Rainbow Romance Writers Looks like the contest is on for the first Rainbow Awards of Excellence… The object of the RAE’s is to recognize outstanding GLBT romance writing regardless of the author’s gender, sexual orientation, or RWA affiliation (or lack thereof). Any author who has had a GLBT romance published during 2009 with a valid [...]

MWA Delists Harlequin MWA’s Official Decision: That because Harlequin’s for pay publishing business violates MWA’s rules for approved publishers, MWA takes the following action: First, Harlequin shall be removed from MWA’s list of approved publishers upon the adoption of this motion; Second, that all current active status members of MWA whose status is based upon [...]

Thanks to EREC for the heads up… With the launch of Harlequin Horizons, Harlequin Enterprises no longer meets the requirements to be eligible for RWA-provided conference resources. This does not mean that Harlequin Enterprises cannot attend the conference. Like all non-eligible publishers, they are welcome to attend. However, as a non-eligible publisher, they would fund [...]

From: Nice Mommy, Evil Editor Time: 8:30AM Day: July 16th Room: The Warren Harding Room Sponsored By: Books on Board, Red Sage Publishing, Samhain Publishing, Quartet Press, and Smart Bitches. Kassia Krozser, Sarah Wendell, Jane Litte, Angela James, Maya Banks and Lauren Dane are going rogue and inviting you to come along. It sounds like [...]

Tina Burns speaks on ESPAN about the whole RWA & ePublishing matter. Hey, it’s tough to follow closely on the heels of the Treva Harte/Angela James tag team of “Oh No You Didn’t Diane!”. I know I would be sitting there wondering what the hell to add to any discussion after those two were done [...]

The first step is admitting you have a problem… Well, it sure seems Diane Pershing pissed a lot of writers (serious about their careers) right the fuck off. Here’s two words for the clueless RWA members out there wondering why random ePublished authors online are upset and attacking RWA’s current stance on ePublishing. Duct tape! [...]