June 2017 – Q&A (Part 1)

This is a compilation of questions that have been emailed and messaged to me recently. You may remember that I didn’t do a May Q&A as instead I published one specifically for the Eldar. As there are now lots of questions to catch up on, the June Q&A will come in two parts (and apologies to those who are still waiting for me to respond).

If you want to ask anything, you can post a comment here or get in touch through the contact page (and newsletter subscribers can just reply to any of my emails).

I’ve been posting Q&As for a while now, so if you’ve found this one interesting, you can look back at previous Q&As here.

Dmitry emailed via the website: I’m quite curious about one specific issue concerning Black Library’s periodic open submissions – do they consider candidates from foreign countries, i.e. non-residents of the UK and EU’s states while conducting submission windows for short stories?

As far as I am aware there are no issues with a writer’s nationality or country of working when it comes to the submissions window or working for BL. As a freelancer you are not looking for residency in the UK, which is where most work permit and visa issues arise. I’m not sure, but there may be tax forms you have to fill in to confirm you are non-resident (like the W8 from the USA) but being a UK citizen I wouldn’t know!

Best thing to do is write something awesome, submit it, and then worry about the details later