“If you introduce yourself as a writer you’ll be treated with regard when seen writing.” — Lavinia Spalding, Writing Away
I had to do something to get that giant picture of me out of the landing spot on this site, and Spalding’s words have been kicking around in my head for a few days, so I thought I’d share. This book on travel journaling is inspiring, comforting, and full of life, just like Spalding herself. I met her in Costa Rica and she led a writing workshop which was the thing I have been looking for all these years every time I go to a blogging conference. Duh, it wasn’t a blogging conference I needed, was it?
It wasn’t until I heard my kids refer to me as a writer that I started to take myself even remotely seriously as one.
Once they believed it, I felt like I owed it to them and to myself to believe it, too.
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I like introducing myself as a writer. Do I have to hang out at the Coffee Bean for people to believe it?
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