Wyil Rvaln of Solhaven is excited to announce a fantastic discovery! While digging around an old warehouse by the docks, he discovered a large cache of old books. He was quoted as saying, “It was delightful and satisfying to see all of the old titles and glance through some of the tales and stories.” He reported that he has begun to restore them to their former condition. In the interest of education and entertainment, he plans on releasing them for public purchase as they are ready. “It may mean only a few a month, but I am committed to making sure they are accessible to all,” he said. “I used the last silvers I had to commission a special wagon to house them. I plan on traveling the world to share them with everyone. I have been promised that the wagon will be completed by mid Phoenatos.” Look for announcements in the upcoming weeks!

In addition to the books he found, Wyil is hoping to find some new, talented authors.

If you think you have what it takes to be published, please follow the directions below!


Rules for submission

1. One submission per account (F2P may not participate).

2. All submissions may have up to 15 pages. Each page can have around 800 characters. Spaces ARE included in the character count. Double spaces are required between sentences. Also, if you are using formatting where you want a blank line between sections, that will take some space. The above are general rules for submission. Some pages may be able to go over 800 and some under due to your formatting. Some books may end up with more than 15 pages depending on how it formats as well.

3. All manuscripts must be fully IC and appropriate to the family environment of GemStone IV.

4. No game secrets may be revealed.

5. No manuscript may discuss other player characters by name in a negative or derogatory fashion. (these books will not be used to harass anyone.)

6. All manuscripts must be officially "authored" by one of the characters on your account, and the book will list its author upon publication. Also, the manuscript must be your original, personal work. No taking OOC songs/stories and adapting them for GS. If you violate this rule, your book will be pulled from sales and any associated accounts will not be allowed to submit another one.

7. Copies of all volumes will be available for purchase by anyone interested. You cannot prevent anyone from purchasing your book.

8. Collaborations are acceptable, so long as at least one of the authors has not submitted a separate solo manuscript. Make sure that the subject heading on the email has the account name of the author who has NOT submitted anything yet if one of you will be publishing a solo piece as well as a manuscript.

9. You may design the appearance of the outside of your book as well as what the page might look like, but they can be changed at the discretion of the merchant.

10. Master Wyil has the last say on every aspect of the book and will make all QC changes required.

11. All book submissions for the first publication group must be received by 9/1/2018. (this will be a first collection, if is it reasonable and goes well, I will announce more later when these have been created)


~ Valyrka ~
Ta'Illistim
Elves
Dark Elves

>I am also cringing for those of us who may have been fortunate to be a part of the original Gloumerrick book wave back in the early aughts and who might see the garbage we submitted in our youthful, brainless excitement back in print without revisions. (I may just be cringing for me.)

Fear not, you are not alone.

:D

Askip

Valyrka,

I just wanted to thank you for taking this on, I'm sure it's going to be a lot of work on your behalf, and it's greatly appreciated! I am one of the authors of the old Gloumerrick books, and it is among my favorite experiences in the decades I have been playing. It is one of the offerings that sets Gemstone apart from anything else like it. Having an in-character representation of lore, poetry, stories, politics, theology- it makes for a creative, immersive environment.

That being said, I have the start of the fall semester going on here at work so I may be too busy to get a draft in this time! I sure hope it's popular and you plan more!

Many kudos :)

-GK!


Ysharra says, "One day, I'm going to have "What?" inscribed on your tombstone, with lots of helpful punctuation."

This has been a pretty big project that Valyrka has spearheaded for quite awhile now. It's pretty exciting.

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Wyrom, PM

Emails are the forum name at play.net. ie, SAMCLERIC@play.net

Valyrka, do you want submissions in attachments or in the body of the email? Or doesn't it matter?

>>It does not matter, send it however!

Morse code it is. Thanks Valyrka!

Shoulda said you'd send it in binary....

Starchitin, the OG

A severed gnomish hand crawls in on its fingertips and makes a rude gesture before quickly decaying and rotting into dust. A gust of wind quickly scatters the dust.