Subscribe to RSS 2.0
Feeble excuse
posted by Emma on 04 Jun 2008
Er, you know those royalty cheques you'll be getting any time now, Snowauthors? Erm, I've run out of cheques. This has to be the worst excuse ever. Still, the bank say I'll have a new chequebook by Friday, so that's good. Thankfully I started at the beginning of June, when end of June is my deadline, so I'm not late yet - but honestly. I blame Crafter's Companion with its 17 contributors. They ate away at my cheque stash.
(Yes, I know. I am terribly antiquated for using cheques. The thing is, posh bank Coutts charge £25 for chaps payments and £35 for bacs payments. Plus I like my chequebooks - the stubs are reassuring and proof that I have paid things and help me with my bookkeeping. And I like doing a bit of longhand writing from time to time.)
Comments: 7
I seem to remember a Snow mantra of automation, automation, automation....
Do you use a quill for your longhand?
M
Posted by: M | June 4, 2008 03:37 PM
Change to the Co-op - the ethical bank!
Posted by: sue hepworth | June 4, 2008 03:39 PM
M - I know. I am a hypocrite. I just like cheques - my awful secret.
(I do use a calligraphy pen!)
Sue - but I like the swirly cheques, the velvet lined statements book and the over the top poshness of it all. I am weak.
Posted by: Em | June 4, 2008 03:57 PM
Hey, Em, for what it's worth many banks have started using something called a Bank Relay Transfer, 10 quid a pop, even overseas...
Posted by: Steven Savile | June 4, 2008 04:10 PM
Steve - not super-posh Coutts. I checked!
Posted by: Em | June 4, 2008 04:14 PM
Swirly hand-written cheques...with calligraphy? It's enough to make you want to write a (snow)book!
Posted by: John A-W | June 4, 2008 04:17 PM
Em - Really? That's a shame, it's a grand deal, especially in times of this evil credit crunch which are seeing those royalties dwindle thanks to the cruddy exchange rate.
Still, swirly print is always good!
Posted by: Steven Savile | June 4, 2008 04:39 PM