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Writing Magazine becomes Writers Joint
Out of the blue today, I received a letter from Writers' News. It had the wrong initials on it, a different Customer Reference Number and thanked me for subscribing to Writers Joint (no apostrophe). I'd never heard of Writers Joint.
When I telephoned the Subscription Processing Team, they told me that Writing Magazine/Writers' News have been renamed, and Customer Reference Numbers were changed some time ago (the old one is still appearing on my bank statement, though).
They agreed that they had loaded my initials wrongly.
Comments
No long standing magazine is going to change their name after all this time without good reason, and certainly not to a title that suggests stoned writers...:)
I wonder if 'writers joint' is a kind of Word shorthand they use when typing it - you know, using autocorrect? And the person typed it wrongly so it didn't autocorrect? But then why would they say what they did on the phone?
All very myserious and suggests, perhaps, that joints of a squiffy nature were involved somewhere along the line?
I am absolutely sure this is the only explanation that fits with all the facts.
Heh heh
Very odd though and I hasten to add, your letter was nowt to do with me, Jay :)
edited to say: here it is
http://talkback.writers-online.co.uk/comments.php?DiscussionID=177860
Makes perfect sense.
Hope this clears things up.
[quote=Webbo]I'm afraid as head of the subs team is away[/quote]
Am I to infer that the Head of the Subs Team is 'out of it' ? :)
Well obviously they'd have to be sane, as they have to stick to rules as they are producing a NON fiction product!
I hasten to add as in reading it, not having rolled it up and stuffed it with waccy baccy.
And what postie, however scrupulous, could resist our winning combination of expert advice and friendly encouragement!
Jay, whisper me a detail or two (postcode?, subscription number?) and I'll check nothing's gone wrong
I hasten to add as in reading it, not having rolled it up and stuffed it with waccy baccy.[/quote]
Or for spanking purposes......