You Are A Writer

You are a writer. You are a writer regardless of anyone and anything else.

If you have a publisher, that is well and good. However, if you do not have a publisher, you are still a writer. You continue to be a writer without a publisher, but a publisher cannot continue to be a publisher without you.

You are a writer. Consider all of the superfluous jobs that followed your being a writer, and all because you are a writer.

You gave birth to the editor, the proofreader, the layout artist, the book designer, the publisher, the translator, the marketing manager, the distributor, the book store owner, and the book store sales person. You gave birth to many more--including the entire production groups, casts, and crews of those who chose to render your works on stage or on screen.

They are superfluous because, even if all of them died at the same time, you would still be what you are.

A writer.

Never let anyone make you feel that they are superior to you. Their very existence depends on you.