1. Use proper bibliographic style when listing book and magazine references in your submission. If your manuscript quotes material verbatim from other sources, identify the sources (including page numbers) and BE SURE THAT EACH QUOTE IS WRITTEN EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS IN THE ORIGINAL SOURCE. If possible, send a photocopy of the page on which the quoted material originally appeared.
2. Manuscripts should address all facets of the subject at hand. They should not pose questions that are not answered in the text, nor should they contain flat statements that are not explained and not justified with sound reasoning or deduction.
3. Any manuscript that offers a skill, creature etc for C&S should ensure that this new creation is detailed thoroughly. There is little point in creating something if it can not be used or re-created by another player. For new creatures, ensure that there place in any ecology is detailed and is suitable. Not necessarily for the actual manuscript submitted but for future products etc. I.e. we may not use the manuscript but we may find a skill or creature etc which would be of benefit to a future release.
4. Keep an eye for detail and pay close attention to specifics. Lack of clarity occurs when an author assumes knowledge or understanding on the part of the reader that the reader may not have. Someone exposed to an author's ideas for the first time needs to have all relevant facts explained in detail and in order of significance.
5. You must also consider our moral and ethical standards. People who buy and read our products may be still of school age or below the age of majority, or be under the guidance and influence of, their parents or guardians. We do not wish either the readers or their parents to perceive our products as detrimental to young people.
   We want C&S to be available to all age categories and not to be placed in a proverbial "brown cover on the top shelf". We believe we should police ourselves before there is a need to be policed. Thus, we do not portray profanity, graphic violence, sexual activity, or any other such topics. We do not wish to "gag" historical accuracy but we do require a sensitive approach to such matters.
   If you are not sure if your idea is acceptable on moral or ethical grounds, assess the idea again from a conservative, detached point of view. If you are still not sure if it qualifies, explain to us in your query letter what the potential problem is.
6. DO NOT COPY MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER SOURCE AND PASS IT OFF AS YOUR OWN (I.E. COMMIT PLAGIARISM). Authors will bear full legal responsibility for such actions.
7. Drawings and sketches may accompany your manuscript if they are necessary to illustrate important points. Such pictures need not be for publication as drawn but should still be clearly and neatly rendered. Sketches and artwork should be done in ink, not pencil, and if appropriate should include a scale grid (square or hexagonal pattern) or size scale. Legibility of maps and drawings is critical. If some of your illustrations are publishable, we will make a separate contract and payment arrangements for that part of the submission.
8. We are able to receive manuscript queries via email. The address is marakush@aol.com.

RIGHTS AND PAYMENT
If your manuscript is suitable for publication, we will provide a Writer's Contract that you will be asked to sign. Prior to this point, we may ask you to sign a Confidentiality Agreement - please note the signing of this agreement does NOT guarantee that your manuscript will be published. It is merely to safeguard the C&S product range and other writers involved with C&S and to allow the writer access to material that may be needed to complete the manuscript but is yet unpublished. In respect of rights and payment - these will be agreed if you manuscript is suitable for publication and details will be included in the Writer's Contract.