Comments on: I’m a Writer

By: Muriel

Muriel — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:06:12 +0000

Thanks for writing this.

Muriels last blog post..Senior Product Manager – Life Insurance

By: The Chatty DM

The Chatty DM — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:41:22 +0000

Just so you know, since this was posted, I submitted 2 ideas to 2 RPG publishers and I got a positive response from one.

I’ll get a contract soon and may very well be a published dead-tree author during the next year!

By: The Chatty DM

The Chatty DM — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:18:16 +0000

@Jamie: Happy to have inspired you. Thanks for sharing this, makes my heart aglow.

@Greywulf: You got me here man, I’m the first Viral Human!

By: greywulf

greywulf — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:45:32 +0000

Geez, you’re like a virus, ain’t you Phil?

Good post, as ever.

The great thing about earning a living from writing is that it’s one of the few professions where you don’t give away what you sell. Your stock of words is an infinite resource that you can use and abuse repeatedly. The trick is to line the words up in an order that’s appealing to your customer base.

And there, as they say, is the rub

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By: Jamie Simmerman

Jamie Simmerman — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:16:18 +0000

You've inspired me to write about why I'm writer, too. Thanks! Jamie Simmermans last blog post..Pick the Brains of Top Bloggers!

By: The Chatty DM

The Chatty DM — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:26:57 +0000

@Allan: Yeah, I’m going through the ‘writing fiction’ part of Writing for Dummies and it works!

@Writer dad: Thanks!

@Bartoneous: I really like writing, and the more I do it, the easier and more rewarding it gets. I think it applies to all artistic crafts. Hint hint…

@Donny the DM: This is quite a possibility. Although with 460 posts on my blog alone, I will definitively think of doing it with my ‘wheat’ first as it requires less negociations.

@Mantecanaut: You’re welcome. Kobolds are among my favorite RPG monsters. Small Dog-faced Lizard men!

@Stu: It’s my favorite Australian Stalker! Thanks man!

By: Stu Andrews

Stu Andrews — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:51:42 +0000

Great post Phil.

I like what you said at the end about Joss Whedon (and Wolfgang Baur, although I don’t know of him, just clicked the link, heh).

There are ways to go forward, just might need a little thinking sideways.

Stu Andrewss last blog post..What They’ve Drawn, Kid #1

By: Jamie Simmerman

Jamie Simmerman — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:21:46 +0000

Thanks for the inspirational post. I would rather write than sleep, too. In fact, it’s W A Y past my bedtime now!

Jamie Simmermans last blog post..Pick the Brains of Top Bloggers!

By: Mantecanaut

Mantecanaut — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:14:18 +0000

Thanks…hadn’t heard “kobold’ for a while – nice reminiscipackage.

Mantecanauts last blog post..A Matter of Life and Death and The Shipping Forecast.

By: Donny_the_DM

Donny_the_DM — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:36:23 +0000

Step 1 – Sift through RPGBloggers contributions

Step 2 – Sort wheat from Chaff

Step 3 – Contact author, request additional info & purchase rights to reproduce content.

Step 4 – Edit, compile, and .PDFify for a buck or three, and produce print version on quarterly basis. Annual volumes even.

As long as everyone wants to play ball, no problem. Of course there is more to it than that, but I’ve been doing a little research on what it would take to do it…have your people call my people – we’ll do lunch

Donny_the_DMs last blog post..RPG CARNIVAL #2 An abbreviated wrapup.

By: Bartoneus

Bartoneus — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:50:02 +0000

You are truly an inspiring person, Phil.

Bartoneuss last blog post..Review: “Mistborn”

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:16:23 +0000

That is indeed what being a writer is all about. Well said.

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:09:51 +0000

Dramatic tension and then closure . . . all within one hour. That’s great to hear! Congrats on your success.

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By: The Chatty DM

The Chatty DM — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:02:12 +0000

Oh and I do like my job… not the SOP writing so much, but the building of quality system and getting the buy-in of people.

By: The Chatty DM

The Chatty DM — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:56:44 +0000

@ Allan: Thanks. I actually became a published author since I wrote this as the Seminar booklet on helping game masters has been published on most RPG PDF stores. It’s available for free. See Text to be displayedhere (sorry for the shameless self-promotion).

I also opened a RPG studios website an am working on my first teaser project to get people interested in my skills.

Bob helped me get the courage and the motivation to jump down my first cliff. I’m sure there will be others.

Thanks again!

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:13:23 +0000

Great read. Phil, all I hope is that you don’t hate your job. Writing SOPs is probably boring, but it pays well and helps crystalize your ability to use language clearly. I hope you write that gaming book you’ve always dreamed off. Maybe you can write articles about blogging and RPGs?