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Traveller Writers Wanted!
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To clarify for those who may be considering submitting ideas for Prime Directive Traveller, should the articles be submitted to ADB before being passed on to Mongoose, or will either point of submission be open?
(Presumably both companies would want to "vet" any submissions to make sure they were SFU-compliant.)
(Presumably both companies would want to "vet" any submissions to make sure they were SFU-compliant.)
We are always looking for artists - drop Will a line at wchapman@mongoosepublishing.com
I have a question; I have a minor campaign written down, that like The Traveller Adventure and Tripwire is formed of a series of minor adventures and I was thinking about submitting this to you, but the problem is that the entire campaign takes up approx. 14-16 pages (~720 words per page) with maps and NPC lists.
Would this be of interest for Mongoose?
Would this be of interest for Mongoose?
Thile said:
By all means, we'll take a look!
andrewv said:
Either, at this stage.
msprange said:
I am currently translating what I have written to English for you, but I have a question, a part of the small campaign I have written takes the characters throughout a system between the various woulds and gas giants. Would you be interested in a detailed star system description as well (Mongoose has no data to make these - so I used TNE Extended system generation?
Some of these planets will be important in what I have written, so I made maps of them, others are just used as UWPs that i had for a ''just in case the player get there''.
Thile said:
Probably not - entire star systems are harder to put into existing campaigns.
msprange said:
Oh, i forgot to say that it is Esalin, Jewel Subsector/Spinward Marshes 1004, that i am talking about. I just fleshed out a bit more than what was found in the Tripwire book, I just find it so limiting that there are almost always only 1 world per system in most adventures. When one can really make 1-3 systems really interesting by visiting the various worlds and make it a whole campaign.
That is what always buggered me about CT/MT/TNE.
Again, going to have to say no to a 3I system (canon issues). However, agree with what you say about systems - check out Beltstrike if you get a chance, as we did exactly that!
Techno-Guru
Mongoose
Hmmm, I'll have to think about this. I might have a minor race I can submit but most of the stuff I wrote for the Traveller system was for Reign of Discordia. I'll go look at my species notes again...
Edit: If we elect to be paid in cash instead of Mongoose merchandise, will we be paid by check/cheque or an online service like Paypal?
Edit: If we elect to be paid in cash instead of Mongoose merchandise, will we be paid by check/cheque or an online service like Paypal?
LimeyDragon
Banded Mongoose
Does this include writting stuff for Star FLeet Traveller..?
So, as someone who has sold several articles to Mongoose, I thought that I'd offer some insights.
When I sit down to write a Traveller article I think "What hasn't been done or what is missing?" I then try and think of things that are fresh or provide a different spin on things in Traveller. With Matt's call for writers in this thread, I've been working from his list.
Follow the formatting instructions. It's very important. Every publisher worth their salt will have some directions for writers, and failure to follow those directions can often get one's submission tossed. Remember that Mongoose uses the Queen's English.
Look all around you for inspiration. I wrote a couple of adventures in S&P that introduced a villain with the last name Ainley. He was based on The Master from Doctor Who, in that he was constantly hopping bodies and possessing people. For others I tried mixing Traveller with Fringe, Shadow of the Colossus and others.
I'll use the most recently-published article that I sold Mongoose. It's about an alien race named the Takel. I decided to do this because Matt stated that he wanted minor races. I realized that aquatic species are under-represented in Traveller, so I decided to go that route. I worked hard on making them logically fit their habitat and niche in games. Matt did not immediately accept it but sent it back with a list of specific changes that he wanted. I fixed those up the next day and we were golden. BTW, Matt's changes were very much for the best. I originally had the Takel as being uplifted octopi.
Don't be discouraged if you don't get an immediate response. Matt, like every other publisher in the world, is very busy. The longest time that I waited for a response yea or nay on an article was about three weeks, IIRC, but I have received replies on solicitations mere hours after sending them. Any criticism given is constructive, and Matt is full of good suggestions.
When I sit down to write a Traveller article I think "What hasn't been done or what is missing?" I then try and think of things that are fresh or provide a different spin on things in Traveller. With Matt's call for writers in this thread, I've been working from his list.
Follow the formatting instructions. It's very important. Every publisher worth their salt will have some directions for writers, and failure to follow those directions can often get one's submission tossed. Remember that Mongoose uses the Queen's English.
Look all around you for inspiration. I wrote a couple of adventures in S&P that introduced a villain with the last name Ainley. He was based on The Master from Doctor Who, in that he was constantly hopping bodies and possessing people. For others I tried mixing Traveller with Fringe, Shadow of the Colossus and others.
I'll use the most recently-published article that I sold Mongoose. It's about an alien race named the Takel. I decided to do this because Matt stated that he wanted minor races. I realized that aquatic species are under-represented in Traveller, so I decided to go that route. I worked hard on making them logically fit their habitat and niche in games. Matt did not immediately accept it but sent it back with a list of specific changes that he wanted. I fixed those up the next day and we were golden. BTW, Matt's changes were very much for the best. I originally had the Takel as being uplifted octopi.
Don't be discouraged if you don't get an immediate response. Matt, like every other publisher in the world, is very busy. The longest time that I waited for a response yea or nay on an article was about three weeks, IIRC, but I have received replies on solicitations mere hours after sending them. Any criticism given is constructive, and Matt is full of good suggestions.
They will indeed.
