COMPLAINT: Redbone Literary Business / Kennetta Wainwright

[angelahoy]

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: COMPLAINT about Redbone Literary Business / Kennetta L. Wainwright (now owner of Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:14:10 -0400
To: redbonepublishing@hotmail.com

Kennetta L. Wainwright
Chief Executive Agent
Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC / Redbone Literary Business
1300 Mercantile Lane Suite 100-H2
Largo, Maryland 20774
301.537.7066 direct#
301.523.0104 cell#
301.322.7393 office#
301.322.7396 fax#

WritersWeekly.com has received a complaint about:
Kennetta L. Wainwright / Redbone Literary Business / Publisher of: The
Money Making 10 Business Series: Educating Entrepreneurs Through
Business & Books

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THE COMPLAINT
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LB and EM (names not published here but were, of course, provided to Kennetta Wainwright) allege you owe them $1,486.64. See complete
allegation under my signature.

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
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read your side of the story.

We appreciate your prompt response in this matter.

Angela Hoy
Publisher
WritersWeekly.com

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ALLEGATION
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Subject: Contribution for your Whispers and Warnings forum
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:05:46 -0700
From: LB
Organization: Raised Eyebrow Web Studio

Hi, Angela.

I'm a book author (title removed by WritersWeekly), and co-written with my business partner EM, who had an unfortunate experience while promoting my book. I shared it with a colleague of mine, who suggested I get in touch with you.

EM and I were approached via email by a woman named Kennetta
Wainwright, of Redbone Literary Business (now Wayne Wright Promotions,
LLC), to come to Washington DC and participate in a panel she was
putting together at Borders Books. She offered to pay our travel and
food costs from Vancouver, BC (where we live) to DC, and was very
professional in all our communications with her. After a couple of
months of emails & phone calls back and forth, we went to DC at the end
of May and participated in the event, a panel for local entrepreneurs.

The arrangement was that we were to be reimbursed for all travel costs,
and she would arrange for hotel rooms and meals. She did deliver on the
latter, but despite our very positive experience overall -- and signed
contracts -- she has never reimbursed us for our travel expenses, all of
which we paid out of our own pockets. (Our publisher is very small and
did not contribute to this trip at all.) As you are no doubt aware,
publishing a book is not a money-making venture for most authors, and
the amount of money we lost on this trip was substantial.

We have not even received a phone call or email from Kennetta since the
event, despite repeated attempts to contact her. (We do know she hasn't
fallen off the face of the earth, though, since she CC'd us on a recent
email blast announcing the restructuring of her company and sharing her
new phone number. Needless to say, we didn't have any better luck
reaching her at the new phone number than we did with the old one.) We
have given her many opportunities to explain herself, and even offered
to take the payment in installments, but not a word in response.

If you want any further details, please drop me a line. I am enclosing a
few emails wherein she a) offered to pay our travel expenses, and b)
approved our specific travel expenses; we also have signed contracts on
paper which I would be happy to scan for you if you're interested. FYI,
the total we are owed came to $1,486.64. If you want any further
details, please drop me a line.

All the best,
LB

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Guests at Women & Business Forum?
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:16:47 -0500
From: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>

Hi EM & LB

I would like to know if you all would like to be my guest for a Women &
Business forum that I am having at Borders Books in the Metro Dc area?
It is free & open to the public. Target market is all business owners
with an expected attendance of between 100-200 business women. Heavy
marketing is being done through the County & Borders.

When: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Where: Borders Books Upper Marlbor, Maryland

I am a quasi-government entity and we are inspiring a business literacy
initiative to promote small business. I thought that you may want to
jumpstart your author tour with a book signing of your backlist title
and your frontlist title. I can request that Borders management stock
both. We would have a book signing after the forum. Plus you may bring
any sales items that you wish to sell or things to promote your business.

Please let me know your thoughts. I guarantee you will absolute love
being part of the seminar. I would send you panel questions in advance
and of course pay for your travel and hotel accoommodations.

Thank you for your consideration in advance,
KL Wainwright
Redbone Literary Business
301.537.7066

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:40:57 -0700
From: LB
To: redbonepublishing@hotmail.com
Subject: Travel plans for May 21 event

Hi Kennetta,

I hope all is well and that your health is improving!

We're getting very excited about our book release date, which is
fast approaching, and about coming to Maryland for your forum. I
wanted to touch base with you regarding timing &
budgets, now that we've spent some time looking at travel options.

We're going to be doing a book event in Seattle on May 17th, so we
think the most efficient travel option is to book a pair of
round-trip tickets from Seattle to New York. We'd arrive in New York
on the 18th, then take the train down to DC for the May 21st event,
then the train again back up to NYC, flying out of NYC the following
weekend.

We've looked at Seattle-NYC return flights, and they seem to be much
more affordable than Vancouver-New York flights, or
Vancouver-Washington flights. In fact, even with the cost of the
train it comes out at a lower price than if we just flew
Vancouver-DC and back.

Here's a quick overview of the costs:

Round trip, Seattle-NYC (May 18-24)
approx. $325-350 per person (incl. taxes) ($650-700 total)

Train fares NYC-Washington DC (May 21-22)
(I'm thinking we'd just come down midday on the 21st and leave
midday the following day, but the cost doesn't really change at
different times of day, so let me know if you'd like us there
earlier in the day.)
$138 per person ($276 total)

If we added a one-way connecting flight to take us back home
from Seattle-Vancouver on May 24th, that would add $150-200 per
person ($300-400 total)


So the total for plane & train fares would be somewhere between $926
and $1376, depending on availability and whether we opt for the
connector back home. (By comparison, a quick search on Vancouver-DC
return fares gives a low-end of $666 per person, or $1322 for the
two of us.)

Please let me know whether the above sounds feasible to you, and if
so, how we should proceed... I'm assuming we would just book the
tickets and send you receipts?

By the by, we've been making a lot of updates to our website of
late, in case it's of interest to you or useful from a promotions
perspective. Have a look at (removed by WritersWeekly) -- we've got a sample chapter up, press
coverage, plenty of fresh blog posts, and an events page. (Speaking
of which, please let me know if I got any details wrong on your
listing, or if there's anything you'd like me to add.)

Oh, and if you want to send me details for next Wednesday's Women &
Business forum, we'd be happy to promote it on our blog.

Looking forward to the big event!

All the best,
LB

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Subject: RE: Travel plans for May 21 event
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:38:38 -0400
From: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>
To: LB
References: <47E16C49.9000705@raisedeyebrow.com>

Hi LB!
Feeling pretty good! :)
I have reviewed the travel cost and it looks very reasonable. Let me
fine tune some things such as your hotel accommodation, food & ground
transportation then I will get back to you by next Thursday or sooner.
The event has consumed alot of time because of the high interest in this
event. (Over 200 people so far!) I have also gained an additional media
sponsor that will broadcast video all over the state of Maryland! So,
I'm winning attention of the masses and can have them promote your
website and your book for the May event!:) I will check your site, but
I am sure you all have done a fine job.;)

Also, Borders has committed to a FRONT OF STORE table for my business
series & an ad of 2 window posters with the seminar of the month which I
will have your books displayed on the table & the cover image on the
posters. I will try to put your website address on the poster if
possible. :) (Borders normally has a HUGE fee for front of store
presence--I'm working it, boss ladies!)

Thanks sending me all of the information in such a timely fashion. Wish
you were here for this event!!!! You all are so perfect for the Women &
Business role models. I'll touch base next week~
K

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WAYNE WRIGHT PROMOTIONS RESPONDS

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: COMPLAINT about Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC / Redbone
Literary Business / Kennetta L. Wainwright
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:53:36 -0400
From: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>

Dear Angela
I am #1 without the deadbeat attached. I apologize to the ladies, but I
don't owe them inflated charges. They failed to mention that all
expenses were paid including additional services that were not part of
the arrangements such as consulting on their publishing program, being
connected to the District Marketing Manager who controls future book
signings within the region and publisict duties that they wanted me to
handle while they were in town. Those services are value added and I
love to pamper authors. The authors, however, inflated their expenses.
It was assumed that they were flying in directly for the event, but they
came in from NY by train and left back to NY to handle other business.
That is not my responsibility. I am responsible for transportation to
and from one destination, not multiple destinations. That is simply
unfair. I feel that any author would love to be treated as a NY Times
Best Seller-- cordially greeted upon arrival off the train; personally
touring them from bookstore to bookstore; fine dining at the Equinox for
lunch; free advertising and publicity; personally escorted to their
hotel and checked in; creating a venue around them and creating a fan
base in a region untapped to drive more book sales. That is what I do.
Pamper my clients. The funny thing is, I wasn't paid to do so and the
ladies were not even clients. They were guests asked to be on a
seminar. I promised to pay them for travel expenses, hotel and meals.
That is what I did. The flight would have been a non-issue if they had
flown from VC to DC. They did not. I am sorry that they feel the need
to trash my name. I am a start up with learning curves in business, but
I know when someone is taking advantage of a situation. Sometimes, we
fail. Sometimes, we can say sorry. But we all must own our part. I
own mines. Thank you for allowing me to the opportunity to tell my story.
Sincerely,
Kennetta

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WRITERSWEEKLY RESPONDS

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: COMPLAINT about Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC / Redbone Literary Business / Kennetta L. Wainwright
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:34:21 -0400
To: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>

Hi Kennetta,

You offered to pay the authors' travel expenses. You haven't done so.
They never agreed to barter any travel expenses for your consulting time.

You agreed their expenses were reasonable in advance. Whether they took
a train, plane, bus or taxi is irrelevant. They said it would cost
approx. $926-$1376 and you agreed the amount was reasonable. You are
under contract with them. You specifically said, in writing, "I would
send you panel questions in advance and of course pay for your travel
and hotel accoommodations." You haven't done as you promised in writing.

When can they expect reimbursement of their $1486.64 in travel expenses?

Angela Hoy
WritersWeekly.com

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WAYNE WRIGHT PROMOTIONS RESPONDS

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: COMPLAINT about Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC / Redbone
Literary Business / Kennetta L. Wainwright
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:04:25 -0400
From: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>

Dear Angela
Your tone is out of line.
I will define myself. I had a partnership with a County agency that was
picking up the tab on the author's travel expenses. This was told to the
poc. I said 'I' felt it was reasonable, not that the County approved.
The travel arrangements were not an all inclusive arrangement-- meaning
that, the author said they were flying into NY during the week of the
event on business. They were supposed to fly in to NY and leave from
DC. That is not what happened. They used the event to pay for their
ENTIRE business trip. The County did not see this as reasonable nor do
I. What is reasonable was the transportation from the origin (NY) to
the destination (DC) and back to a specified destination, whether it was
VC or NY. But it is UNREASONABLE to pay for business expenses that were
pre-planned on their parts.

I have the original emails that confirm this.

Please do not take tone with me. I have accepted your correspondence in
kind. I can say that the entire seminar ended up being funded by me
personally. Not the County, Borders or Baltimore Times who all were
partners on this deal. I so ate alot of costs and had to discontinue
this program due to it.

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WRITERS RESPOND

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:43:53 -0700
From: EM
Reply-To: EM

Hi there,

The deal was negotiated with her. I believe that the program she was running was perhaps in part funded by the county -- I seem to remember some discussion of that over lunch -- but the deal was definitely negotiated with her. And the contracts were definitely with her. We were given no impression that there were other levels of approval etc.

The emails we had with her very clearly made it ok that we were coming
and going from NY not DC (as
you've seen). After the event -- at the hotel -- she had us photocopy
all our travel receipts, which we discussed at the time, including our
return trip train ticket to NY (it hadn't been prepaid) which she asked
us to fax to her when we returned home (which we did). Whether or not we
did other business while in NY seems pretty irrelevant to me. The
agreement was that she would pay for us to get to DC (by way of NY) and
back from Vancouver. In exchange, we would come and participate in a
panel and promote our book. We did our part. She didn't do hers. If she
wants to take issue with the final price, which ended up being slightly
higher than our first cost estimate, then that's fine. We'd be quite
happy with that.

Thanks again, Ang,

EM

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WRITERSWEEKLY DID OBTAIN A COPY OF THE CONTRACT AND THE CONTRACT *IS* BETWEEN THE WRITERS AND KENNETTA WAINWRIGHT. NO GOVERNMENT ENTITY ("COUNTY") WAS INVOLVED IN THE WRITERS' CONTRACT.

ANGELA SAYS:

It is my personal opinion that Wain Wright Promotions owes the writers the travel expenses that were quoted and approved. It seems clear from the emails that she knew the writers would be performing other duties on the trip as well. In fact, they saved Wain Wright money by planning the trip they way they did.

I was once flown to a writer's seminar in Texas. They didn't lower my fee just because I also visited my parents and other friends and relatives while staying in my hometown that weekend. I performed the duties required of me for the fee and travel expenses involved. The writers in this case also performed all the duties required of them.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, READERS? Email your comments to: angela - at - writersweekly.com

I'll post them right here.

[angelahoy]

THIS ARTICLE WAS FORWARDED TO US BY A READER:

http://www.gazette.net/stories/11132008/portnew181521_32484.shtml

[angelahoy]

READER COMMENTS

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Kennetta Wright Whispers & Warnings
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:02:59 -0800

Hi Angela,

After looking at everything, it seems to me that there is fault on both
sides, Ms. Wright's and the authors.

Yes, Ms. Wright did agree to pay travel expenses from Vancouver to
Washington, D.C. Whatever that amount would have been is what she
should pay. The additional expenses the authors incurred for flying
into and out of New York City and traveling between there and D.C. by
train should be borne by the authors.

Also, if the authors decided to schedule appointments in New York before
and after their contractual obligations in DC, I believe all Ms. Wright
should pay them is the train fare between NY and DC.

Either of my options may sound harsh to the writers. However, in my
opinion, they are fair. As a writer, if someone offered me a contract
to travel to DC for some work, I would either fly from my home to DC and
charge them that amount and then pay my own costs for traveling from DC
to NY, or if I chose to fly into NY, then I would charge them the
expenses to travel from NY to DC and back.

I don't like to see writers taken advantage of or done out of money due
them, but there is a certain unfairness here that needs to be addressed.
Ms. Wright should pay them something. In my humble opinion, it should
be the round trip train fare between NY and DC.

Thanks for letting me weigh in on this subject, Angie,

nl

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE Kennetta L. Wainwright / Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:27:42 -0800

Hi Angela

I found that article on Kennetta very interesting. It sounded to me,
especially after reading the article, that her lack of insurance and her
medical condition placed her in a precarious financial position and
can't afford to pay. When the authors sent her a letter saying this is
how much it would cost and this is how we are going to do it, she agreed
the price was okay and said so in her response.

If she was not the last word and it had to be approved by another
agency, she should have put that in her response. She should have told
the authors she was not the last word and had to get it approved by
someone else. She failed to do so and agreed she would pay, which
should mean she's on the hook for the $1400 plus dollars.

However, if Kennetta's medical bills have mounted to such an enormous
rate and she's homeless, while they probably would get a judgement
against her in court, I don't know if they would get any money.

Just a thought or two

Eden

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Wayne Wright
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:28:07 -0700
From: Katharine Swan Leppert <writer@katharineswan.com>
To: <angela@writersweekly.com>

Hi Angela,

I think Kennetta Wainwright owes the writers reimbursement for the trip
-- in full. Not only had she already approved the cost of the travel
before the tickets were even purchased, but the emails reveal that she
also knew at the time the writers would be taking the train to and from
NYC. She didn't have a problem with it then.

And as the writer pointed out, by planning the travel the way they did,
they actually SAVED her money than if they would have flown directly
from Vancouver. So why is she complaining?

I couldn't help but notice that Kennetta Wainwright contacted the
writers via what appears to be an unsolicited sales pitch. It sounds to
me like Ms. Wainwright put together this event thinking that she would
end up with EM and LB as clients -- and therefore they would end up
paying her instead of the other way around. When it didn't work out
that way, it turned out she didn't have the money to reimburse them for
their trips.

I wonder what happened to the other writers at the event. I wouldn't be
surprised if she made similar deals with them, too, and was unable to
keep her end of the bargain.

Mean as it sounds, the article about Ms. Wainwright actually made me
laugh. You and I know that there aren't reporters out just combing the
streets, interviewing everyone they meet to see if there's a story
there, so for this article to run I suspect Ms. Wainwright contacted the
paper herself. In my opinion it shows that this woman always presents
herself as the victim -- a victim of the health care industry, the
victim of two devious book authors trying to get a free business
trip... I mean, come ON!!!!

KL

[angelahoy]

Kennetta Wright - owner of Wayne Wright Promotions and Red Bone Book Management RESPONDS

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Complaint Wayne Wright Promotions
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:28:27 -0500
From: Redbone Book Management <booktours@live.com>

Hi Angela

I read the blog. I found it unfair that you used my name, but not the
authors. But I digress...
The respondents I found 3 of 4 to be fair. There are emails that Lauren
failed to send you that stated there was indeed a partnership PLUS the
County was the source of the payment for authors. I have ALL emails, not
partial ones sent to you. There were a total of 20 sum emails over a 4
month period. Again, the respondent NL was correct as far as the
responsibility was the train fare to & from NY.

To the respondent KL, the seminars were completely FREE to the public
and to advertisers. ALL of my guest, which equal 35 to include NATIONAL
authors-- came for FREE!!! LAUREN & EMIRA were the only ones
compensated. PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE DIRECTOR
said SBI would pay for the authors. They were supposed to pay for most
of the budget, but

Redbone Literary Business IS NOT Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC... (L)
cannot sue Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC because it was not formed until
later and has nothing to do with the community project, The Money Making
10. Actually, this article is slanderous because this is NOT the
correct company. I would not sue Writer's Weekly for not doing your
research because like you, I know how it feels to have a learning curve
when you are trying to do something positive for others.

The seminars were NOT to woo authors into becoming clients. It was a
community initiative. Period. I didn't solicit business at any of the
seminars NOR did I advertise my own business.

My medical condition has not changed. I did not know people even cared.
So, I thank the compassion of your 3 respondents and your 4th can go to
hell. My daughter doesn't deserve this and it is very disturbing that
people ENJOY kicking someone when they are down, who is disabled and who
is fighting to actually WORK instead of being a burden to society. Not
mentioned in the article was my 20 YEARS of volunteer work, as a board
member and mentor with youth, education and literacy for major
organizations. People with good intentions are the ones who get burned
because people to take their kindness for weakness and thanks to this
experience, I have found the ruthless & uncaring get ahead.

Thank you for not further embarrassing me. I appreciated the empathy. It
has been far from easy.

WRITERSWEEKLY RESPONDS

The complaint specifically states:

WritersWeekly.com has received a complaint about:
Kennetta L. Wainwright / Redbone Literary Business / Publisher of: The
Money Making 10 Business Series: Educating Entrepreneurs Through
Business & Books

[angelahoy]

UPDATE

Kennetta Wright sent an email to WritersWeekly that contains numerous emails exchanged between herself and the "county" (the authors were not involved). She said that proved the county was responsible. Angela emailed her back stating, "This doesn't prove anything. You signed a contract with the authors. The county did not."

She also sent an email that contained copies of emails and she said, "only the train fare was what I expected as of May 5th."

Angela responded, "There is nothing in this email exchange that even implies you would *only* need to pay the train fare. We have a copy of the email where you approved their entire travel estimate and a copy of the contract you have with the authors. It is our opinion that you owe the writers the entire travel amount that you originally approved."

BELOW IS HER RESPONSE (it appears she is not educated about harassment law):

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: travel plans
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:59:18 -0500
From: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>

Effectively immediately, you ([LB], [EM], Angela or owner
of Writers Weekly) shall have no further contact with Kennetta L.
Wainwright; Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC via email, website, mail nor
telephone. If you do, there will be harassment charges filed.

By the way, venues, authors, publishers, publicists and speakers bureaus
[don't take kindly to the way [L] & [E] handled this by involving a
hostile third party. Other authors, seasoned authors, not POD and the
like... do know the SOP for events like the one they attended. Venues
would not have paid for their luxuries either.

Fin

~~~~~

[angelahoy]

MORE FROM KENNETTA WRIGHT

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: travel plans
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:50:56 -0500
From: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>

Angela

Effective immediately, take Wayne Wright Promotions, LLC off of your
website and print a retraction or my attorney will sue you and your
company. Redbone Literary Business does not exist any longer and has
not existed since June 2008 after the last seminar. You did not do your
research completely, you failed to be objective and you are not an
attorney. My attorney has informed me that YOU, not [L] & [E], are
VERY liable. Also, he has informed me that [L] & [E] legally
cannot sue me. If I wish, in good faith to pay them the travel expenses
of $336 I can, but it is not necessary. He has reviewed all emails this
morning.

[L] & [E] are great people. I feel no malice toward them. I was
just ashamed of my circumstances and [L] knows good and well that I
told them that the county had to approve & issue the check while we were
at the hotel that night. Their NY trip was pre-planned prior to the
seminar. They know it. This isn't the government, you can't charge for
inflated expenses and expect to get paid.

You on the other hand, again are not a lawyer. But, I hope you have one.
YOU can be sued personally.''

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Readers can see from the emails above that Kennetta approved the authors' travel expenses before the trip began. She's now claiming she told one of the authors about the "county" at the hotel. If this is the hotel where they met for the event, this would mean she told the author about the county AFTER the she approved the travel expenses, AFTER the contract was already signed (between her and the authors only - no county involvement), and AFTER the authors had already arrived for the engagement.

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WRITERSWEEKLY RESPONDS

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: travel plans
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:27:35 -0500
From: angela at booklocker <angela@booklocker.com>
To: k wainwright

Our website specifically states:

"WritersWeekly.com has received a complaint about:
Kennetta L. Wainwright / Redbone Literary Business / Publisher of: The
Money Making 10 Business Series: Educating Entrepreneurs Through
Business & Books"

It is not illegal to publish the names of other businesses that you own
or are associated with.

Please give me your attorney's contact information. I will be happy to
go over every detail of this situation with him, step-by-step, and the
authors will as well.

Angela Hoy
WritersWeekly.com

[angelahoy]

THE COUNTY RESPONDS - CONFIRMS THEY NEVER PROMISED TO PAY THE SPEAKERS

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Proof of County Partnership & Responsibility
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:50:41 -0500
From: Ducksworth, Charlotte
To: k wainwright <redbonepublishing@hotmail.com>

Kenetta,

The county did not promise to pay for speakers. We helped with advertising materials and sent information out to county companies. You then asked if we could create flyers and collateral materials for Borders, which we paid for out of our own cost. That's what I informed you that we could do as a partner.

You asked me to help you create a package to assist with your fundraising, which I did, because you were speaking with a lender (Wachovia). I told you that when you speak with lending partners, that you need to cost out the information so that they know the exact cost of your speakers, etc.

I did not even know you weren't doing the series anymore until someone else mentioned it to me. This is very disappointing because my department really pulled together to try and help you with this initiative.

Charlotte Ducksworth, Director
Prince George's County Small Business Initiative
Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation
1100 Mercantile Lane, Suite 115A
Largo, Maryland 20774

[angelahoy]

READER RESPONDS

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Subject: My revised opinion of Kennetta Wainwright
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:54:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott Rose

Dear Angela:

I am dismayed by the more recent communications to you from Ms. Wainwright.

She is clearly not living up to all her obligations, is not even seeking to work out a reasonable payment schedule with all of her writers/freelancers, and to top all, she is insulting the entire freelance community with her puerile and idiotic attempts at intimidation of you as a freelance writer's advocate.

I was willing to put my good name on the line, suggesting that Ms. Wainwright deserved special consideration as a possible hardship case.

She owed me the respect of showing respect to you and the writers for whom you are advocating in this case. Given her unacceptable reactions, I feel embarrassed by my previous communication to you regarding her, and I officially retract its sentiment, and do not accept her thanking you for having published it. I request that you remove that message from the thread, and put this one at the bottom of the thread.

I have seen enough of deadbeats in my career that I can with confidence as well as a clear conscience now recommend to all in the freelance community that they never run the risk of working for Ms. Wainwright or any business entity she might ever seek to commence.

Whereas Kennetta Wainwright could have found an acceptable route out of this impasse, she has utterly disgraced herself. I do not wish to be disgraced along with her, or to be made a fool of by her, or to be used by her, simply because before I had full information, I expressed sympathy with her as regarded the possible reasons for her handling of her obligations to all the writers/freelancers to whom she still owes money.

Sincerely,

Scott Rose

[angelahoy]

READER RESPONDS

More information is publicly available in Maryland's case search files, if you follow this link, click the agreement box, and then type her last name, first name you can see she's in and out of lawsuits and has been.

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiry-index.jsp

It is public info.

Thank you for reading this and happy holidays.

CFS