Just curious, I mean obviously if I see Adam Jury as the author of something I'm going to be able to figure that out.

Same goes for Jon Stezo.

What about the rest though?

I'll list the membernames of our freelancer members, but in the case of those who've used nicks I'm not going to match their real names:

Adam, me, Pistons, Bull, spudman, Jak, Jon Szeto, Lady Anaka, Patrick Goodman, Steve Kenson, winterhawk11, Gurth, Synner (and various other folks on the SoE project; sorry, but I don't know who you are! ), Havoc, Flake.

If I've missed anyone, it's because it's 2am. Sorry

...actually, I'm sure I have missed people. Feel free to pipe up.

Otaku Mike, aka Mikael Brodu.
First contribution in the upcoming Shadows of Europe, French chapter and all the maps.
I'm hoping to write a few bits more here and there for SR in the near future.

Well, my name's Peter Taylor and so far I've done stuff for DotSW, SSG and the upcoming SoE.

It's not too hard to figure out who I am, for the very few who don't know already.

You're one of the few I know. I thought about saying, but figured it was your secret to keep, or not.

Oh, yeah. I forgot the real name thing. I'm Eleanor Holmes.

Tzeentch, Dvixen...

That "Pistons" doesn't show up in the writing credits, but my real name does in a few books. Not that it's a big deal ... just sayin', considering the thread's topic.

Sorry, no. I didn't write anything sports-related for SotA. I did genetech.

I was just reading Threat's 2, wanting to brush up on the Aleph society due to a conversation about it on the Shadowrun Game forum.


You know what I found, my name as a Shadowtalker. I would just like to say Ken Peters* (and yes I know what your forum name is; just seems some of the authors would prefer not to give out their real name so I won't make the connection.) Rocks Very Much Hugely.


Oddly, I am getting way to excited about this I think, but damn it, my room mate agrees if he opened up a book and saw RekStarlord as a Shadowtalker he'd get excited too. He went on to mention that he'd buy every damned thing to do with Shadowrun from then on. If I didn't do this already, I probably would to!


Ok, Fanboidome calming down now. Just, super cool!


*If in fact the author's include the shadowtalk themselves, which I assume they do...

Kinda makes you wonder what else folks would be willing to do to get their names in shadowtalk, doesn't it?

Kidding! I kid, Rob!

Anybody need a slightly used Kidney?

Buy them beer at conventions. Offer them a place to crash when they knock unexpectedly at your door. Feed them? (If only writing paid for those luxury hotels and room service, eh?)

Oh, or you could upset them. I bet that'd get your Street Name in the Shadowtalk. Those runners who arse everyone else off need names too you know...

"Hey bob - says here in this sourcebook that your character's been turned into ghoul-chow. Yup - page 14, that's official. Better get a new one Bob." [vegm]

Duh. I should check back here more often.

I'm Michelle Lyons, in case anyone wasn't sure. I edit as much as write these days, but I still show up on occasion.

Oh, and I'm the one who did Culture Shock for SOTA. Sorry Mikey, you'll have to get used to disappointment.

I'm Sebastian Wiers, contributing author M&M, Matrix, T:Matrix, Cannon Companion. Not big into writing fictional stuff. I haven't been playing the game for quite a while, because that's where the friends I played with (Rob Boyle and co.) are, and I don't really have any friends here in Minneapolis.

Mongoose was a farily long lived character of mine an appears in Shadowtalk exactly once, in T: Smugglers Havens.

I think my writing credit did actually help me get a job, sort of, although looking back I suppose they would have just as soon hired a chimp.

Paolo Marcucci, I conceived and wrote the Programming Rules for Matrix (with some writing help from Jon ). I also edited some sections of CC. I don't even remember if my last time as a GM was in Italy or Canada... Last time I was a player in a Shadowrun game we won the GenCon tourney.

Makes sense to leave when you're at the top

[fanboy] from the bottom of my heart: you guys rock.[/fanboy]

And you're the luckiest sons/daughters of slitches around. What I wouldn't give...

I'm Tobias Wolter, so far I've worked on some of the german dragons (Kaltenstein & Schwartzkopf) plus polish wyrm Calozerca for Dot6W, the 2003 german-only release "Shockwaves" and the upcoming SoE and did one article for GU so far (though I dunno if it's published yet).

^^ ++

I had an adventure idea rejected, but found a way to get most of that stuff back in to a section on another book. I even made a reference to the name of the central location in that adventure. Persistance is key.

I gotta agree with Adam and Synner, and disagree. I defiantley had opportunity knock on the door very loud- Rob B. asked me to work on M&M with him; he was owrking at FASA at the time but didn't (iirc) have an author crediut yet and was actually laid off for a long time.

Still, the basic idea remains the same- know your audience, stay on topic, and put in the extra mile (and then some) to make the best submission you can.

We prepped a MAMMOTH submission, working our asses off to cover ideas for pretty much the entire damn book (some parts much better than others). I know our stuff had to satand on its own merits, because a huge majority of it never got past the submission stage, but it helped a hell of a lot to have an understanding of what FASA was looking for.

That doesn't even begin to include the hundred plus hours I spent on actual writing, slaving away in an attic appartment in the middle of summer, trying to meet a deadline as my computer crashed every few hours from the motherboard cooking itself from dealing with over-size files...

My suggestions for Cyber S&M was rejected, but i suspect someone somewhere has some very kinky house rules.

Now THAT I'd be interested to hear.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is Cyber S&M?

I couldn't tell you about cyber S&M (and neither do I want to know about it), but the S&M comes from "sadism & masochism."

I'm generally not too hard to figure out, as my name is pretty much plastered all over the net one way or another, if you know where to look. Also, the Steven "Bull" Ratkovich in the playtest/writing credits tends to give it away too

So far I've done Playtesting for SR3, MITS, Rigger 3, and Cannon Companion. I was a contributing author for Year of the Comet and Dragons of the 6th World, and I was contributor on the concept and design for YotC.

Most freelancers aren't secretive, but... Don;t ask for Dvixen's name She's shy.

Bull

And there was me following the old Names have power concept. Then again the handle i have selected is more than appropriate for the job.

@ Snow Fox - Can't you keep Hot Wheels under control, her about to be married and all.

Since most of the writers are eyeballin this thread- I just want to say I think all of you are doing a hell of a job. I think the mechanics and the lore of Shadowrun are easier to swallow now more than ever. It's obvious that for each of you it's more than a job, it's a passion, and it shows with every stroke of the proverbial pen. This coming from a grizzled "We had a threat pool and we *liked* it" SR2 grumpy old man. You guys and gals done good. Keep it up, and keep 'em coming.

Thanks.

Guess you'll have to revert to ringing their doorbell and running away MooCow me old mucker.

I tend to get more reaction waiting for them to answer it

Knock, knock!
"Who's there?"
MOOOOOAAAH-HA-HA-HA-HAAA-HAAA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I have to agree with spotlight, you guys rock. Thanks to you and many others that work on Shadowrun products, you keep my pockets empty, my days busy, and make me the happiest GM in the world!

Hmmm, beats Halloween when your Dead pissed mates ring you up and leave all sorts of Blargh on the answerphone.

And you're a cider drinker too are ya Pistons? Cool. Do you like mead as well?

Cider, mead, wine, hard liquor ... so long as it's sweet. I don't think it's advisable to get me drunk, though. (I will say though, that if you have a mead that's a bit too dry or flat for your tastes, open up some pixy stix. Thank me later.)

So, to try to haul this back on topic, I don't suppose anyone's still wondering who the various authors are?

Heh, the authors are all those nut cases GMing at GenCon every year...

What you mean they're all the nutjobs playing SR at GenCon every year? Hmmm, sounds about right - after all, when is the last time we actually played SR?

PS> I do it for first hand product feedback, the lack of people who can tell me how the game is suppossed to run, and for whatever respect and free beer I can garner out of it. Oh yeah, and to get my Evil GM Kicks by tormenting unsuspecting players with really bad accents and screwy pre-gen characters. (After all my regular players have become somewhat jaded and thus immunised themselves to my techniques. I need fresh meat!)

I'm old school - Rich Osterhout - most of my stuff was during the SR2 days...just getting back into the swing of things now....currently ramping up the Shadowrun Missions campaign system...but back in the day i did some stuff - especially the Corporate Security Handbook with Mike Colton and took over writing/running the Gencon tourneys from Mike for a couple of years (like 8?) until handing the reins over to Bull...i'm probably best known for Gamma Scopolamine and the other nasty chemical weapons and drones in the CorpSec book...also worked on other SR2 stuff and a lot of the groundwork for SR3...
Kinda dropped off to work on other projects for a while, but like I said, I'm comin' back...