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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
yer
it's to starve in an attic all noble-like.
as if.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:03,
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11 years ago)
getting paid to do it is nice, granted
But there is no correlation between the quality of the writing and its financial success.
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dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:05,
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as judged by whom?
who is assessing this "quality"?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:06,
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well, you could start with what is studied in academic institutions as a broad rule of thumb
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dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:08,
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i don't consider where you got your degree to be "academic"
so that stuffs you for starters
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rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:30,
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I mean all academic institutions across the UK.
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dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:52,
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Like Harry Potter
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Peej, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:10,
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No I dont
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Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:14,
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I did however like the irony of the book credited with getting kids reading again
putting a lot of small independent bookshops out of business with supermarkets selling them as a loss leader
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Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 15 Jul 2014, 13:15,
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