How to Be Taken Seriously as a Writer

Note to self: “Don’t downplay your accomplishments”! #MotivationMonday

A Writer's Path

by Kate Colby

So writing is your creative calling, your life’s purpose, your ultimate joy. Congratulations! You’re part of (in my totally unbiased opinion) one of the best groups of people in the world. You know it, I know it — and yet, your friends and family don’t.

After all, what’s so special about being a writer? Literally billions of people on the planet write every day. It’s a basic life skill, one...