Last Word on the Subject...?

From Wendy Burbank of Medallion with permission to forward:"Medallion Press has received a letter from the Executive Director of RWA stating that our status as a publisher was revoked in error."

My question du jour: is "backpedaling" one word or two?

Comments

  1. THIS! Christine1:35 PM

    Oy!

    Truly this is getting beyond what can be excused with a giggle and a cutesy chagrined 'my bad'. It's time for the grown ups to own up and be accountable.

    X

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  2. Bobbie (Sunny) Cole3:43 PM

    somebody needs to take the sharp knives & tongues away from the children and let the adults take over.

    there ARE adults in there.

    somewhere...

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  3. Karen Scott4:14 PM

    Tee Hee Hee, how about a slice of this delicious humble pie?

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  4. Kate7:01 PM

    nah, there'd be wide-spread mockery and snorting no matter what they wrote.

    A quiet little note is all they should bother with. There was one from Allison Kelley making the usual rounds.

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  5. Anonymous10:23 AM

    I think that what's happening is that we are seeing the adults come out to take control. There's been too many missteps over the past year -- and that's only what I could see from outside since I didn't re-up with RWA until last Monday -- and I think there's a concerted effort to get things back on track before the new board comes in. Gayle Wilson sure has a large job before her.

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  6. Anonymous7:25 PM

    I would really love to have been able to follow this series of events from start to finish...from the inside.

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