tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post1932119215268289124..comments2024-03-27T23:13:43.597-05:00Comments on Prairie Rose Publications: Livia J Washburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05958199886826207363noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-34907458554901431342014-05-11T02:57:01.281-05:002014-05-11T02:57:01.281-05:00Hi Kaye! Thanks for coming. I know its hard to dec...Hi Kaye! Thanks for coming. I know its hard to decide what to call yourself isn't it, as Kathleen said earlier, there are so many names for those of us who 'scribble'. I never feel completely happy saying 'author' but when I say writer, for some reason I almost seem to feel apologetic! That makes no sense. It ties in with what Cheryl said earlier about her students though eh? jillmcdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404306094725767275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-68453093742709670822014-05-11T02:53:20.810-05:002014-05-11T02:53:20.810-05:00Hello Paula, nice to see you here! You know, I lik...Hello Paula, nice to see you here! You know, I like that title, I think I might start using it. Mind you that has different meanings too, maybe people will think we tell stories out loud in schools to children? But then, isn't storytelling the main way that our histories have been handed down over the centuries? Yes, I like it.jillmcdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404306094725767275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-32045567588457145212014-05-11T02:50:05.321-05:002014-05-11T02:50:05.321-05:00Hi Kristy. I'd better copyright that title eh!...Hi Kristy. I'd better copyright that title eh!jillmcdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404306094725767275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-71895079989518820352014-05-11T02:48:31.668-05:002014-05-11T02:48:31.668-05:00Hi Kathleen! Thanks for the giggle on this cold ve...Hi Kathleen! Thanks for the giggle on this cold very wet morning here in Lancashire. I just pictured you in a phone booth with your underpants over your jeans! Tee hee! And heck don't us 'scribblers' have a lot of names for ourselves? Cheers!jillmcdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404306094725767275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-4024309055989036422014-05-10T21:43:49.256-05:002014-05-10T21:43:49.256-05:00I've contemplated this topic many times, and I...I've contemplated this topic many times, and I can't come to consensus with myself. lol So I bounce back and forth between calling myself a writer or an author. I like Kristy's "writhor" idea better than the one I came up with, which is "wrauthor". When I say it, I sound like Scooby Doo saying rhut-rho, so that doesn't work. 0_o<br /><br />Seriously, if I had Kaye Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530735658588595790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-59499226453050840012014-05-10T18:40:16.786-05:002014-05-10T18:40:16.786-05:00I've bee a writer ever since I learned to writ...I've bee a writer ever since I learned to write (before that the stories were in my head) and maybe I became an 'author' when my first book was published when I was in my 20s. Forty-odd years later, I still consider myself a writer, rather than an author, but first and foremost I think of myself as a storyteller who wants to tell the stories that develop in my mind as I write them.Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-69586636103254043842014-05-10T18:22:59.876-05:002014-05-10T18:22:59.876-05:00Oh, I am SO calling myself a writhor. Love it!! No...Oh, I am SO calling myself a writhor. Love it!! No one will have any idea what I do now, LOL.Kristy McCaffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363740420272046549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-31548197495799115472014-05-10T18:05:51.358-05:002014-05-10T18:05:51.358-05:00Jill, what a fantastic post. I think most authors/...Jill, what a fantastic post. I think most authors/writers/poets/songwriters/screenwriters/journalists/whatever-the-heck-it-is-you're-doing-in-there-ruining-your-eyes folks can relate to your thought-provoking ... well, article/editorial/screed/news item/post/whatever-makes-the-most-sense-at-the-time. Those of us possessed by the pen live, breathe, eat, and sleep words, and still we can't Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740371055384281988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-6630405312021079802014-05-10T15:42:24.469-05:002014-05-10T15:42:24.469-05:00Hi Tracy thanks for joining me. So do you think th...Hi Tracy thanks for joining me. So do you think then, that once you actually have a book published you are then an author? Until that moment you are a writer? I see that. I am still a little shy about calling myself a published author, despite being published 3 times! Guess I'm the introvert type today then?jillmcdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404306094725767275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-7035911107505905142014-05-10T15:22:46.289-05:002014-05-10T15:22:46.289-05:00Jill, thanks for making me think today! When I too...Jill, thanks for making me think today! When I took my first writing course at our community college, the teacher said 'if you put words on paper, you are a writer.' Since it took that and a whole lot more to get my first book published, I usually introduce myself as a published author. lolTracyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432297803219920111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-25971452027256555592014-05-10T14:39:02.807-05:002014-05-10T14:39:02.807-05:00Thank you for your nice comments ladies. You'r...Thank you for your nice comments ladies. You're right about the 'office space' Cheryl, Seemed like a good idea at the time. Trouble is everyone knows I don't really go anywhere much so they all think I'm doing nothing much too! If you see what I mean! Doris, yes there is confusion isn't there! I like how you 'split' the two titles according to what it is you are jillmcdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404306094725767275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-13242370741663239072014-05-10T12:26:30.099-05:002014-05-10T12:26:30.099-05:00I am a historian and by extension author, but I al...I am a historian and by extension author, but I also write poetry and work at fiction, so I am a writer. Like you there is some confusion. To me I can't stop telling the stories of the amazing people who populated our world so many years ago, many of whom have been forgotten. I suppose if that fails, I'll tell their stories in fiction, at least then the story is there.<br /><br />I am Renaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927727476793944291.post-942267918136425852014-05-10T10:52:30.757-05:002014-05-10T10:52:30.757-05:00Jill, what a great post. I've experienced thes...Jill, what a great post. I've experienced these very things you're talking about. In fact, when I teach writing classes, that's one of the exercises I have the students learn to do--walk up to one another and introduce themselves as a writer or author, whichever they're most comfortable with, and make conversation with someone else about what they're writing. You can't Cheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.com