Oh, I don't know, I suppose "decent" is as good a term as any. Just not "special." Better than most of the posters on FFL. But he's a hack writer, not an artist.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : Oh, okay, thank you for making that distinction. I guess what is unsaid is that you must feel that he is a decent writer. I'd say that he is quite a good writer myself. I may disagree with some of the conclusions he comes up with, but as far his writing, I think it's pretty good. And of course, I guess, so does the "marketplace" ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Oh, well, no, I haven't, actually. I've done that very rarely. What an imagination you have! I have said I think his writing skills mask his lack of depth, but that's a criticism of his thinking ability, not his writing ability. He has certainly many times asserted that I can't write. Which is fine; I'm an editor, I don't pretend to be a writer. I'm able to express myself here to my own satisfaction. But he believes editing is an unskilled profession that I should be ashamed of, much to my amusement. No doubt he'll weigh in overnight at some length on this. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : Well, Barry is a writer by profession, and you have many times taken issue with his writing abilities as demonstrated here. That is what I was referring to in regards to that. But there is a difference in saying that so and so's writing lacks creativity, and some of very personal attacks we sometimes see here. For me, there is a difference. For others, perhaps not. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Barry has demeaned my livelihood many times. I can't recall ever demeaning his. And how is this not what you're referring to? (BTW, do you know who Squeaky Fromme was?) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : Sure, calling people names is just juvenile.* Coming after one's family, or demeaning one's livelihood**, is, in my opinion way out of bounds. * For the record, I would never be insulted if someone called me Squeaky Fromme. (-: ** Yes, we see it with Barry sometimes doing it with Judy and vice-versa to some extent. But that is not what I am referring to. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : I have been called the following things by Bawee: a cultist a bitch Squeaky Fromme a stalker dumb as a bag of hammers ugly fat a cunt too rich spoiled Judy's minion That's all I can remember for the moment...
