Class action suit.>>

Posted by Sabrina on April 15, 2002 at 10:45:22:

In Reply to: Interesting posted by RWA member on April 14, 2002 at 11:45:25:

I truly laud her for filing the class action suit. It needed to be done, and she had the courage and time and energy to do it. I followed her career after she did it, and she seems to have published a few more non-inspirational romances afterward, so I don't think anybody held it against her. I don't really think she had any ulterior motive for doing it.

But I AM very annoyed by her comments about the genre. I just keep praying that my missionary parents don't see it, because they don't need any more ammunition (they aren't terribly fond of what I write, as you might imagine *G*) and it presents a very skewered and unjustified picture of romance readers.

I have never had a publisher try to make me add sex to a book, but then I write plenty (because I happen to LIKE it, thank you very much), so I don't guess they would. *G*

I personally think no one should ever have to add a sex scene to a book--that's what makes for boring love scenes that have nothing to do with the plot and the characters, etc. I'm with LLB on this--if Robin felt forced to do it, then why? Why not go write for one of the lines that allows no sex? There ARE plenty of them, and plenty more publishers who don't pressure authors to add sex.

If she did it to garner sales, then she's got only herself to blame, and she shouldn't be complaining about it now.

And yes, the media will take things enormously out of context and misquote authors egregiously, but I agree with Nora Roberts that unless they made up the quotes (and as LLB says, her comments about her old books are on her website, which makes this unlikely), her words were highly inflammatory. They annoy me primarily because they make broad generalizations about the genre and the readers and yes, publishers, that simply aren't true.

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: I truly laud her for filing the class action suit. It needed to be done, and she had the courage and time and energy to do it. I followed her career after she did it, and she seems to have published a few more non-inspirational romances afterward, so I don't think anybody held it against her. I don't really think she had any ulterior motive for doing it. : But I AM very annoyed by her comments about the genre. I just keep praying that my missionary parents don't see it, because they don't need any more ammunition (they aren't terribly fond of what I write, as you might imagine *G*) and it presents a very skewered and unjustified picture of romance readers. : I have never had a publisher try to make me add sex to a book, but then I write plenty (because I happen to LIKE it, thank you very much), so I don't guess they would. *G* : I personally think no one should ever have to add a sex scene to a book--that's what makes for boring love scenes that have nothing to do with the plot and the characters, etc. I'm with LLB on this--if Robin felt forced to do it, then why? Why not go write for one of the lines that allows no sex? There ARE plenty of them, and plenty more publishers who don't pressure authors to add sex. : If she did it to garner sales, then she's got only herself to blame, and she shouldn't be complaining about it now. : And yes, the media will take things enormously out of context and misquote authors egregiously, but I agree with Nora Roberts that unless they made up the quotes (and as LLB says, her comments about her old books are on her website, which makes this unlikely), her words were highly inflammatory. They annoy me primarily because they make broad generalizations about the genre and the readers and yes, publishers, that simply aren't true.