Suggestion Box · Ideas, corrections & feature requests

How the Suggestion Box works

1. You submit an idea. You give it a short title, choose a category (book idea, correction, website feature, accessibility, or other), and describe what you have in mind. You can optionally share an email address in case I need to follow up.
2. Your suggestion is logged. Submissions are added to a private queue where they can be tagged by series, deity/sign, book title, feature area, and priority.
3. Some ideas may appear on a voting board. Selected suggestions may be shown on a separate “What should we make next?” page where readers can up-vote their favourites. When that happens, only the suggestion text and meta-data are shown — never your contact details.
4. I review suggestions in batches. I look for repeated requests, clear fixes, and ideas that fit well with the current release schedule. Smaller concrete items (like a typo in a specific puzzle) are often the quickest to fix.
5. If needed, I may contact you. If you have chosen to allow contact, I may send a short email to ask a follow-up question or to confirm that a fix has gone live.

I cannot guarantee an individual reply to every submission, but all suggestions are reviewed and considered as part of the ongoing roadmap.

What this page is — and is not — for

Good uses of the Suggestion Box

• New puzzle book ideas. For example: an Olympian spin-off, a specific hero or saga, a new Zodiac variant, or a different style of puzzle that would still feel at home in the Chronicles of Wordcraft world.
• Improvements to existing books. Typos, missing words, confusing instructions, layout problems, or anything that makes a puzzle harder to solve for the wrong reasons.
• Website and library improvements. Ideas that would make the online library, legal/help pages, or bonus downloads easier to find and use.
• Accessibility feedback. Comments about type size, contrast, line thickness, watermark visibility, or other design choices that affect readability and comfort.
• Bonus pack ideas. Suggestions for future digital bonus packs or printable extras that would complement the main books.

Things that should use a different channel

• Order or account problems. Issues with purchases, delivery, refunds, or payment details should go through the Help or Contact pages so they can be tracked properly.
• Time-sensitive technical issues. Broken download links or forms that are not submitting should be reported via the main support route first, even if you also note them here for tracking.
• Permissions, licensing, or business use. Requests to use puzzles, artwork, or branding in your own products, classes, or commercial projects should follow the instructions on the Permissions & Licensing page instead of this form.
• Press and media enquiries. Journalists, reviewers, and collaborators should start with the Press Kit and use the contact details provided there.

Ideas, ownership & how suggestions may be used

I appreciate every idea that comes in. At the same time, I need to be clear about how suggestions are treated so that expectations are fair on both sides.

• You should only submit ideas you are allowed to share. Please do not send confidential material or anything that belongs to someone else and is covered by non-disclosure obligations.
• Similar ideas may already exist. I may already be working on something very close to your suggestion, or another reader may propose something similar in the future.
• You grant a license to use your suggestion. By submitting an idea, you grant R.R. Thalore / Chronicles of Wordcraft a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use, adapt, develop, and publish that suggestion in any format and medium, without any obligation to provide compensation, credit, or notice, unless I choose to do so voluntarily.
• You keep your underlying rights. If your suggestion references your own characters, worlds, or settings, you retain your rights to those underlying works. This page is not a transfer of copyright; it simply allows me to use the idea at the level needed to guide puzzle books, bonus packs, and website features.
• No partnership is created. Submitting an idea does not make us co-authors or business partners, and it does not entitle you to royalties or credit on future titles.

Privacy & data around your submission

The Suggestion Box form will collect the information you choose to provide (for example, your idea, the category you select, and any name or email address you include), along with limited technical information that helps protect the system from abuse.

• Email addresses are never displayed publicly on the voting board or elsewhere on the site.
• Data may be processed with the help of trusted third-party tools (for example, form handling, analytics, or anti-spam services) in line with the site’s privacy policy.
• You can ask for your contact details to be updated or removed, subject to any legal or operational limits explained in that policy.

For more detail about cookies, analytics, retention periods, and your rights, please refer to the main Privacy Policy.

Community guidelines for submissions

To keep this space useful and welcoming, please make sure your suggestions stay within these basic guidelines:

• No hate speech, harassment, or targeted abuse.
• No explicit or adult content.
• No content that promotes violence or illegal activity.
• No posting of someone else’s private personal details without their consent.
• No spam or automated bulk submissions.

Suggestions that clearly break these guidelines may be removed, and repeat abuse may lead to technical blocks on future submissions. Honest criticism and constructive feedback are always welcome.

What to expect after you submit

• You may or may not receive a direct reply. I prioritise replies where a response is truly needed, especially for clear corrections or accessibility issues.
• Your idea is still useful even without a reply. Suggestions are grouped and reviewed in context with others and help decide which titles, features, and fixes move up the queue.
• If your idea ships in some form, it will usually be blended with other feedback and design work. While community influence is real, it is not always visible at the level of individual attribution.

Thank you for helping shape Chronicles of Wordcraft

Every correction, idea, and “what if you tried…” message helps build a stronger library of puzzle books — the kind that are hand-curated by R.R. Thalore and designed to be collected, not just completed.

Whether you are flagging a tiny typo in a single grid or proposing a whole new series, your feedback is part of what keeps this world evolving. Thank you for taking the time to share it.