Comments on: Writer? Author? Wordsmith? Novelist?

By: Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:45:06 +0000

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…

By: Vijaya

Vijaya — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:19:07 +0000

Glad you’re home safe … so you experienced our wet weather, no?

Vijaya

By: Vijaya

Vijaya — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:18:01 +0000

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.

By: Janni

Janni — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:20:24 +0000

(I couldn’t get my actual survey results to show up, by the way–not sure why!)

By: Janni

Janni — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:35:27 +0000

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. :-)