Comments on Sensually Wicked Man Love: RT Letter to Hyatt about the Convention incident

I'm not renewing my expiring subscription to RT, a...

2007-06-23T16:04:00.000-04:00

I'm not renewing my expiring subscription to RT, and I'll be writing to tell them exactly why as well.

Of course, this is IMHO and IANAL, but Ms. Stacy seems to be protecting herself from possible litigation.

RT was seen at BEA in NYC two weeks ago sporting E...

2007-06-20T18:52:00.000-04:00

RT was seen at BEA in NYC two weeks ago sporting Ellora's Cave name tags.

How can a review mazaine maintain any credibility if it accepts financial favors from a publisher whose books it reviews?

Why even bring up the incident? I mean, supposedly...

2007-06-12T22:41:00.000-04:00

Why even bring up the incident? I mean, supposedly, she is writing to let Hyatt know that the conventiono went well and they found the Hyatt staff to be very helpful. What purpose does the re-telling of The Incident have on the efforts of the Hyatt staff -- unless Carol Stacy was thanking the Hyatt for hiring and employing discriminating bigots? Yeah, that *must* have been her purpose.

For someone who works in publishing and customer relations, Carol Stacy is very poor at both! Surely she has an assistant to proof-read and do a grammar check? Technically you don't even need an assistant to do that -- if she looks under "tools" in her word procesing program, they both of those checks right there - just a click away. *snort*

Ann

We do not discriminated? Uh, okay. Proof reading...

2007-06-12T21:52:00.000-04:00

We do not discriminated? Uh, okay. Proof reading would've been good.

I also found it a bit interesting and to say the l...

2007-06-11T09:15:00.000-04:00

I also found it a bit interesting and to say the least lame that Carol felt she had to apologize to the Hyatt. Who are they, God? There are thousands of hotels in this country, most would be clamoring for convention business. Hyatt is definitely not the end all be all of places to stay.

Thanks Laura for sharing this with us. Please know that us fans know what the real story is and whom to believe.

Have a great week!

Carol Stacy is simply trying to cover RT's ass but...

2007-06-08T09:43:00.000-04:00

Carol Stacy is simply trying to cover RT's ass but it's too late for that! They've been "outted" as the homophobes they truly are and that does not sit well with a lot of the people I've talked to! There are a bunch of us going next year but we won’t be paying RT's obnoxious fees – why should we???????

I wasn’t aware Lance was blind or couldn’t read – she states that he “had no idea what kind of fiction the materials promoted”. He couldn’t see/read the www.manloveromance.com across the bottom of the poster? DUH!

I also cancelled my subscription to RT and received a reply back from Carol…that answered NONE of my questions! LMAO

OY! What a mess they are!

Anyone know what the deal is between RT and Ellora’s Cave?????

Am I the only one whe finds it interesting that RT...

2007-06-08T02:55:00.000-04:00

Am I the only one whe finds it interesting that RT is defending itself TO the Hyatt?

I cancelled my RT subscription, not just because o...

2007-06-07T10:56:00.000-04:00

I cancelled my RT subscription, not just because of this incident, but several other things that led me to believe RT were being... well, if not outright homophobic, at least pandering to those who are.

I got a rambling email from Carol Stacy, saying my request for cancellation would be taken care of, while trying to pass blame on to anyone she could think of, mostly anyone not her.

I did receive the latest issue though, and after a quick skim it appears there's no ad for Torquere Press, which had a letter to the editor previously. Not sure if that was their idea, or if RT caught a lot of flack for accepting money for same sex romance ads, while not allowing reviews and also appearing to be rather condescending about the genre in general.

Am I the only one who read about Lance's hard-work...

2007-06-07T05:12:00.000-04:00

Am I the only one who read about Lance's hard-working staff and totally interpreted it the naughty way? *g*

Sorry I couldn't come up with a better response. I find it hard to take anything Carol Stacy says seriously anymore.

Notwithstanding the crap and calumny, that is SUCH...

2007-06-07T04:53:00.000-04:00

Notwithstanding the crap and calumny, that is SUCH a badly written letter.