Comments on: RWA http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/ Romance with Heat, Erotica with Heart Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:33:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: kate http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2581 kate Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2581 damn, you got it over at PBWs. I'm quoting you in my blog. damn, you got it over at PBWs. I’m quoting you in my blog.

]]> By: Kate again http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2582 Kate again Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2582 and WHY didn't RWR publish your letter, dammit? Or anyone's letter??? and WHY didn’t RWR publish your letter, dammit? Or anyone’s letter???

]]> By: Sasha http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2583 Sasha Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2583 Quote away. Kate! :) <br /> <br /> I wish I knew why they didn't publish it, or respond. I made sure it wasn't a rant or a bitch. I just wanted to voice my opinion. Maybe they think if they don't publish any of these types, they figure they'll continue to convice people that the <i>majority</i> of the membership is against Erotic Romance. :doze: Quote away. Kate! :)

I wish I knew why they didn’t publish it, or respond. I made sure it wasn’t a rant or a bitch. I just wanted to voice my opinion. Maybe they think if they don’t publish any of these types, they figure they’ll continue to convice people that the majority of the membership is against Erotic Romance. :doze:

]]> By: Danica http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2584 Danica Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2584 Two comments: <br /> <br /> 1. RWA survey: the thing I haven't seen out on loops that my chapter president was kind enough to point out is that due to the mailing snafu they had, you can mail it late. The other thing is, you can write in your own choice of a definition if you aren't satisfied with the option they provided.<br /> <br /> 2. I love your letter. And I thought I'd give you a non erotica author standpoint. As I've mentioned before I don't write sex. My choice. My reasons. But just because that's my choice does not mean other people should be forced to write MY way. I think there's a place for any kind of story out there, and rather than telling people they can't write the stories I find objectionable, I simply don't buy them. Some erotica I like, some I don't. But I'm not going to subject others to my personal preference and make THAT the standard of the industry. More importantly, I don't pretend I know the slightest thing about writing erotica so why would I be so presumptuous as to tell those who do how to write it?<br /> <br /> But then, that's just my opinion, and we all know I'm a few sandwiches short of a picnic Two comments:

1. RWA survey: the thing I haven’t seen out on loops that my chapter president was kind enough to point out is that due to the mailing snafu they had, you can mail it late. The other thing is, you can write in your own choice of a definition if you aren’t satisfied with the option they provided.

2. I love your letter. And I thought I’d give you a non erotica author standpoint. As I’ve mentioned before I don’t write sex. My choice. My reasons. But just because that’s my choice does not mean other people should be forced to write MY way. I think there’s a place for any kind of story out there, and rather than telling people they can’t write the stories I find objectionable, I simply don’t buy them. Some erotica I like, some I don’t. But I’m not going to subject others to my personal preference and make THAT the standard of the industry. More importantly, I don’t pretend I know the slightest thing about writing erotica so why would I be so presumptuous as to tell those who do how to write it?

But then, that’s just my opinion, and we all know I’m a few sandwiches short of a picnic

]]> By: Sasha http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2585 Sasha Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2585 Danica, and that is my whole point . . . why, at the very least, can they not live and let live? Let people make their own choices. Just because we write it doesn't mean we're forcing anyone <i>who doesn't want to</i> read it. Maybe I'm completely out of the loop, but I don't see people objecting to Suspense , or historical, or insiprational they way they do to erotic romance. Danica, and that is my whole point . . . why, at the very least, can they not live and let live? Let people make their own choices. Just because we write it doesn’t mean we’re forcing anyone who doesn’t want to read it. Maybe I’m completely out of the loop, but I don’t see people objecting to Suspense , or historical, or insiprational they way they do to erotic romance.

]]> By: Paula http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2586 Paula Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2586 My opinion: I loved your letter Sasha. I think it is what is wrong with the world today. Not Erotic Romance or erotica stories...but the whole "one person or group thinks it's wrong so everyone needs to be of the same opinion". Ex: one atheist thinks it is wrong to say "one nation under God" and all of a sudden years of history and our four fathers who brought those beliefs here to America are thrown out the window just because one idiot says it shouldn't be so. My opinion: I loved your letter Sasha. I think it is what is wrong with the world today. Not Erotic Romance or erotica stories…but the whole "one person or group thinks it’s wrong so everyone needs to be of the same opinion". Ex: one atheist thinks it is wrong to say "one nation under God" and all of a sudden years of history and our four fathers who brought those beliefs here to America are thrown out the window just because one idiot says it shouldn’t be so.

]]> By: Dianna http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2587 Dianna Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2587 A author has to write what works for them. I found Gyspy Heart just the right level of erotica for me. Lately I have been more in the mood to read books with lower sexual lines, I read my first Steeple Hill Cafe book, the only thing is I didn't like that it was first person. I also find that adding an inspiritational life lesson in a book with some eroticism can do more good then one that is preachy. I hate cheesy costumes on the covers. A author has to write what works for them. I found Gyspy Heart just the right level of erotica for me. Lately I have been more in the mood to read books with lower sexual lines, I read my first Steeple Hill Cafe book, the only thing is I didn’t like that it was first person. I also find that adding an inspiritational life lesson in a book with some eroticism can do more good then one that is preachy. I hate cheesy costumes on the covers.

]]> By: Cheyenne McCray http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2588 Cheyenne McCray Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2588 Excellent post and letter, Sasha! Excellent post and letter, Sasha!

]]> By: Jordan http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2589 Jordan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2589 Great letter. Like Chey, I've been reading other genres lately. (Monster and vamp books. All non-romance.) For some reason, those are the only books I've been able to get into. It may take a few months to see your letter published. So give it a while longer. I have heard other authors mention that their letters NEVER saw the light of day, but I don't think that's the norm. Thanks for sharing. Great letter. Like Chey, I’ve been reading other genres lately. (Monster and vamp books. All non-romance.) For some reason, those are the only books I’ve been able to get into. It may take a few months to see your letter published. So give it a while longer. I have heard other authors mention that their letters NEVER saw the light of day, but I don’t think that’s the norm. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Tina http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/2005/07/14/rwa/#comment-2590 Tina Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sashawhite.net/blog/?p=438#comment-2590 I thought that was a wonderful letter. As a new and up coming author in the industry what the RWA has done in my view is wrong. Not every author writes the same and as you have stated the genre has evolved with the times. I dont see erotic/erotica hurting the romance genre at all, in fact it has brought more people to it. Just wish they could see it. I thought that was a wonderful letter. As a new and up coming author in the industry what the RWA has done in my view is wrong. Not every author writes the same and as you have stated the genre has evolved with the times. I dont see erotic/erotica hurting the romance genre at all, in fact it has brought more people to it. Just wish they could see it.

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