Posted by RWA member on April 14, 2002 at 11:45:25:
In Reply to: Re: An article about Robin Lee Hatcher that may surprise you posted by Barbara Samuel on April 14, 2002 at 10:57:51:
but, maybe you should take a look at everything she's done in the name of self-sacrifice. Is it really self-sacrifice, or is it more self-serving? Is she really responsible for "the entire fundraising effort on behalf of literacy"? Haven't there *always* been hundreds of people behind the scene in RWA working for literacy? Was her sudden reinvention into an inspirational fiction author really due to something God told her, or does it have more to do with the fact that while she was still writing historical romance, she filed a class action lawsuit against her former publisher? Could she sell an historical romance after that? Did she file a class action suit because she wanted to fight for all writers, as she claims, or is it easier to win a class action suit opposed to a suit filed on behalf of just herself? I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know. I'm just asking.
: I think before we flame Robin, we should remember that interviews are not perfect things, and we are often misquoted, often with the best of intentions. And while I may not agree with her comments, I would like to point out that she's a good writer, with a good heart, who has done a great many good things for the romance genre, including the entire fundraising effort on behalf of literacy (which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years). If she is now uncomfortable with writing steamy sex in the past, she might have phrased it more delicately, but I don't want to see her lynched because of this.
: I know her personally, and she truly is one of the most loving, generous human beings on the planet. I am absolutely sure she meant no harm with her comments.
: Barbara Samuel
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