Vajra Web Books
| ANNOUNCEMENT: We have so many RPG projects we are currently working on that we aren't beginning any more RPG writing projects at this time. You may still request an co-author instruction packet to prepare a submission for a later date, but we are not currently looking for new coauthors. |
Vajra Enterprises is looking for co-authors to help write a number of Role Playing Games we have already planned out. These games will be relatively short (~180 pages) and will use Modern ORC (the Organic Rule Components plus the modern day equipment and skills from In Dark Alleys), meaning each book will have only about 125 pages of new material, about half of which will be the responsibility of the coauthor.
The books will be published online in PDF format and will be sold in printed form via online print-on-demand services. They will have modest art and advertising budgets. Coauthors will not be responsible for editing, page layout, art direction or advertising. If market factors indicate that it would be profitable to do so, Vajra Enterprises will do a print run of the books for distribution to game retailers.
We’re only looking for one co-author per book and we don’t want a co-author working on more than one book at a time. Co-authors will be paid 1/3 cent per word for text used in the book and a percentage of the net profits equal to the percentage of the text in the book that was written by the co-author (e.g. if the co-author wrote half the material in the book the co-author would receive 50% of all net profits). The amount of a co-author’s contributions which are published in the book depend on how quickly the co-author wrote and how much of the co-author’s work was cut during the editing and page layout process (material may be cut due to quality and space concerns). Vajra Enterprises has the final say on all editorial decisions.
How To Be Considered As A Co-Author- You must sign the following non-disclosure agreement. Afterwards you will receive, by post, a list of current concepts for web books. Choose only one and send, via email or post, a 1 to 5 page writing sample of RPG background material based on that concept. We will inform you immediately when we receive the sample and then notify you at a later date whether or not you have been chosen as a co-author. If you are not chosen you can submit a writing sample from another game concept.
Non-Disclosure Agreement- I agree that I will not give copies to or tell people about any of the information I receive as part of my request to be considered as a co-author. I also promise I will not use any of the ideas in any fiction or game without the permission of Vajra Enterprises. If I break any of these promises I will pay Vajra Enterprises all reasonable damages, including projected loss of income in the future stemming from my use or distribution of the information I have received.
See also: The Once A Week Rule
RPG Based Short Stories
Accepting submissions for short stories that take place in the Fates Worse Than Death, Tibet and In Dark Alleys universes for publication on this web site. 2,000-10,000
word stories wanted. Rates are 1.5-2.5 cents (USD) per word. Send full stories to submissions@varjraenterprises.com. All submissions must be accompanied by the Submission Agreement. For more detailed writing guidelines, see FWTD Fiction Guidelines..
Novel and Novella Experimental Fiction
Now accepting novella and novel length fiction that take place in
the Fates Worse Than Death or In Dark Alleys universes for publication in upcoming books.
New and innovative styles wanted. We are especially interested in
fiction with heroes who break standard hero stereotypes (e.g. heroes who are homeless, mentally ill, drug addicts, have alternate sexualities, etc.) yet who are still heroes in their own way. 50,000 to 100,000 word
stories wanted. Rates are one third cent per word. Send complete outline
and sample chapter(s) to submissions@vajraenterprises.com. All submissions must be accompanied by the Submission Agreement.
See also: FWTD Fiction Guidelines, The Once A Week Rule
If you'd like us to conisder commissioning artwork from you for out next book, please send an email with your name and a URL for your portfolio to submissions@vajraenterprises.com. The artists we commission artwork from have a style that can be desribed as:
Short Comic Books
Cruel Fates Photgraphs
Fans of our games: see our Fans Rewards program for information on how you can earn free stuff just by doing things like submitting reports on games you have run.
I, the undersigned, am submitting materials to Vajra Enterprises to be considered for possible sale to Vajra Enterprises of the ideas contained therein or possible hiring of myself as a writer, editor or game designer.
I, the undersigned, certify that these materials are my intellectual property and that no other party holds a copyright, trademark or patent claim on them.
In exchange for such consideration, I, the undersigned, hereby agree to the following:
I indemnify Vajra Enterprises against any claims of infringement of copyright, trademark or patent that are based on a similarity between the materials I am submitting and a product that Vajra Enterprises subsequently created, with the following exception:
The indemnification is revoked only if a panel of 5 game-publishing industry experts, agreed upon by both myself and Vajra Enterprises, unanimously agrees, in good faith, that, in their opinion, there is a less than 1 in 100 chance that the similarities between my submission and the subsequent Vajra Enterprises product is because Vajra Enterprises independently created or would have independently created the product in absence of the submission.
In other words, I will not seek damages unless a panel says there is a less than 1% chance Vajra Enterprises could have come up with this idea independently.
If the panel is going to be compensated in any way, I will pay the full cost of the compensation. Both I and Vajra Enterprises will have 30 days to submit evidence to this panel. After the panel has made their decision in good faith, neither party has the right to ask for any reconsideration.
Contract law of the United States and California shall apply. This agreement shall be deemed as being made in California.
Fates Worse Than Death
Vajra Enterprises Main Page
Tibet the RPG
See also: The Once A Week Rule
COMIC ART
We are currently accepting submissions of short (2-7 pg.) web-based comics with stories that take place within the Fates Worse Than Death, Tibet and In Dark Alleys universes. We will only consider submissions from people capable of providing a complete product (art, story and lettering). Send
story outline and sample panels (up to 1MB attachments or send web link)
to submissions@vajraenterprises.com. Rates are $15-$40/page. All submissions must be accompanied by the Submission Agreement. See also: FWTD Fiction Guidelines, The Once A Week Rule.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Currently accepting black and white and color photographs for the upcoming
"Cruel Fates" Card Game. Photographs must be of
people, places or things which are spooky, eerie, frightening or strange.
Photomanipulation OK but it should not look obvious. Pays $10-$20 for
first-use rights. Send thumbnails (5-50K) to submissions@vajraenterprises.com. We will not purchase the rights of any
photographs without assurances that permission was given by every person
in the photographs. See our Photography Permission Form
OTHER STUFF
The purpose of this document is to allow Vajra Enterprises to review submissions from individuals without fear that doing so will make Vajra Enterprises vulnerable to intellectual property theft lawsuits if there are coincidental similarities between the submission and a Vajra Enterprises product.
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