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Aug. 8th, 2006 02:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So this lady-- Jan W. Butler-- writes in to the Romance Writers Association complaining about how there are OMG gay/lesbian/anything she doesn't like novels included under 'romance' and how there should be standards. To add to the fun, she complains about her First Amendment rights when people disagree with her, but when they post comments on her blog, somehow those comments get mysteriously screened and never show up. Hmmm.
But anyway, the best part . . . Nora Roberts comments on it. An excerpt:
"I don't generally read erotica. I don't generally read inspirationals. I don't generally read YA romance. I don't generally read gay romance.
But, not for a minute have I ever considered, because they don't suit my particular reading tastes, that any of these categories aren't a legitimate spoke of the big wheel of the Romance genre."
*hugs her Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb books*
But anyway, the best part . . . Nora Roberts comments on it. An excerpt:
"I don't generally read erotica. I don't generally read inspirationals. I don't generally read YA romance. I don't generally read gay romance.
But, not for a minute have I ever considered, because they don't suit my particular reading tastes, that any of these categories aren't a legitimate spoke of the big wheel of the Romance genre."
*hugs her Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb books*
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Date: 2006-08-08 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-08 08:07 pm (UTC)I myself don't write gay/lesbian romance for the same reason I don't write or read historical romance: not my cup of tea and so I don't think I'd be good at writing it. Best to leave it to the people who are really good. :-) Will I make exceptions? Heck yeah. Will I say that there should be 'standards' in response to people writing things I don't generally choose to read? No.
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