“I was very disturbed by the excessive use ofthe f-word as
Sandford never resorted to tis tactic in his previous Prey books.
It came up…but not in such excess. I, too, feel that perhaps
Sandford
is allowing Junior to contribute his own writing style. If this is the
case, I hope he wises up and writes the next Prey book on his own.”

… which is totally unfounded and, incidentally, untrue (since things
can be unfounded but true regardless). I’ve always at least edited the
books, but the two to which I’ve substantially contributed are the
third and fourth Kidd novels.
Anyway, I find the blame interesting, as it seems that the internet
rumor mill is perfectly content to just chug along without any FACTS
behind it. If someone agrees with your speculation, then darnit, it’s
been PROVEN.
(As another aside, I get the f-word complaint every time a new book
comes out, with people saying that the most recent book – whatever it
is – has the most swearing in the series. Nerd that I am, I made a
chart showing that it’s just not true: http://www.johnsandford.org/ros/Swearing.pdf)

One more thing, and this is based on the blog entry you linked me to:
my dad’s NOT actually an arrogant SOB (as you suspect). He’s actually
fairly soft-spoken and friendly and open. I think the impression is
more because of my giant listing of rules and regulations, which can
make ANYone look like they’re being arrogant or closed-off. Honestly,
my dad’s point-of-view is that he leaves the email to me because he
doesn’t have TIME for it. He likes the fans, but answering the email
himself would be another full-time job, and that’s something that
would just be way too draining. Or something like that.
I need to rewrite the website contact rules again, don’t I?