Guild Wars 2

The next episode of CSL will air on June 22nd at Noon Pacific Time.

I’ve already selected most of the assets for the June show, but don’t let that dissuade you from continuing to post your art! I go back months to find tasty things to show, so there’s always a chance that something submitted in one month will be featured the next month or even several months after it was first posted.

Thank you all for making this show so much fun!

Hello,

I brought up your comments in a team meeting today. Keep in mind that many of us on the team are major fans of fan fiction, and we have thought long and hard about how we might include such works in Community Showcase Live. However, we have concluded that the format of the show is most conducive to visual art, whether that is a photograph of cosplay, a piece of digital art, a sculpture, a plushy, and so forth, and that’s the way we intend to present the show in the future.

But take heart! If you’re writing fan fiction, there are a few media that you can use to reach more readers:

• Post on the official forums
• Join the Tumblr fan fiction community and share your work there
• Submit for possible publishing on our official GW2 Tumblr page

If you do that latter, please be sure you read through the guidelines for content, because our content guidelines for fan fiction are somewhat strict, as they must be in anything that uses our canon characters. If you submit to our Tumblr page, be sure you tag your work with “GW2 Fan Submission.”

Due to the time required for fan fiction reviews, we must be very selective about what we choose to publish on our Tumblr page. But again, I’d suggest you reach out to the Guild Wars 2 fan fiction community as a whole, and join in, get feedback, and potentially build your own following there.

Having said that, I always add “call outs” for content that cannot be included in the show. You may have seen them in the past, where I point to a comic or call out a YouTube audible file of a narrative work. This month’s CSL happens to include a call to action on the subject of fan fiction, so I think you’ll be pleased with that.