My Doom 30th Anniversary book and contributions.

[SLPerrin]

Hello folks.

As some of you may know, I've written a Doom book to be released this year on the 10th of December. 
I did make a post a while back announcing this and asking for contributions, which got some very 'interesting' replies.

I've been busy editing, updating and so on. The book is now over 100,000 words and still growing. 

This post is to ask for anyone who is interested in contributing to just contact me via messages right here on Doomworld as of now. Just so I can keep a record of anyone who does wish to contribute and I can give you all my email address so that I can then contact you personally.

Now, I do have quite a few people already interested in wanting to be part of this book (outside of Doomworld too), so I am going to have to limit numbers.
As I want to get a good mix of various Doom fans, I'll ask everyone who contacts me a few basic questions, just to see what kind of a Doom fan they are. I want old school fans, news fans, fans that know the game inside out, fans that are more casual and so on.

Right here, I am just going to make everything nice and clear.

 

1. I can not afford to pay people, for their words, that is why it is called a contribution. However, anyone who does get selected to be in the book and has their words in print, you will be shown a copy of this particular chapter so that you can see how your words will look and sign off on everything. I will not be publishing anybody's words if they are not happy.
2. Editing and formatting will have to be done, so this does mean that some of your words may not make the cut, I may even have to add a few words to make a sentence/paragraph fit the page. Again, this is why I will send everyone a copy of the chapter so that they can sign off if they are happy with the editing.
3. When you are happy with that chapter and when I am happy with the book as a whole, I will send everyone who contributed a PDF of the entire book ahead of publication on the 10th of December. A free copy of the book to say thanks for your contributions. 
4. You will get full credit for your words both in the chapter and in a personal thanks at the end of the book.
5. If you make Doom content, maps, videos, etc. I will be more than happy to mention as much in the book.
6. I think I originally said a max word count of 600 words. I'm extending that too around 1,000. Firstly, to allow for editing. Secondly, to give people more space in the book to work with. If anyone goes the extra mile and sends me a good chunk of 1,000+ words and it is great content, I'll seriously consider it too. I'm trying to not to sound greedy but also not alienate anyone that does want to contribute. All while trying to keep the chapter at a reasonable size. It's a bit of a juggling act.
7. The sort of content I am looking for is what Doom means to you personally. Memories of playing the game, did you start with the 1993 PC original or one of the ports. What impact had Doom had on your life and so on. A chance for Doom fans to express their passion and personal memories for the game.

 

So then, if anyone is interested and if you've not yet messaged me, please do feel free to do so now. I'll get in contact will all of you as and when I can over the next couple of weeks.

If selected to be in the book, I'll be asking folks to send me their words from June through to the end of July. I'll then be spending August and September reading and editing your words. Sending you the chapter so that you can see how it looks and sign off if you're happy. I'll use October to edit everything into the book, do a couple of more drafts and by mid November, I'll be sending out PDFs of the entire book to everyone who has contributed. For the book to be published and available on Amazon as a paperback and hardback on the 10th of December (I already have the ISBN numbers).

One last thing, after my last post and my being accused of being a scam artist and so on, I'm not replying to anything left here. If you don't want to be part of the book, just move one with your life and pay this post no mind.

 

For those who are interested, many thanks, drop me a message here on Doomworld and I'll get back to you soon.

[taufan99]

Hello, I am still interested in this. Thank you.

[Midway64]

Hey, I'm still interested in this book! I wondered what happened to you, as that 100,000 word (which would be between 200-400 pages) really made my jaw drop in awe!

I would really like to send some words of my personal experience, sure, I may not be the oldest guy (I'm young!), but I did have a blast playing the games through DOSBox the purist way (because GOG is a game patching blessing)!

 

Will probably send the exact reply to you as a message because I'm lazy right now. Nah I actually ended up sending an original message this time (woohoo i guess?).

Edited May 5, 2023 by ValveMercenary
Sike!

[Xerenogan]

Looking forward to seeing this.