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Re: [GWL]: trends/plagiarism

Hello Brook,
    I believe if nothing else this forum may help to change our perceptions
of exactly what it takes to make up a "professional" garden writer. What of
the writers in today's market who are all the below listed pigeon holes? Is
Dan Hinkley any less of a professional garden writer for being a nursery
owner? A plant explorer with something exciting to say as opposed to a
writer relating what he has read elsewhere. Many of our best plant explorers
and garden writers through history have been nursery owners... who the hey
else if going to pay for all this chit-chat?
    I do not know if Tony Avant writes much for commercial publication, but
his catalogs are a riot of humor and pure genius. Makes you almost
appreciative of sending him your had-earned cash. He writes two catalogs a
year to support his nursery.
    I though ... here I go again, thinking.... the whole concept behind GWAA
was to bring the novice into the fold, to help them learn the ropes and
become "professionals".
    Are you saying that "professionals" do not get an ego boost from seeing
their name in print, only plain gardeners? I am not picking on you, Brook.
Just a good opportunity to chime in.... I feel there is quite a bit of them
or us thinking going on here. And that kind of thinking has never served
anyone well.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Southern Indiana     Zone 6

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brook Elliott" <BrookBarb@juno.com>
Subject: Re: [GWL]: trends/plagiarism


snip...
> What we have is a field that is dominated by
> hobbiests. For every professional writer, there are a dozen or more MG
> newsletter writers satisfying their volunteer points; nursery operators
> writing articles because it's good PR; and just plain gardeners who get
> an ego boost seeing their names in print. These, and similar groups, do
> not understand the rules of the game, and don't care to learn them.
snip...

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