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Subject:Re: Are tech writers inherently snobby? From:Brad Whittington <brad -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:01:16 -0500
Keith Hood wrote:
>Technical writers generally are nowhere near as arrogant as fiction writers. Those generally tend to be as territorial about their work and their abilities as grizzly bears.
I'd have to agree with Janice. I have 4 published novels out and know
dozens of other novelists very well. Other than the fact that we're
pretty sure we're better than everybody else, we're not arrogant at
all.
Brad Whittington
www.BradWhittington.com
P.S. I would fit into that least successful category Janice talked about.
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