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Old 03-13-2014, 05:38 AM   #301
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Originally Posted by arjaybe View Post
I'm an author. Prove I'm not.

Isn't it funny how the silliest things make for the longest threads?
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.
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