I’m A Writer

Time for a proper post—this fine re-blog………

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Shelby Larson responds to Diane Lowman’s “Am I a Writer or Imposter?”:

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I myself have contemplated the merits of calling myself a writer.

It is a title that doesn’t have the same prerequisites the way that “doctor,” “engineer,” “accountant,” and “entrepreneur” do.It’s one I don’t think I’ve properly earned.

From a young age, I didn’t trip over written words the way I did spoken ones. I didn’t turn...