Bad, Harlequin, BAD

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I've been following the Harlequin vanity bodice-ripping wank! (Even more awesome than it sounds) since the Smart Bitches posted about it. Besides being a romance novel reader - and one who's a fan of Harlequin Historicals in particular - I've been fascinated by this debacle because I'm working on a romance novel myself, one that I hope to one day attempt to sell.

I'm completely against Harlequin here. WTF, guys, just WTF. Vanity publishing is the enemy of authors. You might as well drop your book in a vat of acid along with your life savings. I admire the hell out of RWA, SFWA, and MWA for taking a stand against Harlequin's idiocy.

Harlequin's already done some back-pedaling. It'll be interesting to see how this gets resolved.

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