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Gabrielle_H
Acolyte

USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  17:27:13  Show Profile  Visit Gabrielle_H's Homepage Send Gabrielle_H a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Ed and I are trying something different for WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME 2. In addition to the authors we've invited personally, we're opening the book up for a limited number of bonus, e-book only stories (we're aiming for five or so).

Submissions open in December, giving you plenty of time to think, write, and check out WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME to see what's already been done.

We know there are a lot of writers here, and a lot of avid fans of fantasy. We would love to see original (not shared-world) stories from you, and give you a chance to be in print with some great Realms authors.

More details here!


Gabrielle Harbowy, scribe and editrix
http://www.gabrielle-edits.com
twitter: @gabrielle_h

Sightless
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USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  18:52:24  Show Profile Send Sightless a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Come what may, I would like to thank all those responsible for this, as it is a wonderful oppertunaty.

We choose to live a lie, when we see with, & not through the eye.

Every decision, no matter the evidence, is a leap of faith; if it were not, then it wouldn't be a choice at all.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire

USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  19:13:09  Show Profile Send Markustay a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Cool Beans.

What, precisely, is the 'theme'? I can read the title, but how broad a definition can we assume? Is it an extremely tight focus, or can we explore themes surrounding the title?

"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone


Edited by - Markustay on 10 Sep 2012 19:14:21
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Gabrielle_H
Acolyte

USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  19:18:28  Show Profile  Visit Gabrielle_H's Homepage Send Gabrielle_H a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay

What, precisely, is the 'theme'? I can read the title, but how broad a definition can we assume? Is it an extremely tight focus, or can we explore themes surrounding the title?



Hi!

More info can be found at the link in the original post, and a good sense of the flexibility of the theme can be found in the first volume. There has to be a hero. They have to at least move toward "home." But home can be an abstract sort of thing, and the hero doesn't have to be the protagonist or the point-of-view character.


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twitter: @gabrielle_h
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire

USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  19:19:49  Show Profile Send Markustay a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Okay, somehow I missed the link completely. I hope I write better then I read.

Thanks

EDIT: Having read it, I think I just squeak by with my concept.

"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone


Edited by - Markustay on 10 Sep 2012 19:30:38
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  23:24:18  Show Profile  Visit Erik Scott de Bie's Homepage Send Erik Scott de Bie a Private Message  Reply with Quote
As an author who has appeared in both WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME and WHEN THE VILLAIN COMES HOME, edited by Gabrielle and Ed, I will say you DEFINITELY want to write for this. Best of luck!

Cheers

Erik Scott de Bie

'Tis easier to destroy than to create.

Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars"
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Kentinal
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  23:52:41  Show Profile Send Kentinal a Private Message  Reply with Quote
*Blink* That does not read right, all submissions will be paid, it more likely means all placed into book. No discussion about copyright though of any submissions.

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"Caring for afterwards ...? Ker repeated this without understanding.
"After action, afterwards," the dragon said. "Choose the afterwards first, then the action. Fools choose action first."
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Gabrielle_H
Acolyte

USA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2012 :  23:55:16  Show Profile  Visit Gabrielle_H's Homepage Send Gabrielle_H a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Kentinal

*Blink* That does not read right, all submissions will be paid, it more likely means all placed into book. No discussion about copyright though of any submissions.



The anthology takes First Anthology rights of stories that are selected, but copyright remains with the author. Only stories which are selected for the book (e- and/or print) will be paid.


Gabrielle Harbowy, scribe and editrix
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader

USA
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Posted - 12 Sep 2012 :  07:06:56  Show Profile Send Alystra Illianniis a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I will DEFINITELY be submitting!! This sounds like a golden opportunity. Wish me luck!

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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire

USA
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Posted - 12 Sep 2012 :  07:52:03  Show Profile Send Markustay a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Good Luck to you Alystra, and anyone else who's going to give it a go.

quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie

As an author who has appeared in both WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME and WHEN THE VILLAIN COMES HOME, edited by Gabrielle and Ed, I will say you DEFINITELY want to write for this. Best of luck!
Thanks.

I managed to tweak my concept to closer fit the theme, and I think I like it even more now. Sometimes a little adversity is just the 'spice' you need to create something better. Had to re-tool it in other ways as well (so as not to be in the Realms.. but still be in the Realms).

"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone

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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer

USA
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Posted - 12 Sep 2012 :  11:24:04  Show Profile Send Matt James a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hey there, Gabrielle. As we spoke about at Gen Con, I'm happy to contribute :)
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Kris the Grey
Senior Scribe

USA
422 Posts

Posted - 13 Sep 2012 :  16:35:40  Show Profile Send Kris the Grey a Private Message  Reply with Quote
This sounds like a great opportunity for someone wanting to dip their toe into the fiction writing pool to get a start! Thanks for the information.

On a more personal note, sorry I missed you (and your booth) at GenCon Gabrielle. The vendor room utterly overwhelmed my friends and I! Lol.

I do still plan to pick up both books online.

Finally, a question. Has their ever been an attempt at putting together a fan fiction compilation of Realms short stories here at the Keep or anywhere else? Not so much for profit, as for fun?

Kris the Grey - Member in Good Standing of the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors, the Arcane Guild of Silverymoon, and the Connecticut Bar Association
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EytanBernstein
Forgotten Realms Designer

USA
704 Posts

Posted - 14 Sep 2012 :  16:37:52  Show Profile  Visit EytanBernstein's Homepage Send EytanBernstein a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'm already working on something for this.

http://eytanbernstein.com - the official website of Eytan Bernstein
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