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"Black Crusade" lives!
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:35 pm
by Mouseferatu
Hey, guys.
Black Crusade, my Ravenloft novel that was canceled when WotC decided not to continue the Ravenloft: Dominion line, is appearing as a weekly serial on the Wizards of the Coast website. And apparently, you needn't be a subscriber to the Insider to see it (or at least not so far).
Find the prologue here--
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4dnd/20090116--and come back next week for Chapter One.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:04 pm
by Gonzoron of the FoS
this is fantastic news. I can't wait to read it.
And I sincerely hope you didn't get hurt financially on this. While I'm sure it's gratifying just to have your hard work read, I sure hope they are paying you at least similarly to what they would have if it were published in book form. I know nothing about the publishing business, so I don't know if this sort of thing happens all the time, or what. But it sure seemed to stink to have the book announced and available for pre-order and then have it killed.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:13 pm
by Mouseferatu
gonzoron wrote:this is fantastic news. I can't wait to read it.
I hope you enjoy it.
And I sincerely hope you didn't get hurt financially on this.
I appreciate the concern, but no, it's all good. I was paid my up-front fees upon delivery of the manuscript. There are no royalties this way, but royalties are never guaranteed anyway (since those depend on the book selling reasonably well).
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:10 pm
by EO
Really nice work so far.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:17 pm
by Joël of the FoS
Hello Ari, that's quite cool. Count us as weekly readers.
Joël
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:04 pm
by cure
Looking forward to starting it tonight.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:33 pm
by BigBadQDaddy
This is very interesting so far.
Thanks for the head up.
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:22 pm
by Le Noir Faineant
Bumpin' in. Definitely interested in reading that.
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:28 pm
by Isabella
Would anyone be willing to keep track of updates and post them here? Because I want to read this but am too scatterbrained to remember to tune in every week.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:14 am
by cure
They should be mirrored, lest they go away or, more particularly, get archived in the paying part of the site.
PS A very good beginning.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:49 pm
by Mouseferatu
I can't promise I'll always remember, but I'll try to post links when new chapters go up.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:35 am
by Mouseferatu
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:50 pm
by cure
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:33 pm
by Paladyn
Great, great lecture. I have one question: I'd like to copy your text and post it on my blog, for people who don't visit Fraternity or WOtC website. Is it ok? I don't want to break or violate any copyriight laws.
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:20 pm
by Mouseferatu
Paladyn wrote:Great, great lecture. I have one question: I'd like to copy your text and post it on my blog, for people who don't visit Fraternity or WOtC website. Is it ok? I don't want to break or violate any copyriight laws.
Heya.
Unfortunately, permission of that sort isn't up to me. It's up to Wizards, and they have a pretty strict policy about not wanting people to copy stuff from the site.
It would, however, be just fine for you to post a
link on your blog.