tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post112244135417397750..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Hired GunsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122539536277212442005-07-28T04:32:00.000-04:002005-07-28T04:32:00.000-04:00Thanks Matt. Did you have any fiction writing cred...Thanks Matt. Did you have any fiction writing credits?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122492304472370032005-07-27T15:25:00.000-04:002005-07-27T15:25:00.000-04:00Awesome. My company is tentatively interested in ...Awesome. My company is tentatively interested in me writing a book for our forthcoming game. Now I know what to negotiate with. ;)Health Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988236791995040981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122492150514222672005-07-27T15:22:00.000-04:002005-07-27T15:22:00.000-04:00Thanks, Sheila!Thanks, Sheila!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00022024004256247576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122484642255916662005-07-27T13:17:00.000-04:002005-07-27T13:17:00.000-04:00Thanks PBW! :)Thanks PBW! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122478109643928242005-07-27T11:28:00.000-04:002005-07-27T11:28:00.000-04:00Zornhau wrote: Any idea what these things pay?Flat...Zornhau wrote: <I>Any idea what these things pay?</I><BR/><BR/>Flat fees, usually, and what I've seen offered ranges from $5K to $20K per book (the bigger the franchise, the more money you can expect to make.) A small or relatively new RPG entity may not have the upfront money to pay a huge fee, in which case I'd negotiate for a chunk of royalties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122477438536271072005-07-27T11:17:00.000-04:002005-07-27T11:17:00.000-04:00PBW - an excellent plan! (Though I haven't rolepla...PBW - an excellent plan! (Though I haven't roleplayed for years). I'd need credentials first, though...<BR/><BR/>Any idea what these things pay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122475644656995492005-07-27T10:47:00.000-04:002005-07-27T10:47:00.000-04:00Zornhau, given your knowledge and expertise, I'd a...Zornhau, given your knowledge and expertise, I'd also check into RPG novelizations, weapons-related anthos and graphic novels. I'm not real familiar with the RPG side of the industry, but I was contacted by one franchise looking for novelists to evolve a card game into book form (and would have written for them if they'd ever found a publisher.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122474349480529382005-07-27T10:25:00.000-04:002005-07-27T10:25:00.000-04:00Thanks!I was thinking I would initially target com...Thanks!<BR/>I was thinking I would initially target computer games and Warhammer tie-ins, depending on the state of the market when/if I have credentials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122472491224664152005-07-27T09:54:00.000-04:002005-07-27T09:54:00.000-04:00Morgan wrote: I DREAD dealing with NY publishers.I...Morgan wrote: <I>I DREAD dealing with NY publishers.</I><BR/><BR/>It can be intimidating, not to mention frustrating, but once you dust off the gilt and related bullshit it's just like any other job. You figure out what you want, fight for what you can get, make concessions when you have to, etc. Get everything you want in writing, and don't agree to anything you can't handle.<BR/><BR/>I don't see you having a problem with that, Morgan. You're too smart to let them step on you. <BR/><BR/>Zornhau wrote: <I>Is it as bad for media tie-in novels?</I><BR/><BR/>Depends on the franchise. Huge moneymakers like Star Trek and Star Wars are hard to break into, and I know the writing restrictions and editiorial involvement are moderately to heavily severe (I have auditioned for a Star Wars novel but didn't get the job.) In comparison television series tie-ins are less restricted; you still can't kill off or radically alter central characters, but you have a bit more room for creativity. In some cases it's easier for less-established writers to land these jobs, versus the big movie tie-ins where you almost have to be a name to get the novelization (this is not to imply that writing TV novelizations means you're a lousy or unknown writer.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122454841244054192005-07-27T05:00:00.000-04:002005-07-27T05:00:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing, PBW.Is it as bad for media tie...Thanks for sharing, PBW.<BR/><BR/>Is it as bad for media tie-in novels?<BR/><BR/>I was thinking these might be a good alternative to cubicle heck once I've sold my 1st novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1122442900395330132005-07-27T01:41:00.000-04:002005-07-27T01:41:00.000-04:00'Writers for Hire' -- also known as Ghost-Writers....'Writers for Hire' -- also known as Ghost-Writers. <BR/> - One of my most influential mentors was a professional ghost-writer with 10 years of books to her nam. Books she could never admit to writing because she wrote books for some of the top names in the Romance Industry. <BR/><BR/>And that woman had some Seriously scary stories! <BR/> - Trap-door contracts, piss-poor barely educated editors, head-hunting agents that ripped off whole books from their writers, writers that ended up in the hospital from stress and over-work, writers that ended up in lawsuits when they tried to take their 'famous' pseudonym elsewhere... <BR/><BR/>I DREAD dealing with NY publishers. <BR/><BR/>Morgan HawkeMorgan Hawkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263736921990480868noreply@blogger.com