So, I’m an author, among other things. I’m not a wildly successful author, but that’s okay because I feel like I’m still in the learning phase of my career. All the same, I self-identify as an author.It says something about our culture that, when I tell strangers I’m an author, they ask, “Really? Are you published?”
Fifty years ago, I don’t think that would be the first question. I think they would ask “Where are you published?” or “Have you written anything I’d have heard of?”. But these days, people know just enough about publishing to know that there’s a difference between a big-6 published author and a vanity press author. And yes, for many people, those are the only two possibilities. Either you’re James Patterson, or you’re the “Time Cube” guy.
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