Holiday over. Note on cheques.

Okay, sabbatical's come to an end. Ceci isn't stranded overseas. We hope you are same. Stop. Apologies again for delays in sending out stuff during this period, but we had a mammoth posting session this morning - well, relatively mammoth - and hopefully all the errant stuff should be with you soon.

News-wise, we've had some responses to our special offer on poetry pamphets the production thereof, so that's quite exciting. Also the Mostly Life competition entries are coming in at an improved pace - remember you need to step on it if you want to enter because the competition closes at the end of the month.

(I entered a competition the other day for something I'm not going to tell you about, and they sent me a lovely informative email to tell me my piece had arrived and when they'd next be in touch in a vague sort of a way, and basically it made me feel a bit guilty for sending out a stingy 'Thank you for your entry/entries' as notification of receipt. Sorry about that. I'm not promising a new improved service, I'm afraid, because there are only two of us and it takes a lot of time to respond to you all. I'm just saying sorry. The 'Thank you' note is basically to stop you panicking about whether or not your entry's arrived - if you want full information about the competition and dates of announcements, which are usually though not always decided on at an early stage, you can find it on the website.)

Finally, a note about cheques. Some of the cheques accompanying the entries to the Mostly Life competition are made out to 'Mostly Life'. PLEASE don't do this - it doesn't work. You need to make the cheque out to 'Leaf Books', because that's our registered name. Many thanks.

Sam.