Hi
I am a British citizen currently living in Central Europe and
I have a few future shock scripts ready to send to Tharg, but after checking out the submission guidelines I read that submissions should be sent with a SAE .As you can understand being based abroad rules out using British stamps and international coupons are not accepted by the post office here.
So, should I just send my submissions explaining , my current situation and at least include an addressed envelope or is this SAE a strict and unbending rule ?
Thanks for your help
It's a tough one, do you have anyone in the UK willing to accept post on your behalf? You could email scripts/letter to them and ask them to send for you?
-pj
Thanks PJ
Your suggestion seems to be the simplest solution.
Can overseas parties just not email them to a specific address? We are in the 'puter age after all.
I don't think emailed submissions are accepted at all.
No, probably not given the amount of bilge most of US get in our spam filters and nobody's trying to get WORK out of me. I hope.
Welcome aboard, Kiz!
Hello, Everyone. Nice community you have here.
This is my very first post. I hope I'm posting it in the right place.
Here is my dilemma:
I am a writer in the United States. In early September I mailed a future shock submission, but I believe that I may have forgotten to include postage for return shipping. I can't remember for certain. I do know that I included my e-mail address on the cover letter. In any case, I haven't heard back.
So, here is my question. Is my submission still within the slush pile purgatory time frame? I considered re-submitting it (making sure, this time, to include the proper postage), but I don't want to incense the editor, if he's already looked at the script once and chucked it out.
Any ideas?
Given most people are saying it can tae over 6 months to hear back then a September submission will still be in "to read" pile. I'd not recommend resubmitting as that seems like a waste of everyone's valuable time. I suppose you could send an envelope with the right postage but then someone would have to match that up with your submission which might be tricky. Basically, if you did include your email and they wanted to get in touch with you, then they can - trying to rectify things now is probably more hassle than its worth.
Oh and welcome. Enjoy your stay.
I have found a post office which has international coupons and so I have been able to send my submission with return postage .Fingers crossed!
I think that if you include an SAE with enough stamps from your own country for an international letter, the Royal Mail will post it as normal.
So obviously it's not policy that 2000AD doesn;t take submissions from abroad then? That's a relief (for when I return to the States).
They have writers and artists from all over the place working for them :)
One another point , the submission guidelines state that a writer should wait until he/she hears back from Tharg before submitting another Future Shock .I was wondering if anybody here HAS submitted whilst waiting for a reply about their first submission?
A few boarders on here have. From what I've heard, it isn't the best way of getting your name remembered.
Yeah, somewhere there's an entire thread on that...wasn't it titled "How long will Tharg keep me waiting?"
I'll see if I can't find it and post a link here.
Quote from: locustsoflove on 25 November, 2009, 10:44:50 AM
Yeah, somewhere there's an entire thread on that...wasn't it titled "How long will Tharg keep me waiting?"
I'll see if I can't find it and post a link here.
http://2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,26003.0.html
Cheers for that Emp! I got sidetracked...
Quote from: locustsoflove on 25 November, 2009, 04:07:25 PM
Cheers for that Emp! I got sidetracked...
I noticed!! You can't get the staff these days ;)
Ah...I was actually plodding away at Jikan if that's what you mean :D.
I was very near sending it to Dave when I had another batch of - better - ideas and went with those. I'm touching up the dialogue tonight!
Quote from: locustsoflove on 25 November, 2009, 04:53:49 PM
Ah...I was actually plodding away at Jikan if that's what you mean :D.
LOL, no - I just noticed you hadn't posted the link ;)
Quote from: locustsoflove on 25 November, 2009, 04:53:49 PMI was very near sending it to Dave when I had another batch of - better - ideas and went with those. I'm touching up the dialogue tonight!
Sounds good - I look forward to seeing the results (I might even try and twist Dave's arm to let me have a sneaky peek but he is mean - I still haven't seen some of my own finished stories ;) That said it is probably a good idea, as it makes it a nice surprise when I see it in print :D The samples look... well wait and see!!).
Yeah, I've got to say your last Battle Ganesh strip was aces. Quite a progression is going on with Paragon, and I'm really happy to be a part of it in a small way!
Quote from: locustsoflove on 25 November, 2009, 07:59:41 PM
Yeah, I've got to say your last Battle Ganesh strip was aces.</a>
Glad you liked it - it was a tricky transition episode, expanding the scope and recruiting the team so could have been clunky and awkward. Thankfully Stephen picked up the ball and ran with it and he has done the same with the next story which really sets the ball rolling for the big storyline. My main problem now is how I top that.
Quote from: locustsoflove on 25 November, 2009, 07:59:41 PMQuite a progression is going on with Paragon, and I'm really happy to be a part of it in a small way!
Everything does seem to be coming together very nicely, I'm really excited to see how things work out.
I can't for the life of me find the address to send my submission. Does anyone have it or know where I can get it?
2000 AD,
Rebellion,
Riverside House,
Osney Mead.
Oxford OX2 OES.
I finally mailed in my submission from the states--but the local post office explained that international reply coupons are out of fashion and they refused to put local stamps on the return envelope, so I threw in a few US dollars. I know it would probably be more trouble than it's worth to convert the dollars but hopefully it will be good for a laugh.
cheers!