tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156209923311553716.post4120461335030793575..comments2023-09-08T08:20:12.018-04:00Comments on The Lyons' Den UPDATED: Why indie/e authors do NOT need RWA SFWA MWABrennaLyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399508130752035374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156209923311553716.post-28750779847665456212007-07-16T10:52:00.000-04:002007-07-16T10:52:00.000-04:00Brenna, if only the foolishness were limited to th...Brenna, if only the foolishness were limited to the RWA National organization. I've seen it in my local chapter, too. "We can't order your books through our preferred distributor, therefore we can't arrange a signing for you." Stuff such as that. I offered to do all the work myself, and only then was my signing treated as though it might conceivably be legit...<BR/><BR/>And as far as RWA membership, I'm proud now that I dropped out last spring. These latest shenanigans disgust me.<BR/><BR/>And what does Triskelion's closure have to do with anything? Truly? Any pub can fold, be unethical, get bought out by some non-book-savvy conglomerate. And absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. I haven't heard specifically what brought Trisk down (did it have something to do with their inability to answer mail?), but that doesn't mean similar problems can't afflict large, NY, "recognized" advance-paying Parnassus publishers. Ever heard of an NY house going belly-up? Sure you have.<BR/><BR/>One of the posters on another blog called this "high school" foolishness on the part of the RWA. She also suggested that this was a blatant effort to dissociate RWA with erotica.<BR/><BR/>Bah. Nothing could be further from the evidence. RWA LOVES erotic literature. I submit this is instead a blatant effort to dissociate itself with everything that is too far from Harlequin.<BR/><BR/>I was warned some years ago that the RWA is Harlequin's incestuous daughter. I dismissed the advice. My bad.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100565897627429788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156209923311553716.post-3070337932129019282007-07-16T07:56:00.000-04:002007-07-16T07:56:00.000-04:00Have to agree with your comments. See my May 10 bl...Have to agree with your comments. See my May 10 blog at http://www.myromancestory.com/myBlog/archive/2007_05_01_myromancestory_archive.php which I called "Red-Headed Stepchild to the RWA." We're both getting the same vibe from RWA.<BR/><BR/>RWA members need RWA to help sort through which publishers are legit and which are not instead of just claiming that the whole epublishing category in itself is bogus. Granting recognition to an epub only based on print sales is goofy. It's like telling TV that it has to print books. I do think that there's an element of the techno-dinosaur involved here.<BR/><BR/>That said, the problem is that RWA is like an ocean liner: it can only move very slowly and it's not built to make sharp turns. So the day-to-day ups and downs of a growing part of the publishing industry are too rapid and too confusing for RWA. It can't formulate an effective and quick response to the sudden twists and turns involving companies like Triskelion that are failing. Unfortunately for RWA members, instead of fine tuning a response to these volatile publishing situations--which would do the membership a real service--the RWA prefers to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and reject the epub category itself.Poison Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09162398128619531866noreply@blogger.com