Gay author
accepted into Romance Writers of America

The Romance Writers of America, the premier professional organization for writers of romance novels, has accepted openly gay author Scott Pomfret as a member. Pomfret and his life partner, Scott Whittier, cowrite the "Romentics" series of books. (The most recent, Hot Sauce, was published in June by Warner Books.) "It's nice to see that an organization like the RWA is open to recognizing that romance is not a 'hetero only' institution and that gay men have romantic lives--and needs--as strong as any Harlequin heroine," said Pomfret in a statement.