Oh my… uh he sounds like he had a fun time. Since I have never been to RT anyone want to weigh in on what it is really like? Or does this sound at all close to what it is really like?
They couldn’t find anyone else to cover this story? I mean geeze, I can see reacting oddly to some of this but is it just me or does this guy not seem to like women in general?
Didn’t mrs giggles or someone post about some past RT convention?
what a stupid, slanted, condescending article! oh well, i imagine there were no halfway sane, halfway intelligent people there. that would’ve disappointed the writer. i’m sure he excluded any comments from reasonable folk.
I’ve never been to RT, but I hear it’s a trip! My impression is that it’s a “fan convention” whereas RWA is geared towards the writing community (outside of the booksigning of course).
I want to attend RT at least once, but dang, they seem chained to the east coast. Why they can’t land in L.A. or even Vegas is beyond me.
just curious, do they announce the RITA awards at this? It seems like that very long list of nominations came out a long time ago, and I never read of any results. I didn’t know half the books, but I still want to know who won.
I was at one a few years ago and sad to say he’s pretty accurate. While I could have cared less about the whole cover model thing – I went to meet authors and get free and new books (and I did – boy did I) a lot of the women are way over the top. And I think Wendy’s right – they are geared more towards the fans. Still – I had a hoot, and I met a lot of really nice authors.
I may be smoking crack, but I think both RWA and RT are in Texas next year; one in Houston and the other in Dallas. Not sure where you are, Wendy, but they are getting further west.
well there is plenty of crack to go around it seems 🙂
WENDY! you should soooooooooo go if that is true, there are great people you can meet in texas
And yes devon rita’s are announced at rwa.