ellenkushner: (Simon van Alphen by Nicolaes Maes)
ellenkushner ([personal profile] ellenkushner) wrote2008-12-20 09:24 am

Life's Little Annoyances

People asking "Where can I buy your books?"

What on earth do they mean by that?

Where do we usually buy books, folks?

This is particularly annoying in the age of internet, where, even when they're self-published, the answer is always "Amazon."
rosefox: A fox writing book reviews. (writing)

[personal profile] rosefox 2008-12-20 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
At least you don't get people telling you you're not a real writer because you don't write fiction.

[identity profile] coppervale.livejournal.com 2008-12-20 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL! No, but I got it a lot in comics.

"So, you're not like a real writer, because all you have to write is the stuff in the little balloons."

Because, you know, the pictures just appear out of thin air.
rosefox: Green books on library shelves. (Default)

[personal profile] rosefox 2008-12-20 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The other night while out with friends, we were figuring out who at the table was or wasn't involved in writing and publishing. I was labeled "not a writer" and had to speak up very sharply.

[identity profile] drcpunk.livejournal.com 2008-12-21 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
So, we're clearly writers, even if we write non-fiction. Are we still "authors"? I was told that "author", by definition, means "writer of fiction", which does not match my recollection of the word's meaning, nor dictionary.com's definition either.

[identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com 2008-12-25 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Can we all just agree that "authored" is not a verb?

[identity profile] drcpunk.livejournal.com 2008-12-25 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas, I think that, technically, it is. But, really, I'd just use "wrote". Maybe "penned" if I'm feeling whimsical, but that probably wouldn't be accurate these days.