I received an email from Wizards of the Coast publishing on Tuesday, notifying me that they are declaring Maiden of Pain out of print. This is pretty common practice for publishers. Unless you’re a bestseller or under contract for future titles, you’re a candidate for pruning. I fall under neither category.
The email stirred up quite [...]
Maiden of Pain goes out of print
Filed under Writing Journal on June 5, 2008
Keywords: Maiden of Pain, manuscripts, proposals, publishing, Wizards of the Coast
Open call: a winning proposal
Filed under Tips & Tools on June 28, 2004
Keywords: Maiden of Pain, open calls, proposals
It’s been a while since I was asked about what made my Maiden of Pain proposal the winning entry. With this new open call for Eberron, though, the subject has come up once again.
In truth, I can only give half an answer to the question. I never got any feedback from Phil Athans on the [...]

