Not SMART, Not SEXY, Not FUN

Below is a post by Heidi Cullinan, President of Rainbow Romance Writers. To say RWA's attitude stinks is an understatement but I would expect nothing less than that from the same people that have decided that e-books don't really count. Please if you write romance, or even more importantly if you read romance, pass this around to everyone you can. We live in challenging times where a story with vampires and werewolves is considered wonderful and a story with same sex lovers is wrong. If you don't like it fine, don't read it but don't tell other people that it is unacceptable -especially when you have no trouble taking their membership dues.

– Note: MTM will no longer accept same-sex entries in any category.

from the contest rules for the More Than Magic contest hosted by Romance Writers Ink Chapter of RWA

It's taken me several days to be able to write this blog post, and the worst part of it is that my job isn't done with this. As president of the Rainbow Romance Writers, RWA's chapter for LGBT chapter, it's my job to address the situation. I intend to, but I admit, at this point I keep reading that above line and feeling heavy and tired and depressed. I try to tell myself it's because I've been felled by a pretty impressive cold for over a week and that it's what's making me tired. It's a good story, and I wish I could buy it. But the bald truth is that I read that line, and every time it just hurts all over again.