Romantic Times / Hyatt Screw Up Is Not Going Away
The Romantic Times and Houston Hyatt screwup at the recent Romantic Times convention deserves another mention. RT and Hyatt management treated male/male romance author Laura Baumbach with a different standard than they treated any other author.
A little birdie told us that Hyatt has denied they would EVER do what they did. RT is trying to blame a volunteer for overwhelming a paid staff member. How do you spell CYA? I suggest spending your money with someone other than Hyatt and Romantic Times.
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The issue isn’t whether the material is appropriate or not, it’s about the freedom to choose. We were all adults at the convention and walking down the “freebie” aisle, I noticed people browsing and deciding what went into their bags. Nothing was forced on anyone. Personally, I wouldn’t want anyone telling me I couldn’t look at the historical romance displays (which had great bodice ripper covers that rivaled this one and my bag was full of them), and I’m sure there were some not interested in that genre, but they didn’t complain.
We guess when the Hyatt booked a romance writers’ convention, they expected to see lots of tasteful Fabio posters. And by “tasteful,” we just mean pants-on. But we’ll never know, because the spokeswoman for the Downtown Hyatt didn’t return calls.
Romantic Times and Hyatt thought this was going to blow over? It looks like it has only just begun.