Yep. For me, it was Robin McKinley (I grew up on her books; I love The Hero and the Crown to pieces) and Bujold whose fail hit hardest. It's only been recently that I've been able to think about re-reading any of their work (working on separating the author from the book), and I usually re-read A LOT. Hero is usually the book I pick up when I want a comfort read; I re-read it at least once a year anyway.
Romance genre bloggers have a tag called "Authors Behaving Badly" (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Authors%20Behaving%20Badly%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8); I don't know who started it, but it seems to have caught on in some circles. It's not so much about the content of their books, as their often unsolicited and less than courteous replies to criticism. Just imagine if Romance started bringing up stuff about race and privilege. *facepalm* (Er, not to say that that genre doesn't need some major overhaul too, because it really does, but I would imagine the fail to be epic. And not to say there aren't already people discussing race issues - among other issues - in romance novels, just that it doesn't seem to have caught on with that fandom at large, or not from what I've seen.)
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Romance genre bloggers have a tag called "Authors Behaving Badly" (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Authors%20Behaving%20Badly%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8); I don't know who started it, but it seems to have caught on in some circles. It's not so much about the content of their books, as their often unsolicited and less than courteous replies to criticism. Just imagine if Romance started bringing up stuff about race and privilege. *facepalm* (Er, not to say that that genre doesn't need some major overhaul too, because it really does, but I would imagine the fail to be epic. And not to say there aren't already people discussing race issues - among other issues - in romance novels, just that it doesn't seem to have caught on with that fandom at large, or not from what I've seen.)