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tp, So sad about THK. I seriously wanted to like her because she is a non-native born speaker of English. But I think the combination of money and aspiration, mixed with feminine controlling behaviors did her in (with me anyway).
posted by
kingmi
on May 29, 2005 at 9:48 PM
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ohhh kingmi, I'm touched!!! You rock too!!!!!!!
posted by
tigerprincess
on May 29, 2005 at 9:37 PM
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tigerprincess, i guess you are professional now, but you were always one of my favorites!
posted by
kingmi
on May 29, 2005 at 9:29 PM
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Tiger,
posted by
kingmi
on May 28, 2005 at 8:16 PM
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A writer is someone....
who gets paid for writing. I get paid for being a writer. No, I don't write novels - yet! But I do get paid for articles, short stories and ghostwriting.
posted by
Wordwizard
on May 28, 2005 at 9:05 AM
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Its a start, a beginning. Once your name is out there it might get easier.
posted by
Ca88andra
on May 27, 2005 at 8:42 PM
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I think there is definitely a line but I also think that people who have not crossed it should write and that many people who are not professional writers are good writers. A professional I think is someone who either makes, or attempts, to make their living from writing.
posted by
Azur
on May 27, 2005 at 4:23 PM
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zentropa
Your comment also leads me to ponder the question: where do you cross that line from professional to ametur, and does such a line even exsist.
posted by
tigerprincess
on May 27, 2005 at 4:13 PM
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I-R William
Your comment has actually led me to wonder what is it exactly that makes a writer professional...
posted by
tigerprincess
on May 27, 2005 at 4:12 PM
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Ariala
Now if tigerprincess only gets a chance to look at it instead of spend it before it's made...
posted by
tigerprincess
on May 27, 2005 at 4:11 PM
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Tanoolicious
That's what I figure, web bios here, smash hits are soon to follow...
posted by
tigerprincess
on May 27, 2005 at 4:10 PM
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Technically, if you're getting paid to write, then you're a professional writer. But there is a whole continuum of degrees of professional writers. You have yet to write
The Da Vinci Code or
Harry Potter, after all.
posted by
zentropa
on May 26, 2005 at 8:45 PM
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Congrats on the Articles. Sure you're a professional. You always were..
Now you can be a published professional.
Peace
posted by
I-R-William
on May 26, 2005 at 7:43 PM
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Good for you!! A penny here, $50 there...it adds up and makes on a "real"
writer.
posted by
Ariala
on May 26, 2005 at 7:17 PM
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Well you gotta start somewhere... good luck and congrats!
posted by
Tanoolicious
on May 26, 2005 at 6:09 PM
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ginnieb
It's not so much the money factor as it is that it's something I'm employed to do rather than sending something out and crossing my fingers as I wait to see what happens.
posted by
tigerprincess
on May 26, 2005 at 5:49 PM
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It's funny tigerprincess...
...how we are hesitant to call ourselves writers until we're shown the money. The first time I got paid for an article I jumped for joy..it wasn't so much the money..it was the fact I felt legitimate in calling myself 'a writer'! And hey..way to go!!!
posted by
ginnieb
on May 26, 2005 at 5:43 PM
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