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Old 04-07-2011, 05:31 PM   #7
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I have heard of Amy Tan...

As I struggled to make sense of his criticisms, one sentence jumped out at me:
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Bad writing is characterized by obfuscation, showboating, narcissism, lack of a moral core, and style over substance.
Which brought to mind another quote:
Quote:
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
I guess I'm just a Phil-istine After forty years of writing C and Cobol programs. I like to read simple exciting stuff by people like CJ Cherryh, Jane Fancher, and Neal Gaiman, or the opposite by CG Jung.
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