Because it resulted in mistakes like this.

Honestly. Do you have any idea what that does for SFWA in the eyes of the younger generation?

Kudos to Capo for his apology, though.


One Response to “Why is the SFWA screw-up embarrassing?”  

  1. 1 Jaime

    Oh, I have a perfect idea of what this looks like to the up and coming writers. I wouldn’t call myself younger, but I’m disgusted.

    Thanks for the link. I’m going to repost it on my LJ.

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