I've become a devoted reader of Robin McKinley's blog lately. These are actually three linked blogs, so I'll start with the one that came out first:
http://www.amandacraig.com/pages/blog_01/blog_item.asp?Blog_01ID=252 Followed by Lucy's response:
http://awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2010/10/hubris-and-art-of-good-behaviour-lucy.html Followed by Robin's response:
http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2010/10/20/the-curmudgeon-speaks/ I'm glad that most of the authors that I've met have been very professional, but I have to say that it is entirely unfair to expect so much from people.