Ah yes the classic "No...but really YES!" argument.
I truly believe she wrote that scene believing it was not rape but had no disconnect, she honestly thought she was writing a steamy hot sex scene, and it may have been that way in her head...but that is NOT what it turned out to be on the written page. Somebody caught her on it, and rather than re-write the encounter she flew off in a snit and took the book to another publisher and insisted the book be published as is, with minimum edits.
People reacted to that scene, and safe money is that the publisher asked for a re-write of the scene, and rather than make it bluntly consensual, or a the lease make it more clear that neither Anita OR Micah were in control of their actions (mated leopards and all that) to make Anita's consent clear, or Micah less of a rapist...she made it even more murky.
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Date: 2015-05-31 08:35 pm (UTC)I truly believe she wrote that scene believing it was not rape but had no disconnect, she honestly thought she was writing a steamy hot sex scene, and it may have been that way in her head...but that is NOT what it turned out to be on the written page. Somebody caught her on it, and rather than re-write the encounter she flew off in a snit and took the book to another publisher and insisted the book be published as is, with minimum edits.
People reacted to that scene, and safe money is that the publisher asked for a re-write of the scene, and rather than make it bluntly consensual, or a the lease make it more clear that neither Anita OR Micah were in control of their actions (mated leopards and all that) to make Anita's consent clear, or Micah less of a rapist...she made it even more murky.