Authors Behaving Badly Part 2099?

Apparently, author, Sara Donati/Rosina Lippi got called a hack by a Diana Gabaldon fan, on Gabaldon’s Yahoo group.

She didn’t like it, and more or less said so on her blog, whilst trying to pretend she didn’t really care.

She started like this

There’s another (yet again) clash in one very small, limited corner of the internet, but as it happens to be the corner I inhabit, and as I would prefer this not blow out of all proportion, I am going public right here and now.

My question is, why go public at all? It was on a Yahoo group, which is only accessible to people who subscribe to that group. Also it was a discussion between readers, so why waste the energy it takes to take offence?

Anyway, for a more comprehensive report, go read Jane’s take on it. The Tall Guy and I are going out now, so ciao!