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Originally Posted by Rbneader
I'm not sure what you mean by that?
I think he's a fine writer. Not as good as Timothy Zahn, Norton or Zelazny but definitely one of the better writers out there.
As for Hugos - the whole point of the 'sad puppies' movement was to demonstrate that the Hugos were incredibly easy to sway. Well, that was easy to do. This year, there's another organized group of people who are used to voting for their personal preferences instead of literary merit. It's a battle of 2 entrenched interests instead of just being an echo chamber like the past few years. Nobody is really interested in voting for good writing regardless of content anymore.
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A hack being someone who writes almost or completely exclusively for the money.
as Stephen King (who is not a hack) says:
"Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy. Some of this book—perhaps too much—has been about how I learned to do it. Much of it has been about how you can do it better. The rest of it—and perhaps the best of it—is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up."
- Stephen King from On Writing