From:	"J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject:	Re: ADMIN: DRAGONS AS NEXT NERPS?
Date:	Sun, 5 Mar 1995 10:05:02 -0500

On Sun, 5 Mar 1995, Gurth wrote:

> >[Posted to both ShadowRN and NERPS, but I'd like to keep the discussion
> >on the NERPS list so we don't bother anybody who isn't interested.]
>
> Replied to JD Falk directly as I'm not on NERPS :)

Replying cc: NERPS (you know, you can always join for a few days,
Gurth. *grin*) so I'll leave all the original text in.

> > I'm worried, though -- it's clear that everybody would like to
> >/see/ this book, but who will /write/ it? This will be a lot of work, and
> >can't be done in the same type of relatively disorganized fashion as the
> >Shadowlore books -- everything has to be internally consistent.
>
> What you need is an editor who can _make_ the ramblings consistent. (I'm not
> really volunteering to do this, mind you, though I might if I have nothing
> better to do :) In that way, lots of people can write bits on different
> dragons, and the editor should make it all fit together -- altering the text
> if necessary, especially if two (or more) things contradict...

Well, I think that's supposed to be my job...but if this is
anything like the Psionics write-up, we could argue about it for months
and only come up with about ten pages of stuff that everybody agrees on.
One interesting possibility is to /allow/ contradictions, and
include a forward to the effect of "This is all hear-say. Some of it may
well have been planted by members of the Dragon species themselves.
Much is correct -- but don't stake your life on it, chummer."
In this way, we could leave space for minor contradictions and
confusing elements, and even completely leave out things that should've
been written but weren't.

> > So -- who out there can promise that, barring sudden death or
> >dismemberment, they absolutely /will/ write a sizable chunk of this book?
>
> It would be good to practice my writing skills...

Cool. That's three....

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