[UA] Godwalking Greg and his Personally Ransomed Brain

Fri Feb 27 06:27:08 PST 2004

Yeah, good points all. But, you wouldn't have to, like *tell anyone* that
it's a game-related book. Just pretend you invented the whole lot
specifically for your novel ;)

But anyway, good luck with the other book. I wish I had a couple of finished
novels in my back pocket to take to publishers. All I have is 18,000 words
of some weird crap about a man and a giant dog. Pity me.

Saul

"Unknown Armies -- A Roleplaying Game of Power and Weird Hairiness"

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From: "Greg Stolze" <holycrow at mindspring.com>
To: "The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List" <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: [UA] Godwalking Greg and his Personally Ransomed Brain

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>   <DIV><FONT face=Georgia>And have you sent it to every mainstream/horror
>   publisher under the sun, and been rejected by them all? Just wondering,
because
>   there's a lot of crap on the shelves out there-- surely writing the
quality of
>   yours has a chance of being published? Or is there some other problem,
like
>   Atlas owning exclusive rights to publish the brand? I mean it'd be cool
to get a
>   copy from a small self-published print run and all, but it might be even
cooler
>   if the book reached people outside the gaming scene and made an impact
in its
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> I haven't sent it out. I ran it by an agent at one point, trying to entice
him into representing me, but (while encouraging) he passed and later got
out of the agenting business.
>
> But I really think this is best served as an indie publication. For one
thing, it lets me test the waters. I retain complete control, which might be
 an issue with a new publisher -- especially a non-Atlas new publisher. And
frankly, the "game fiction" aspect might (I fear) be the kiss of death. I'm
going to try going directly to publishers with three chapters and an outline
(I'm working on that now) and shop a non-gaming completed novel to agents.
Wish me luck.
>
> -G.
>
> P.S. As a bonus, you'll probably get the book much, MUCH faster this way.
Even if I hit a home run my first time at bat with a publisher, it would be
a three month turnaround before I got accepted, then I'd have to wait for a
hole in their schedule, THEN there'd be at least one round of editing. This
way, you probably get it this year.
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