Comments on: Recognition…what does that really mean?

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 19 May 2005 20:36:29 +0000

Trace, You’re absolutely correct. It does suck.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 19 May 2005 20:35:56 +0000

Cece, My local chapters are the main reason I’ve stayed in the organization for so long. I love them. The only reason I go to National is to see my friends.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 19 May 2005 20:34:53 +0000

Chey, I figured that was the case with EC. I simply want a level playing field too.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 19 May 2005 20:34:14 +0000

Charlene, That’s wonderful about the invite to NINC. I’m kind of in the same boat. I have some things I’m working on now that definitely don’t fit in the neat package of romance.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 19 May 2005 20:32:17 +0000

PBW, ‘The proud and the snotty’. LOL! I was there for the last round of uglies. I remember the screaming matches in local meetings. People quit. Like you said, friendships were lost. This one is going to be worse, unless they head it off. I’m giving the organization one more year, but I am also going to join NINC. All this infighting is making me crazy.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 19 May 2005 20:28:24 +0000

Dream & Wendy, I’d tend to agree with you guys about the discrimination call. It’s disguised, but it’s there. :-/

By: Trace

Trace — Thu, 19 May 2005 18:40:31 +0000

I think it sucks, Jordan.

By: Cece

Cece — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:48:26 +0000

I read the messages on the last post before reading this. What a bunch of scared little sheep (to borrow PBW analogy). How sad. I’m really going to miss the friends I made in my local chapter.

By: Cheyenne McCray

Cheyenne McCray — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:43:48 +0000

I think if RWA makes one publisher have to prove they’re making the sales, they should require all publishers to. It’s sheer discrimination otherwise. And don’t worry about EC. They’re doing quite well at selling over 5000 copies of a single title in paperback in a year.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Thu, 19 May 2005 13:30:58 +0000

I got invited to join NINC before Christmas. (I met Lillian Stewart Carl on a board we both belong to, and when I announced I’d sold to EC she emailed me off the board.) Haven’t done it yet, but I’m planning to. Was actually planning to go that route before the whole brouhaha started up with RWA, because the focus makes more sense to me. Instead of wasting time arguing about the definition of your genre, just embrace people who PUBLISH. I can’t say that everything I ever write will be romance, so it makes more sense for me to be in a broader group.