In accordance with Murphy's Law, I renewed my membership for a year at the second attempt tonight, only for Arete to kindly gift me an upgraded membership for one month, in the meantime (in case I needed the time to resolve whatever paypal was doing to obstruct the payment in the first place).

Thanks Arete

WDC is doing okay out of this. Nonetheless, if any member of this group experiences renewal problems which threaten their participation in the Prep or in NaNoWriMo, please just let me know, and I will gift you an Upgraded membership to tide you over for another month.