Yeah, the erasure thing in _The Thirteenth Child_ was a big deal a couple years ago (both with regard to the book and some things Wrede said about the writing process). It also led to, alas, Lois McMaster Bujold saying some rotten things in defense of her friend and her friend's book. She did apologize.

(The shorthand name for it was Mammothfail, if that rings a bell.)

(I should not start writing comments about this while trying to multitask. I'm done now, honest.)