To the Board of Directors of the Romance Writers of America: It has been brought to our attention, by several of our romance authors, that your organization no longer considers Medallion Press, Inc. a legitimate publisher according to your guidelines. We were surprised we did not receive official notification directly, but instead discovered it was posted on several RWA internet loops. Accordingly, we request this letter be published in its entirety in the RWR Report so all members may understand the nature of the process that eliminated Medallion as an RWA approved publisher. We will also send copies of this letter to all our own RWA member authors. We are dismayed you declared Medallion Press no longer a legitimate publisher. In July of 2004 we met all of your qualifications without incident by showing sales of 5000+ copies of USA Today Bestselling author Nan Ryan's The Last Dance. Several months prior to Book Expo America 2005, we received a call from your office alerting us to ...
Thanks for sending me there. Best political post of the day? I suspect this will turn out to be one of the best of the year. I wish I were Markos or Atrios, cuz then I could hype the hell out of it.
ReplyDeleteTbogg mentioned it, so it'll get legs or viral or whatever.
ReplyDeleteah, the internet language.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, and I read a lot of political posts. I also see he's raising money for Fisher House. Great job.
ReplyDeleteArgh. I'm gearing up to go to the US this summer and I'm dreading meeting my brother (pro Bush - Pro War) I'd love to see him enroll. (Not!!! Even if he's an ass I still love him) But honestly, this post struck a nerve...
ReplyDeleteI donated $10.
ReplyDeleteGood post.
a blatently obvious plug for the book...teeheehee....
ReplyDeleteWhat Doug said re political post of the year.
ReplyDeleteHave you read the "Top 10 Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State"?
(I particularly liked the line 'The fact is, when people who kill, spy and deceive for a living tell you that the White House has gone too far, you had damn well better pay attention.')