How To Know If You are a "Real" Writer

Reblogged from T.K.'s Tales:

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE A "REAL" WRITER? This question has plagued me for a long time, and I saw it recently on a writing web site, so I am not the only one who has asked it. For a long time, I was unpublished and wrote in the “closet.” I was afraid if I admitted to doing it (writing, folks) I would have to face that dreaded question: “Oh, what have you published?” To which, I’d have to say, “Well, nothing… but my mother loves my stuff.” And then go crawl under...