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Originally Posted by arjaybe
I'm an author. Prove I'm not.
Isn't it funny how the silliest things make for the longest threads?
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the thread started off well
a couple of points.
i am an author, a self published one. i did not go the route of sending bazillion letters to agents and publishers since i saw no value in inflicting punishment on myself.
the overwhelming majority of those who have read my book have liked it, and i am developing the first book in a series..of course the challenge is getting my book to rise above the noise and be heard and read by a wider audience.
i make enough from my books to treat myself occasionally to a big Mac, rather than a regular one
i also have a day job and when i am at my day job, and obviously my standing as an author cuts no ice there.
the point in all this, which has been made gazillion times before, is that i consider myself to be an author. if moonshot wants to refer me as not-an-author, her prerogative. doesn't bother me.
there were a couple of responses on publishing scientific papers.. my day job interfaces a lot with that domain.
a scientist or a researcher cannot just publish a paper - it has to go through a peer-review and approval process before being published in a journal.