Happily, so I thought at first, the complaint was to the publisher on an open board. The publisher has answered that The Word rang no warning bells for her.

This, however, has not been good enough, because -- the internet -- and a discussion is ongoing regarding how to repair Baen's honor, including "altering" The Word, invoking, once again, The Children. (Altering it to WHAT, I wonder, considering the list of available choices?) Or perhaps only removing the story from the front page and sticking it in a corner someplace.

This is one of those days when I think it would be easy to stop writing, but that's probably the headache speaking.