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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Professional, to me, means that you are paid to do it. Not that it constitutes the majority of your income.
A good many people in the USA work two jobs. It would be fallacious to say that their second jobs makes them not a professional at it. (Indeed, how many professional models, actors, comedians, etc. joke that they aren't going to quit their day job?) It would especially be fallacious to argue that a 2-job worker is not a professional at either because neither job constitutes a "majority" share of the income.
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I agree completely. All that is required is that you earned something for your writing efforts.
Here in Canada, an athlete can only be considered an amateur if he/she earns less than a certain amount, and that amount is not enough to live on. But anything earned above that amount in a year means that the person is now a professional athlete. If I recall, the amount is somewhere around $14,000 per annum. The same concept would apply to others as well. Earn money from your artistic endeavours, and you are a professional. Earn a lot of money, and you are a very fortunate professional.