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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I'm leaving good or bad creations in the middle in this discussion, but I do understand what CatLady says, and also what moonshot means.
If you would ask me at a party: "Hey man, what do you normally do?"
I could answer: "I'm a Hammond organ player."
I could also answer: "I'm a photographer."
Or: "I'm an author."
Or: "I'm a martial artist."
Or: "I'm a chess player."
Or....
It's true. I'm all of those.
I would not be surprised to get a follow-up question:
"Cool! What band do you tour with / in what magazines did your pictures appear / what books have you written / in what movies do you play / what tournament did you win last?"
If you tell people "I'm a ....", the expect that you make your primary living on it. If not, then you're not going to mention this if people are asking after your occupation.
In my situation, the only correct answer would be: "I'm a software engineer," as that is my primary source of income, and I *could* mention that I do one of the other things for fun, and sometimes make some money with it.
If you would make the point that you consider yourself an author first, and the supporting job second, you'd say something like: "I am a fantasy author, but regrettably, I don't make enough money on writing yet. Therefore, I also have a day job/part time job as a software engineer as well."
Damn. Quantum Thread. *runs*
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Thank you and CatLady..... here am I with my bow and arrows and they are coming at me with machine guns.
