The Writer vs the Author

No getting away from it

In an oft-used distinction, a writer writes and an author has written. The writer creates and the author’s job is to secure readers. I like the writing part WAY better, which is almost universally true of authors. In an ideal world, our books would suddenly materialize in the hands of our ideal audience, who wouldn’t find a single thing wrong with them and be willing to throw lavish
amounts of money and praise our way. (Yes, that’s the stuff dreams are made of, which i...