Bill--
The photo of Seal Killer is what I think Harold might look like. (And some other stuff about writing.)
What a TREMENDOUS compliment! Thank you!
Yes, I lived in the PhD world. It sucked. I edited and proofed and FIXED many PhD thesis. Humbly, I am more than just a good writer . . . I am very, very good, certainly the best in my (former) institution. (Hey! They really are "institutions" and they are run by the inmates!)
I have written countless pieces. Many of those have been published on a national basis, some in my field, computing, and some in my "grown into field", administration.
I analyze each and every post I read on this and EVERY forum which I inhabit. (It's a habit:
You are what you write.) Without any doubt, Harold is the best writer I have encountered, both in higher education and the Internet. Harold misplaces a comma now and then and I am not sure he knows the rules regarding ending punctuation and closing quote OR semi-colons and colons. But, who the hell DOES???
It is obvious to me that Harold proofs what he writes before he publishes. This is extremely important and very simple, yet few proof prior to publication. (Just read it, at least once! I've read this one about ten times fixing all the errors. For instance, I can't speel.)
I had an English professor working for me. One of his
jobs was to teach me the proper use of the closing-quote, semi-colon, and colon use! (I think I learned.)
By the way, Harold writes better than anyone in my former institution with the possible exception of me. (And, a few of them were very, very good.)
It is an honor to be compared to him intellectually. Truly.
Merry Chirstmas!
--Bill
You are what you write.
