BitsHammer Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I'm not the only one wo got no response until now, right? What do you think how lone it will take? A week after submitting?I submitted on the 24th. 7 days seems to be the minimum turn around. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I've received a number of emails from the Black Library (advertising graphic novels etc) and every time I see one, my heart leaps into my mouth for a second or so, until I read the email title... I'm a patient man, but that does not help! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veterannoob Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I've received a number of emails from the Black Library (advertising graphic novels etc) and every time I see one, my heart leaps into my mouth for a second or so, until I read the email title... I'm a patient man, but that does not help! Heh, I'd be lying if I didn't say that's happened to me a couple times . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothical Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I've received a number of emails from the Black Library (advertising graphic novels etc) and every time I see one, my heart leaps into my mouth for a second or so, until I read the email title... I'm a patient man, but that does not help! Multiple email accounts, my friend! I have one day-to-day account that I use for fora, mailing lists and so on, and a separate account (with a more professional address!) for things like this! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsHammer Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I've received a number of emails from the Black Library (advertising graphic novels etc) and every time I see one, my heart leaps into my mouth for a second or so, until I read the email title... I'm a patient man, but that does not help! Multiple email accounts, my friend! I have one day-to-day account that I use for fora, mailing lists and so on, and a separate account (with a more professional address!) for things like this! Same here. Makes life easier to sort between fun and work too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Just out of interest - what sort of themes did people go for? As the brief brief was "Imperium of Man", I went for something different to the usual Space Marines stuff. If everyone went that way, I could be in trouble... :d Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Wrote about my own chapter. More Precisely about the situation when its first captain turns renegade, attacking his chapter master during the so called Pal Harboris catastrophe. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydriatus Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Just out of interest - what sort of themes did people go for? As the brief brief was "Imperium of Man", I went for something different to the usual Space Marines stuff. If everyone went that way, I could be in trouble... Rogue Trader story here! How about you? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ooo I like Rogue Trader stuff. It's a facet of 40K seldom explored. I went with a slight gamble - Necromunda gang escorting a Guilder who isn't all he seems. Gamble being it might be an exhausted IP. I know my sales pitch could have been stronger looking back at it, so I've dipped in confidence really. I just wasn't specific enough about the plot. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydriatus Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 ...you mean an IP that's coming back soon so they would want to generate hype? With Blood Bowl tabletop back and specialist games all being revived recently, PLUS the success of box games like Execution Force, Deathwatch: Overkill, and Imperial Knight: Renegade, i think your chances are better than you realize! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Thanks mate. Here's hoping. My girlfriend liked it at least lol Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
veterannoob Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Awesome! We should collect these somewhere after the open call "results" and have a look. Mine was about an Astra Mil cpt. who's losing his $hi+ as his only son and fellow soldier was just killed and he blames the Commissar so it's his personal story of how disposable and expendable lives are in the Imperium and how such waverings of faith don't play out so well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Wrote about my DIY Order versus a Chaos Marine war band. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassill Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 All quiet on the outlook front... :/I wrote about an Adeptus Arbites and his race against time as a standard raid on a derelict station goes wrong. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Idaho Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Oh I like Arbrites :) have some planned for my story if I get the chance. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4382963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsHammer Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Just out of interest - what sort of themes did people go for? As the brief brief was "Imperium of Man", I went for something different to the usual Space Marines stuff. If everyone went that way, I could be in trouble... My little tale follows a Detective-Arbite as she investigates the murder of an Imperial Scribe. Shenanigans ensue. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4383255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctus Cornix Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Mine follows a Squire of a shamed Imperial Knight House as he follows his fate to a mission that has been foretold to end in his death. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4383415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Carnelian Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A Cadian Whiteshield rescues a wounded Blood Claw. As they retreat, they compare and contrast their warrior upbringings. As a side note, though it normally shouldn't matter, the Whiteshield is a young woman. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4383561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydriatus Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ah I should've detailed mine more - Rogue Trader vs Void Kraken. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4383570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mapple Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Chronos Inquisitor and a Malleus Inquisitor investigate "lucky" person who is actually using history book from the future. Malleus thinks using info from the future could help Imperium, but Chronos says no. Fight! Told from Chronos Acolyte POV. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4384540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldrick Shadowblade Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 All quiet on the outlook front... :/ I wrote about an Adeptus Arbites and his race against time as a standard raid on a derelict station goes wrong. I wrote an Arbite story, too! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4385108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsHammer Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 At the rate we're going if everyone who did Arbites gets accepted we could have an anthology book for them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4385128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aias Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Mine starred an Arbites officer, too. Plan is basically a Doctor Who companion intro from the companion's POV, with the Doctor replaced by a nameless Inquisitor and fewer Daleks. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4385180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagrath Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Mine was about a mischievous Inquisitor with an upbeat sense of humor who uses trickery and xenos archeotech to get results, rather than brute force, intimidation, or personal psychic prowess. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4385186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Had a tilt at the last second, even though I'd given up on getting to BL by open submission a long time back. Submitted a story about Howling Griffon scouts coming across a running battle between the Executioners and Red Corsairs and deciding whether to intervene and in what way. It's a spiritual successor to my old Honour Paid submission, but a stand alone story. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320744-write-for-black-library/page/6/#findComment-4385422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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