Hi guys,

Ok, i see by reading your posts that a lot of you are angry/annoyed about a few things, so i hope i can clear things up.

Firstly - i DO read this blog AND my myspace AND my emails AND my facebook MYSELF. I know sometimes it can be a while between posts, but that doesn't mean i'm not on all those various sites reading and interacting. I could spend all day replying to emails, posting, and reading comments, but unfortunately i can't because i have a whole magazine to put together and hell of a lot of meetings each day. On an average day i spend about an hour in the morning reading posts on various sites and replying to girls that have emailed me (there are still 1569 emails in my inbox that i haven't read yet, but i'm getting to – do you know how much that stresses me?! I hate that I can’t reply to everyone instantly). If i could spend 6 hours replying to you and chatting with you, i would, honestly. But I will try harder to be here more.

Next...Why subscribers don't get free gifts. Unfortunately i have no good answer for this. It's out of my control and i don't have anything to do with the free gifts, other than helping to chose what the gift actually is. The "suits" have ultimate control of where, why and how many freebies go out each month. But im continuously putting your case forward, trust me, they're sick of hearing me bang on about how "i think it's unfair that subscribers don't get the free gifts". I agree with you, so can you trust me that i'm fighting for it?

What else... Oh the spine. Do you really not like it? I love it, but that's irrelevant. The reason why we changed format was so that we could offer YOU more. The new spine allows us to have the big centrefold pin-ups each issue, which you can’t do with the other spine (it's technical production stuff with the way each version gets printed). Changing the spine also allows us to do more fun things, which i can't tell you about yet, but coming. And it also meant i could add more pages – not ads, just editorial. It was a no-brainer for me - that small tweak to the mag means you guys get so much more value for your money. Does that make sense?

Was there anything else? If there is, leave a post and i'll answer it. I'm sorry guys if you feel angry about these things. It's not my intention to make you feel that way - in fact everything i do, i do to try and please you and make Dolly better for you. But i'm always interested to hear your feedback - good and bad, so keep it coming.

Hope this explains a few things...

I'm 100% in your corner...always.

xxBron