Wow. Hats off to you: I don't think I would have had the guts to call an author (!) I admire (!!) out on that, and I *really* wouldn't have been able to keep trying to get through to him when he was determined to focus on the part that was, as you say, *not about him*.
At least you got him to knock off the #$%^&* smilies?
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Date: 2011-07-07 07:20 am (UTC)At least you got him to knock off the #$%^&* smilies?
(here via network. rattled on your behalf.)