I’ve seen men and women changing partners and going to each others’ rooms in the middle of the night to swap. I saw key parties and men groping women in the elevators left and right. And THESE were supposed to be good, honest, decent, lawabiding men? Yeah, right. Away from home and the watchful eye of their communities, they became a different animal altogether.

How does swapping partners make them non-lawabiding or indecent or NOT good? Honesty I can’t speak for, becuase I have no idea what they were telling their partners.
What people do in their bedrooms is between them and their partner(s). If I want to read erotic romance, that’s for me to decide.

But how does it equate with a party that obviously got a little out of hand?

I’m so sorry your sister was injured so badly, but yes — thankful she’s alive. My thoughts are with you.

MyraLuz, I wasn’t in PA so I certainly can’t speak to anything that took place there — but I want to say I had no agenda in sharing my unpleasant RT experience here at Dear Author, and even hesitated after I counted on my fingers and realized the event took place eight years ago. The experience has remained pretty fresh in my mind. But I’d seen several people asking for people to come forward and share real experiences rather than heresay or rumors, and so I felt it was important that I do so. People should want to hear the truth, rather than rumors. Truth should also bring both “sides” closer together, rather than divide them further, and I think overall, that’s happened here. I appreciate Ms. Stacy and her post.

I’ve been gone from here because my sister was almost killed in a car accident. 9 broken ribs, a broken sternum, a fractured eye socket, broken nose, and various (bad) cuts and bruises everywhere. I just got to bring her home (to my house) and I’m still stunned that she survived.

I guess I now have much more important things to worry about than being called a liar, or being accused of blowing things out of proportion.

Lori

I think it’s about time the subtleties and diversities of each subgenre is differentiated in the overall marketing approach. Event organisers, as much as authors, publishers, and us readers (the consumers) have to play our parts in shaping the industry. I applaud you, Jane, for speaking out.

Add alcohol to ANY man’s agenda and chances are his inhibitions are gonna become skewed. If you throw in a horny woman who is eager to see and touch chiseled pecs, washboard abs and brawny shoulders…not to mention anything pulsing beneath the kiltie…and you’ve got the ingredients for trouble.

I attended RT in PA and I was at the EC party. Most of what happened has beenblown way the hell out of proportion, twisted and skewed and I think some people DO have an agenda where the whole thing is involved.