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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 9064896" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Some other information that some may find interesting. After she left TSR and came back and got several files about her employment (which included a lot of her early manuscripts and work), she found assessments from her former bosses and employees. While there, she had a lot of respect for most folks there. She "adored Jim Ward". Which aligns with how other historians have said Jim was very loyal to his team.</p><p></p><p>But when she got those files, she read how several people had made comments like, "Rose is hard to control." and that hurt her feelings. I had begun to see a recurring theme with Rose. She is extremely creative, determined, and prideful (in a good way). Like so many people, she's complex, a combination of "I accomplished a lot so it's hurtful when people treat me like I'm a nobody off the street" with "am I really that good of a writer? Are you sure?"</p><p></p><p>When she told me about the comments "Rose is hard to control", I very much am convinced that's not a Rose problem, but a problem with her superiors. It's also a recurring theme, starting with her first boss. Remember how he didn't want anything to do with her suggestions, and after she kept asking, finally told her "do it on your own time then."? And when she dropped off that first book (Return to Brookmere), it sat on his desk for 3 months untouched until Penguin Random House saw it and snatched it right up (they knew those books were popular and thus demanded 3 more right away)?</p><p></p><p>Then factor in the misogyny we all know about not just because it was the late 70s/early 80s, but the stuff Gary has said publicly about women (even if you ignore the stuff witnesses have heard him say). To me, it is much more probable that "Rose is hard to control" actually means "Rose won't sit down, be quiet, and do what we men tell her to do." History has shown Rose was right about her decisions and ideas, and should have been listened to more often. She accomplished a lot, always overcoming hurdles thrown her way (child severe illness, then blatant misogyny in a career dominated by men). She deserves to toot her own horn, and deserves to be held in the same reverence as the other original TSR crew. I would posit, looking at the sales #s, that the Endless Quest books was the biggest gateway into new players joining D&D outside of the BECMI set. That's worth something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 9064896, member: 15700"] Some other information that some may find interesting. After she left TSR and came back and got several files about her employment (which included a lot of her early manuscripts and work), she found assessments from her former bosses and employees. While there, she had a lot of respect for most folks there. She "adored Jim Ward". Which aligns with how other historians have said Jim was very loyal to his team. But when she got those files, she read how several people had made comments like, "Rose is hard to control." and that hurt her feelings. I had begun to see a recurring theme with Rose. She is extremely creative, determined, and prideful (in a good way). Like so many people, she's complex, a combination of "I accomplished a lot so it's hurtful when people treat me like I'm a nobody off the street" with "am I really that good of a writer? Are you sure?" When she told me about the comments "Rose is hard to control", I very much am convinced that's not a Rose problem, but a problem with her superiors. It's also a recurring theme, starting with her first boss. Remember how he didn't want anything to do with her suggestions, and after she kept asking, finally told her "do it on your own time then."? And when she dropped off that first book (Return to Brookmere), it sat on his desk for 3 months untouched until Penguin Random House saw it and snatched it right up (they knew those books were popular and thus demanded 3 more right away)? Then factor in the misogyny we all know about not just because it was the late 70s/early 80s, but the stuff Gary has said publicly about women (even if you ignore the stuff witnesses have heard him say). To me, it is much more probable that "Rose is hard to control" actually means "Rose won't sit down, be quiet, and do what we men tell her to do." History has shown Rose was right about her decisions and ideas, and should have been listened to more often. She accomplished a lot, always overcoming hurdles thrown her way (child severe illness, then blatant misogyny in a career dominated by men). She deserves to toot her own horn, and deserves to be held in the same reverence as the other original TSR crew. I would posit, looking at the sales #s, that the Endless Quest books was the biggest gateway into new players joining D&D outside of the BECMI set. That's worth something. [/QUOTE]
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