Rhialto Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I write these words after a very stressful past few months, during which my mother's cancer, which I have mentioned, was only one of the issues which I had to deal with. But during that time, my love for Academagia, although unmanifested in participation in this forum, remained strong. I have, accordingly, what I know to be a very strange proposal for Black Chicken Studios. I would like to secure from them the permission to use certain characters and aspects of the setting in a novel, set in our real world (with the exception of the fact that Academagia is not a game in it) which I want to write. I would be fully prepared to pay a fee for this privilege, and I would naturally acknowledge in my novel's disclaimer the source from which I gained such material. I hope that I could complete writing the novel within approximately a year, after which I would submit it to Black Chicken Studios for their consideration. If they like it, then I would love to try to publish it through Amazon, where all manner of terrible things get published. I would gladly discuss this matter in more detail through personal messages (and email if we get to that). I am, I assure you, not wanting to write a novel in bad taste, nor one which would be presented as replacing the original game/setting/characters. For what it is worth, Jack Vance the Science Fiction/Fantasy author did something similar, allowing Michael Shea to write a novel entitled "A Quest for Simbilis" about Cugel the Clever set within Vance's Dying Earth. @Legate of Mineta, your kind response would be welcome, and your harsh response would, I fear, be deserved by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Rhi; I think that the Team would be excited and delighted to see the fruits of your labor, and I think the proposal will be received with great interest! Let me raise this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Wish you good luck with your Light Novel Rhialto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted January 9 Author Report Share Posted January 9 54 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said: Rhi; I think that the Team would be excited and delighted to see the fruits of your labor, and I think the proposal will be received with great interest! Let me raise this up. Great. If you or they have any questions, then you can raise them here or through a PM to me - I would only feel comfortable divulging my name/email address in a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 @Legate of Mineta: Has the proposal been considered? If not, by when can I expect it to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Rhi; I think you'll know before the end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted January 13 Author Report Share Posted January 13 On 1/10/2023 at 11:46 AM, Legate of Mineta said: Rhi; I think you'll know before the end of the week. Do you expect, @Legate of Mineta, that I will have an answer by Sunday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 I'm confident today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted January 13 Author Report Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Legate of Mineta said: I'm confident today. Great. If I read nothing here by tomorrow morning, I hope that I can ask for an update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Just saw that you want to publish this trough Amazon, so we have to wait till you finished a complete book before we can have a look at it. Also I hope you still see it as hobby project and not something you end up earning reasonable money with, for the time you spend writing. Like all creative projects writing depend a lot on your luck to be liked by an multiplicator and how promising the summary and title sound. Writing about magic schools where done a lot, at last after the Harry Potter books became a hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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