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I just assumed that they had read some of my stuff and formed an appropriate opinion.

Well, they do have a forum full of our writing, so I suppose asking for "example prior work" wouldn't be a formal necessity.
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Well, they do have a forum full of our writing, so I suppose asking for "example prior work" wouldn't be a formal necessity.


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Well, they do have a forum full of our writing, so I suppose asking for "example prior work" wouldn't be a formal necessity.


Not exactly. The articles I write for http://what-is-what.com are reviewed, spell checked, and grammar checked. My Devshed posts don't get a third of that treatment. They are _not_ a good way to judge my writing, nor anybody else's.
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Exactly. Therefore, I provided a link to a sample.

Having written some articles published in magazines, I realize that one needs to accomodate the magazine's style. I won't work on that until I have a commitment to publish.

My work doesn't, as a matter of course, have every seventh word set up as a link to either an advertisement or a loosely-related reference to the material in question. I also try not to write in an overly-academic style. I'm neither a Hemingway nor a guru. I just try to present useful facts, or opinions where "facts" are subject to argument or interpretation.

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I think the title would be better if it had 'fame and fortune' in it.

@Wei: Meh, my opinion of your C knowledge would indeed fall into the realm of 'sage'.
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Um, I was semi-kidding with that statement.