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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-22-09 11:21 AMOriginal message What does it mean to you to be a professional writer?
ChicagoSuz219 (44 posts) Wed Oct-28-09 05:08 PMResponse to Original message 1. When money changes hands... For me, it's the difference between the idea originating with me as opposed to being hired to write for someone else. I do the latter mainly to support the former... A librarian once bought one of my children's books, then shook my hand & said, "It's so lovely to meet an author." It was a long time ago & it still makes me smile...
sybylla (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-29-09 10:27 AMResponse to Original message 2. Being able to treat it like a job Money isn't part of the equation for me. It's the luxury of working an eight or ten hour day just writing. To me, that's being a professional writer. Selling a freelance article here or there just doesn't give me that sense. Commitment to the work does.