Monday, December 3, 2012

Being a "real" writer...


Saw this cartoon and thought, how true! Mention you're a  writer and most people have so many ideas other than the reality of simply sitting and putting words on the computer screen.

 In reality:

 * Many think unless you're Stephen King or wrote Harry Potter, you're an unknown. Not  a "real" writer?

 * You don't get paid like the above so you're not a "real" writer...

 * You don't get a weekly paycheck, see above....

 * You are published online, again, it's not a "real" book, although with the continuing growth of e-readers and the iPad hopefully this concept is beginning to fade....

 * Care to add any other fallacies about being a writer?

3 comments:

Debra St. John said...

Love those pictures. Especially the one at the end about getting rid of all of those 'was' phrases! I can so relate.

This isn't a general one, but the conception is that because I write romance, I sit around coming up with porn all day long. That one really steams me. Arghhhhh!

Great post!

Morgan Mandel said...

People will flock to your booksignings as if by a magnet, and won't say "I've never heard of you."

Morgan Mandel
http://www.morganmandel.com

Margot Justes said...

Love it, made me smile.
Margot