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Writer? Author? Wordsmith? Novelist?

Here’s a new poll — I’ll leave this up until Monday, when I’ll post the results.
OK, if you tried this before, it’s the first time I’ve tried this poll software, so I did it wrong. Vote again, please.

How did you learn about the Newbery & Caldecott & other awards today?

  • ALA Webcast (36%, 4 Votes)
  • ALA Twitter (18%, 2 Votes)
  • ALA Facebook page (9%, 1 Votes)
  • ALA website: ALSC and YALSA pages (9%, 1 Votes)
  • Email from a friend (9%, 1 Votes)
  • Forum posting (9%, 1 Votes)
  • Other (9%, 1 Votes)
  • A blog posting -- please note it in the comments (0%, 0 Votes)
  • I was at the ALA conference! (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 11

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Discussion

5 comments for “Writer? Author? Wordsmith? Novelist?”

  1. Writer for me–but since I also write nonfiction articles, this may simply be because it’s the easiest word with which to summarize my entire career at once. :-)

    Posted by Janni | November 14, 2008, 9:35 pm
  2. (I couldn’t get my actual survey results to show up, by the way–not sure why!)

    Posted by Janni | November 15, 2008, 3:20 am
  3. When I took my first writing class, I called myself a writer and haven’t changed that since … I’ll always be a writer.

    Vijaya

    ps: I tried to click on the writer button, but nothing happened.

    Posted by Vijaya | November 15, 2008, 4:18 am
  4. Glad you’re home safe … so you experienced our wet weather, no?

    Vijaya

    Posted by Vijaya | November 15, 2008, 4:19 am
  5. This is what I kick myself about. I write, but have not been officially published yet (any day now). So do I call myself a writer or an author? Definitely not a wordsmith. I guess I usually say writer and will most likely continue with that title even after the book and the article make it to print.

    It’s an interesting question, though. Is an author a writer who’s actually published? Hmmmm…

    Posted by Mary Ann | November 16, 2008, 11:45 pm

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