> Your idea seems sound, but when you submit a pitch and sign the contract,
> all beibng well, are deadlines not specified? What is the usual time for a
> book?
Up to what the author thinks he can do.
> I'm guessing a 72pp book would be about four to five weeks, maybe up
> to two months deadline for first draft, and then playtesting, followed by
> revisions, second draft and playtesting, for a total of maybe a a year from
> conception to in the shops,
Theoretically that ought to work. But in fact, about 80% of the projects that were begun or promised when I was publishing Glorantha magterial never even got finished.
> but I have no idea how Issaries and or Moon
> Design do these things? That would be typical of my rpg writing experience,
> but different companies do thinsg different way. one assumes however that
> if the draft did not materialise the contract would be void?
Yes, of course.
> The problem
> here seems to be that the drafts were delivered???
Some manuscripts werfe, but they were full of innacuracies, incomplete, or sometimes just badly written.
> I must admit I'm
> confused by Peter's comments, but I'm gathering Greg has to ok everything?
I used to. Used to.
But why take my word fo rit?
Have any of you asked Rick?
How many of you are actually going to work on something and come through? If you are not, and you are just sitting there and whinging about other people, I'd suggest you keep it to yourself. The best solution is for you to stop wasting time whinging online and write something.
Issaries, Inc.
c/o Greg Stafford
1942 Channing Ave, #204
Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
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