So glad you’ve cruised on by. I’ve been getting two and a half times the normal amount of reading fun since I subscribed to your blog.

Yeah, your frustrations hit home for sure. Thinking of just telling folks I’m a day trader. That oughta stop them in their tracks…

George
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The part I hate the most though is when tell someone I’m working on my first book (rather than staking claim to the writer title) and it becomes 20 questions. “Oh what is your book about?” “Are your characters based off people you know?” BLAH BLAH BLAH. I would love to tell you what it’s about once I get past the first few chapters and make sure I still want to go that direction…

Okay now that I’ve got that off my chest, back to exploring your blog finally =].

I *hear* you, brother!

I find myself continuously walking a line. One one hand, if I don’t call myself a writer (or author) then is that saying that I really don’t want to keep writing or identify with the profession?

But, when I do call myself a writer, people always want a list of my top ten published books. WHAT??? Ugh.

When I was employed as a science writer for a company, it seemed a little easier, because, well, that was my ‘job title’ and I got paid for it every two weeks. But, the writing I’m doing now I think is so much more interesting and compelling, but I’m not on a writer’s ‘payroll’.

So, what does that make me?
Hmmm…

I think I’ll be the tuba player in your Polka band. I love the Vets, anyway. You mind?

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Glad they don’t know your secret.

I know what you mean, though. And it does get old. Now I’ve started just saying I’m a “blogger” – it’s surprising how many folks don’t know what that is.

*giggles*
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A mere instrument of musical capability is nigh large enough to halt my poetic journeys into the fields of the written word. heck, I couldn’t even spell accordion right.

I do hear what you mean about writer-vs-author. I wrote a post about it a while back. I’ll have to go reread it and see what my thoughts are on the matter.

George