# I'm gonna be published! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727 "2004-02-29T07:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/1 "2004-02-29T07:39:08Z")
Three weeks ago, I got a call from a publisher of roleplaying adventures. They liked a synopsis I sent them and wanted to see a 20,000-word sample of the adventure. I sent the final draft of the sample in today and they read it, liked it, and they want a 90,000-word draft by the end of June. So now I have a contract to mail in and an adventure to write! This will be my first piece of published fiction, assuming a smaller adventure I wrote for another company never gets published, and it’ll be in print. ---
**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/2 "2004-02-29T08:11:40Z")
Congratulations. Please explain what a “roleplaying adventure” is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/3 "2004-02-29T17:52:16Z")
Congrats! I’m also unsure on the concept. Given the word count you mentioned, I take it this isn’t one of those “Choose Your Own Adventure”-type books I loved as a kid… …Not that there’s anything wrong with those. Can you tell us more about your book? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/4 "2004-02-29T18:30:57Z")
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Congradulations! Er, that’s all. 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/5 "2004-02-29T18:36:13Z")
Not only do I not know you but I dont know what a roleplay adventure is But still… Very Well done :somesortofcongratulatingsmiley: ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/6 "2004-02-29T18:40:03Z")
Congrats. Two more things: 1. Lemme know the name of the book, I wanna check it out 2. Is this gonna be like one of those Fighting Fantasy books? I liked those things, just never managed to finish one… ---
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/7 "2004-02-29T18:44:40Z")
I thought the Idea of Fantasy books WAS to be unfinishable no matter how much you lked them ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/8 "2004-02-29T18:49:39Z")
Thanks, all! A roleplaying adventure is the story used in a Dungeons and Dragons game. The gamemaster (the one who directs the story) can make up her own or buy one from a company. ---
**Author:** ![Gnome\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnome\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnome_1)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/9 "2004-02-29T18:53:04Z")
Thats pretty smart Im writing a very disillusioned novel about the character that is Gnome When I have been on here for a while longer you’ll begin to understand ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/10 "2004-02-29T21:16:12Z")
Hey **Deadlyaccurate**! Glad to hear you made it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/11 "2004-02-29T21:46:38Z")
OK, so tell us about it. Assuming such falls within the AUP. I dare say we two aren’t the only roleplayers here. Assuming it’s for D&D is it low level, high level, epic or what? I’m assuming it’s something on the order of GDQ or The Night Below, or is it a campaign setting a la Dragonlance? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/12 "2004-03-01T05:55:16Z")
It’s a generic D&D setting adventure for characters of about 8th level (could change in playtesting.) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/13 "2004-03-01T08:21:40Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > Three weeks ago, I got a call from a publisher of roleplaying adventures. They liked a synopsis I sent them and wanted to see a 20,000-word sample of the adventure. I sent the final draft of the sample in today and they read it, liked it, and they want a 90,000-word draft by the end of June. So now I have a contract to mail in and an adventure to write! This will be my first piece of published fiction, assuming a smaller adventure I wrote for another company never gets published, and it’ll be in print. **Deadly Accurate** : You didn’t mention anything about money. Are they going to pay you for your talent? Don’t give away your work for someone else to make a profit. And good luck to you! ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/14 "2004-03-01T13:18:43Z")
Oh, absolutely, **Peanuthead**. I haven’t given away my writing work for several years now. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/15 "2004-03-01T13:43:48Z")
WooHoo! Congratulations! Good luck with it. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-be-published/231727/16 "2004-03-01T16:24:57Z")
w00t! Congrats! I have no idea what the genre is really about, but anytime someone acheives a life’s dream, I am always happy for them.