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Please mention only yourself, unless we hear from anyone who expects not to receive their copies for a while.
Most of us, due to post strikes etc., have only just got November's issue. If they're going to dispatch something on the 1st of *November* it should not be a *December* issue!
Looks like they'll just have to sit around for a few weeks while I work my way through November's magazines first...
I mean, two and a half months?.
Will we see December's issue tomorrow?
I expect there is an answer. But I'm not feeling generous at the moment.
Well done!
And can I ask, how much of the magazines do you read, TB's? I have just gone through the issues, (in about 15 minutes) and found very little to read. This happens every month. I rarely read the interviews unless I know the writer Judith Spelman is talking to (reading Ken Follett's was a one off and has resulted in a letter to appear later in WM, apparently) so all the profiles really go by the board, I don't 'do' non fiction any more so the business of writing is not read, don't need the life story ... loved Stuart Palmer's pages but then I always do, Diana Cambridge (? enough said, I think)don't do poetry and overall, what is there left to read? Very little. I say this because I am intrigued by those who say they still have the November issues to read before they get to the December ones. The November ones were read that fast, 15 minutes tops, were packed in envelope and despatched to a friend in South Africa within a day. Comments? Your next question is why do I subscribe ... always have done from the start, it's a form of support, sometimes I get published by them, it helps support Talkback which is my lifeline and it is tax deductible as it is a 'trade' paper for a writer. (I'm self employed and every penny I can claim on tax helps!)
I loved the Turkey's Stuart Palmer highlighted again, like last year.
And Dane is happy as he has the Young Writer magazine, and I'll be doing his subscription for that now.
I haven't had time yet to read all the items I've noted that might have some interest.
And I want to look for all those Talkbackers who got a mention this month.
Dorothy, I think my publisher needs to read your New Year Resolutions for publishers - especially point 3.
My son really missed it.
We had a letter earlier in the year asking us to re-subscribe, but it was a bit vague on when it would be out.
Now it's definite Dane will be putting in for a subscription again.
Dorothy - I read mine cover to cover because there are often little gems to be found in the most unlikely places. I neither read nor write sci fi but thoroughly enjoy Stuart Palmer's pages.
That said, there's a lot less meat on the bones now than there used to be.
I look forward to seeing TB contributions.
I usually pick through for interesting bits and then reread it a bit at a time through the course of the month.
Saw WM in WHS today - it comes with a free paperback book this month.
Also Dorothy, just read the letter, wow, I can't believe that I ispired someone. That is pretty amazing and weird at the same time.
I do tend to read most of it. Most useful for me are the poetry articles, the Jean Saunders column and Stuart Palmer's (wonderful) section, as well as the 2-page spread of very short articles. I like Adrian Magson and Jane Wenham-Jones' articles too, and often pick up valuable tips and insights from the non-fiction contributors. The interviews get read in a spirit of general interest rather than direct relevance.
Writers' News takes me much less time to get through, as it's easy to skip over the articles which are obviously of no direct interest.