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Prep Your Manuscript

If you are planning on sending part of or your whole manuscript out with your query letter, make sure your manuscript is in perfect condition before sending it out. One of the things that may turn off agents, editors or publishing houses is mistake in the first few pages. It will may stop them reading right in their tracks. 

The longer the piece the more time you will probably send editing it. A novel will need more time on the editing process. 

Some agents will request synopsis of longer pieces beforing even requesting a manuscript. Also, always check with agency to see how they perfer receiving materials. 

This site has a host of Drow, Elf, Halfing, Dwarf and Gnome name genorators. It even has break downs of the names to give the meanings.

http://grey-starr.ca/index.html

Mailer died of acute renal failure at Mount Sinai Hospital. From his debut novel to his literary journalism,  the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner always got credit for insight, passion and originality.

1974-1984: The D&D Revolution

1974—After being invented by wargamers Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax, the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS roleplaying game is introduced by partners Gary Gygax, Don Kaye and Brian Blume. In one year, the entire hand-assembled print run of 1,000 games sells out.

1975—TSR Hobbies Inc. publishes the D&D campaigns Greyhawk and Blackmoor. The following year, TSR Hobbies hosts the first GEN CON Game Fair, where they introduce the first DUNGEONS & DRAGONS open tournament.

1977—The first D&D BASIC SET is introduced, to make the game easier to learn and play. Sales double as a result. TSR Hobbies publishes the illustrated MONSTER MANUAL, the first hardbound book ever published by a game company.

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Okay, I really messed up my blog and had to migrate everything over manually. ARGGGG! Sorry for all of you that left comments over the past two years. I wasn’t able to migrate them. Sorry. But most of the post are back in place thanks to google caching everthing.