Comments for Courtney Milan's Blog

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Jack Quigley

Jack Quigley — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:55 +0000

RWI’s choice to discriminate against same-sex romance entries had nothing to do with a lack of judges who were “comfortable” reading the entries. The same judges who judged those entries in the previous years were still more than willing to judge them again.

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Courtney Milan

Courtney Milan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:52 +0000

@Charlotte Vale:

You do understand there’s a difference between criticizing an individual’s manner of dress, and suggesting that others withhold money and other things of economic value from a corporation on the basis of their corporate activity?

I’m not even sure what it means to “socially isolate” a 501(c)(6) corporation.

Explain to me how I suggested that any of those things be done to an actual person, and we can talk.

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Anon76

Anon76 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:46:59 +0000

Okay, before I totally frag after a long day of work and just learning all of this, could someone please clarify something?

Courtney, in your post you mentioned that M/M/F entries weren’t barred from the contest. Is that only because it didn’t specifically state they weren’t eligible? How about F/F/M?

The reason I ask is while same sex isn’t my cuppa, to accept a threesome while barring a romance between TWO people who happen to be of the same sex, well…that kinda blows my mind. The rationale escapes me.

Nothing against MMF or FFM either, I’m just trying to grasp the whole concept of allowing one and not the other. Color me baffled.

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Charlotte Vale

Charlotte Vale — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0000

From Wikipedia’s article on bullying: “…social aggression or indirect bullying is characterized by attempting to socially isolate the victim. This isolation is achieved through a wide variety of techniques, including spreading gossip, refusing to socialize with the victim, bullying other people who wish to socialize with the victim, and criticizing the victim’s manner of dress and other socially-significant markers (including the victim’s race, religion, disability, sex, or sexual preference, etc.)” Guess what? It’s still bullying even if you do it in the name of “tolerance.” Ironic, huh?

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Victoria Chancellor

Victoria Chancellor — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:49:34 +0000

I addressed this on my FB page and directed readers to your blog. Thank you for taking such a proactive stance. Walking away from RWA will not change anything IMHO.

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by KT Grant

KT Grant — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:44:22 +0000

One of the biggest papers in NYC picked this story up and quoted Courtney:

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/2012/02/romance-writers-ink-decides-no-same-sex-romances-for-its-more-than-magic-contest

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Kaetrin

Kaetrin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:49 +0000

If it were a YA m/m or f/f book, would their heads have exploded?

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Keira Andrews

Keira Andrews — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:57:38 +0000

@Dee: I found the analogy between YA and same-sex telling as well. Somehow I doubt their members were “uncomfortable” with YA romances.

LGBT romances are not — or *should* not be — their own subgenre, in my opinion. They’re simply romances like any other (historical, contemporary, paranormal, etc.), but featuring LGBT characters.

Courtney, thanks for blogging about this.

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Dale Bishop

Dale Bishop — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:22:18 +0000

I agree with the title of this post. If you don’t like the rules, don’t enter the contest. And don’t support the organization…at all.

Comment on Don’t enter More than Magic by Dee

Dee — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:37:41 +0000

The fact that they likened their non-acceptance of GLBT stories to those of YA stories is telling…really…