FAQ

Where Can I Purchase Your Books?
What Other Type of Writing Do You Want to Publish?
Why are there Mistakes in a Guide You Wrote?
I Have a Question or Comment Regarding the Silent Hill/Silent Hill 2 Plot Analysis.
Did You Write a Plot Guide for Silent Hill 3?
Did You Write the Silent Hill 4: The Room Official Strategy Guide?
Will You Write a Plot Guide for Silent Hill 4: The Room?
Can I Have (An Asset) from Silent Hill Sanitarium?
Why Does My Contact Form Submission or E-mail Become Your Property?

Where Can I Purchase Your Books?
BradyGames.com, Primagames.com, GameStop.com, Amazon.com, WalMart.com, BestBuy.com, to name a few. Try calling or stopping by most anyplace video games are sold.
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What Other Type of Writing Do You Want to Publish?
I’m almost finished writing a paranormal thriller for ‘tweens and teens. I have a short list of literary agents. Check my blog for updates.
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Why are there Mistakes in a Guide You Wrote?
The main reason for almost all mistakes in game guides is the fact that we write from pre-release versions of the game, also known as “Alpha” versions or “Beta” versions depending on how playable our build is. While we write the guides from the software we receive, the developer continues working on the game. They tweak statistics, move items and objects, and sometimes change flags for entire scenario events. Sometimes we don’t get the final gold master of a game until several days after the book has already shipped to the printer; Too late to make corrections then! This is frustrating to everyone involved. But most of the time, we publish a great book with completely valid data. After all, everyone in the business really wants to provide reliable sources of information for video games.
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I Have a Question or Comment Regarding the Silent Hill/Silent Hill 2 Plot Analysis.
I have not played either of those games in many years. I find it hard to discuss anything outside what I already set down in my plot analyses for the games. You can send me a query, but chances are I no longer have the ability to answer or debate.
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Did You Write a Plot Guide for Silent Hill 3?
Yes, it was included in the Silent Hill 3 Official Strategy Guide. I don’t know where to buy the book anymore, so please check a search engine or eBay.
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Did You Write the Silent Hill 4: The Room Official Strategy Guide?
Nope. Please redirect any questions you have about that guide to the publisher.
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Will You Write a Plot Guide for Silent Hill 4: The Room?
Wish I could, but I really do not have the spare time. I didn’t understand much of that game, anyhow.
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Can I Have (An Asset) from Silent Hill Sanitarium?
Below are the old downloads from Silent Hill Sanitarium, my old fan shrine:
Silent Hill 1 Icons (77Kb)
Silent Hill 2 Icons (26Kb)
Custom Wallpapers (4Mb)
Silent Hill 1 Screensaver (3.8Mb)
Silent Hill 2 Screensaver (4.6Mb)
Silent Hill 1 Game Maps (1.8Mb)
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Why Does My Contact Form Submission or E-mail Become Your Property?
Simply put: protection. I instituted the contact form as a means for both fans and industry professionals to find me and contact me. My copyright policy protects me in case individuals suggest book ideas or assignments via the contact form or e-mail that eventually come to fruition merely by circumstance. For instance, a visitor might send me a message suggesting that I write “The Incredible Hulk Official Strategy Guide.” If in the future I happen to be assigned to write such a book, even though I have no control over such matters, then the individual who submitted the idea to me could attempt to claim that my writing of the book was their idea and that I owe them royalties. My copyright policy basically protects me from frivolous claims such as this. Any non-publishing industry person sending me any format of message containing any convention of an “idea” or a “pitch” will result in immediate deletion without response, and I will claim rightful ignorance of any such proposal. I instituted this web site as a means for readers and industry professionals to find me and contact me, but I cannot allow this medium to be abused. Therefore, by your use of this site and any e-mail accounts connected to this site, you agree that any and all messages submitted to DanBirlew.com by any method become the property of Dan Birlew, to use or dispose of at his discretion.
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