Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Bookwriting

On September 12, fifty-five days ago, I began writing a series of posts that amounted to an entry-level university course, with 39 posts consistent with 13 weeks of education and three classes per week.  This "200-level" D&D course discussed player behaviour, game preparation, personal development and worldbuilding.  The total of all 39 posts amounts to 63,000 words.

This is book-length... and so, it's my intention now to return to the material privately and rework it for this purpose.  I'm considering the title, "Foundations of Dungeon Mastery 201."  Though that isn't finalised; it's a bit puffy.  I don't want to call it "RPG 201," which is fine for a blog tag but unfortunately not a book.

The concept lends itself to other books in the same vein.  I'm considering another series of posts, Session Management 301, which would be entirely about running the actual game in real time.  I've designed what the 39 posts would cover, and yeah, it's very esoteric stuff.  The goal would be to write what's never been written; specifically, to address direct things that players say, that DMs ought to say, using examples like a laboratory in order to deconstruct what it is to speak, answer questions and engage with game material moment-by-moment.

Before then, I'm going to beginning a series of posts within the next few days, in which I intend to write out, fully, my concept for the book I've never been able to finish, Finding D&D in the Dark.  I intend to provide the posts on The Higher Path, while giving nibbles here.

The book, Using ChatGPT to Write Fiction, is now available on Lulu.

3 comments:

  1. > Session Management 301, which would be entirely about running the actual game in real time.

    YES PLEASE

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  2. Any chance for an Amazon version of your next books? I still have Prime and Lulu charges me €5.64 for this 14 euros book delivered to France.


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    1. Amazon now wants me to wait 2 months to learn if they "approve" the book, during which time I'm not allowed to sell it on Lulu. There's no guarantee they will approve, either; and if they do, they take a bigger chunk out of my profits for this privilege, so that I get to earn all of $1 or $2 per book. I decided not to climb aboard this train and make my latest book available on Lulu immediately.

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