Dylan Otto Krider receiving the L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award for Writers of the Future, at The 18th Annual Awards Ceremony that was held on Saturday, August 17, 2002, at the L. Ron Hubbard Gallery at Author Services, Inc. in Hollywood, California. Author Services Inc. is a literary agency that represents only one author, the late Scientology founder Lafayette Ron Hubbard.

Sometimes people find themselves in uncomfortable places. Dylan Otto Krider, not a Scientologist, once accepted an award, as shown above. I don’t know how he felt that day. I hope he got a large fiscal stipend for his appearance.

I only know how uncomfortable I feel, right now.

Today, I wrote a posting based on incorrect information. I was given text and read words as if the entire material was all his. Instead the distinction had been stripped out and the difference between internally quoted text and Dylan Krider’s own words was invisible to me. I now understand my earlier critiques had more to do with a National Geographic writer who was quoting Michael Dennett, than Mr. Krider’s words. I take total responsibility, however, for the mistake, basing my comments on words that were not his, and I wish to apologize to Mr. Krider.

For those that wish to read his blog, see the original source, here: “When people you respect believe in Sasquatch” by Dylan Otto Krider, National Skepticism Examiner, February 20, 2009.