Steve Long, Thank you

[JmOz]

Writing is hard, to produce such a library of books of the quality he has done (Fair to great) is utterly amazing.

[Sean Waters]

Morpheus: How is he?
Tank: Ten hours straight. He's a machine.
Steve: I know Hero fu.

[Steve Long]

Glad to be of service.

[Darren Watts]

Heh. Sounds like somebody's hit the wall in making their own book for the first time. Head down, JmOz- the only way out is through. I for one would very much like to see what you come up with! dw

[Steve Long]

Agreed -- it's always good to see what someone comes up with when they power through all those roadblocks and get their first book done!

[JmOz]

guilty as charged. I have so many ideas, but getting them the way I want it is hard.

[Ndreare]

I unederstand what you mean. I tried to write a book, even paid for quality art. When it was done I put it on the web only to find it a year latter and realize how horrible the editing was.
Now I am back to Hero/Fuzion. Quality writing is not just hard it takes talent.
I also would like to thank you steve for quality.

[Teflon Billy]

I unederstand what you mean. I tried to write a book, even paid for quality art. When it was done I put it on the web only to find it a year latter and realize how horrible the editing was.
Now I am back to Hero/Fuzion. Quality writing is not just hard it takes talent.
I also would like to thank you steve for quality.

Link?

TB

[Steve Long]

Writing is definitely a learning process. The more ya do, the more ya learn. I've been writing professionally (part time or full time) for nearly 20 years, and I think I still learn something new with every book I write. One of the reasons I've been working on writing some fiction is to stretch my "writing muscles" even further and learn more.

[mayapuppies]

Heh. Sounds like somebody's hit the wall in making their own book for the first time. Head down, JmOz- the only way out is through. I for one would very much like to see what you come up with! dw

Agreed -- it's always good to see what someone comes up with when they power through all those roadblocks and get their first book done!

guilty as charged. I have so many ideas, but getting them the way I want it is hard.

Oh, man, I have so been there. I still hit the brick wall when I write. If I had to do this for a living, I'd be starving.

[Steve Long]

If I had to do this for a living, I'd be starving.

There are reasons why so many professional RPG writers don't actually write RPGs for a full-time living. Not only is the money usually pretty iffy, but that sort of concentrated creativity can be tough. For example, by far the toughest books I've written for Hero are probably The Turakian Age and The Atlantean Age -- having to sit down and create dozens and dozens of kingdoms, each of which is somehow unique, interesting, and cool, really taxes my creativity. Coming up with lots and lots of NPCs (like in a villains book) is much easier.

[Boll Weevil]

Writing is definitely a learning process. The more ya do, the more ya learn. I've been writing professionally (part time or full time) for nearly 20 years, and I think I still learn something new with every book I write. One of the reasons I've been working on writing some fiction is to stretch my "writing muscles" even further and learn more.

Interesting. Since I haven't had a consistent gaming group in over a decade, I actually buy most Hero books (CU and related) for the fiction. I don't even follow comics like I used to but I can't wait to find out what has happened in the Champions Universe.

[AndyStaples]

Writing is definitely a learning process. The more ya do, the more ya learn. I've been writing professionally (part time or full time) for nearly 20 years, and I think I still learn something new with every book I write. One of the reasons I've been working on writing some fiction is to stretch my "writing muscles" even further and learn more.

I'd certainly agree with that. I've been writing and editing professionally for more than 20 years now, though not in the RPG market.

I'd say there can get to be something of a plateau. You learn very quickly in the first few years. After that comes a period of refinement, by which I mean you hone your existing skills, rather than develop new ones.

Stick with one form of writing and you start to get a bit formulaic about it. I too write some fiction in my limited spare time, not really with a view to publishing (I don't have time) but more to stop myself becoming stale.

[Lord Liaden]

There are reasons why so many professional RPG writers don't actually write RPGs for a full-time living. Not only is the money usually pretty iffy, but that sort of concentrated creativity can be tough. For example, by far the toughest books I've written for Hero are probably The Turakian Age and The Atlantean Age -- having to sit down and create dozens and dozens of kingdoms, each of which is somehow unique, interesting, and cool, really taxes my creativity. Coming up with lots and lots of NPCs (like in a villains book) is much easier.

You succeeded admirably, though. TA and AA are jam-packed with interesting concepts, even if you just want elements to crib for your own home-brew setting.

I've always been impressed not only with the quality, but quantity of your writing. Very few authors can churn out top-notch material at such speed. You're like an RPG Steven King!

[Steve Long]

I don't even follow comics like I used to but I can't wait to find out what has happened in the Champions Universe.

I'm really addicted to To Save The World. What devious plot will the Pharoah launch next? Can Justice Force Omega stop him in time? Is Shooting Star having Captain Thunder's baby... and if so what strange abilities will the human-alien hybrid child possess? Dunh dunh DUNH!....