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A good friend of mine, Jolie, is a bookseller who specializes in selling romances. She goes to RWA every year. This time I begged her to write up a report about what she found out at the conference about the future of romance. This is her report:
RWA 2006 – Hotlanta!
Another RWA conference has come and gone without a hitch or a huge controversy. At least not like last years' rouse of a RITA Awards, even seeing it unfold in my PJs – my usual RITA attire – was a shocker!
My conference started on Wednesday, and unlike last year there was actually a function for booksellers – a tea. I'm not much for tea, not the kind that RWA serves up anyway. I tend to be a little biased on this subject. Apparently, to the RWA, booksellers are a bother. So much so that you couldn't register for the event and no name tags were provided – well, you can't have name tags if you don't have registration. I just showed up anyway. Authors didn’t know who the booksellers were and as such, spent time talking amongst themselves. …
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