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Old 09-19-2009, 04:56 AM   #100
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***You just don't edit Dan Brown's books. He's like Chuck Norris of literature. You just don't mess with him.***

Exactly, Over. Had this been Brown's first offering, it would have been rejected or sent back for very heavy revision to improve pace, make the characters more substantial and their motivation more credible, to see to unrealistic dialogue, etc. etc. etc. And to provide a reasonable ending. A decent editor could turn this one around ... if he was free to do the job. As you say, though; there's the Chuck Norris factor at play. N
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