[Seabound]

empink, thanks for the link. Have you read Saint Marie's trilogy? I recently read them and I could clearly see the talent of the writer in the writing, but I wish she had polished the books more. If she had, the books could have been a whole lot better. Nevertheless, Helaine and Liddy's characters were memorable.

I do not fault the LGBT authors who voiced out their dismay and protest over this Amazon blunder. In a society where homophobia is alive and well and ubiquitous, it was their job to be vigilant. And why should there be malice in the intent before dismay and protest are voiced against that intent and its consequences? For it does not necessarily take malice for actions to have a harmful effect on the LGBT community--all it takes is ignorance. What happened at Amazon was probably the result of ignorance, like what happened with CA Prop 8 was the result of voters' ignorance rather than malice. And ignorance is certainly consistent with Amazon PR's official and nebulous line of--what was it again?--"an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error".