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:
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!
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
Love it, made me smile.
Margot
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