I was gone all day to a friend’s baby shower and playing catch up on time lost between us, so I didn’t post this morning like I normally do. I’m tired now due to a very long day and being run down, so I’m going to pull out an oldie to post. Sorry it’s so late, but by my clock, it’s still Saturday, so I’m going by my time not the blog time. 
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Do you write books? It doesn’t matter if they are published or not.
Do you write stories of any type? Again, it doesn’t matter if it’s published or not.
Do you write poetry? Same rule as above.
If you answered YES to any of the questions above, I hereby declare you a writer. Yep, you heard me right. You are a writer. Plain and simple. There’s no wanna be about it. If you write, by definition you are a writer. Who’d have thought it could be so simple?
Now, published. To me being published is just that, being published. You sign a contract with a publisher, they edit, format, and put the book out for the masses and you get paid. Simple as that. The amount you make matters little. The format matters not. Print or ebook, published is published as far as I’m concerned.
Do I have a book in print? Yes.
Will I have more in print? I hope so.
Will I keep writing ebooks? You can bet your life on it.
Does writing ebooks make me less of a published author? Nope. There are those who would say that it does, but what do their opinions really matter anyway? The only opinion that matters where any of this is concerned is my own. If I didn’t like what I do, I wouldn’t keep doing it. It’s as simple as that.
If you write because you love it, the format in which the book reaches the readers won’t matter one bit. Do it for the joy, do it for the fun, do it because you want to. Each of us has to make decisions for ourselves…this includes the road we travel to publication. Make decisions based on what best suits your needs, not what best matches someone else’s view on how things should be done. In the end, you might get looked down upon by a select few, but if you are doing what makes you happy–to hell with them.
Heather
