nicely, here’s hoping it continues well!