Re: Re: status of hq publications

From: John Hughes <john.hughes_at_...>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:29:26 +1100

If only to give Rick some breathing space, its probably worth mentioning that, (all in my understanding):

• Rick does this out of love
• there have been major printing (and financial) bottlenecks) for Moon Design over the last twelve months
• Moon Design has lost the stirling services of Mark Galeotti as series editor, and the position is still vacant, though Rick is doing what he can
• Rick has several small children.

In short, I'm sure that when there *is* news, that news will be passed on to the lists. Asking for updates every few weeks isn't going to speed things up (though I can understand the interest and impatience).

Its also a rule of small-scale publishing that new titles depend on sales of existing ones. Given the collapse of the Gloranthan market over the last few years, and the publishing experience of the last several, I think its fair to assume that, if the current centralised publication regime continues, and all other things proceeding optimally - pardon me if I laugh manically here: I'm an editor myself - it will be several years before we see most of the titles on your list. (And there are other titles as well, in various stages of development). And since unfinished works appear to regularly bypass the queue, it may well be even longer.

Which doesn't stop us hoping of course. :)

John

(Not associated with Moon Design, except as an author).

  At 08:05 AM 19/02/2008, you wrote:
>Nick Pheasant:
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> > > > Inside Glorantha
> > > > Distant Shores
> > > > Heroes of Malkion
> > > > Oak and Thorn
> > > > Book of argrath ?
>[snip]
> >
> >... all of which we can be pretty sure the message will be 'no
> > manuscript received'.
>
>It may be worth mentioning, though, that Rick has previously stated
>that he *has* received the completed manuscripts for two of the books
>on that list. For that matter, he's said that one of them will
>probably be out by August (i.e. Continuum) at the latest. Which isn't
>a guarantee, of course, but still...
>
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