Being Able to Write

K.G. Schneider, self-described techno-librarian, writer, gadfly, and commentator-at-large, really hit a nerve when she posted "Being Able to Write: Lessons from Other Writers, New and Well-Seasoned" back in January. The comments are twice as long as the original post, and there's some good stuff there, so read all the way down to the end.

18. Claim the name, "writer." Early on in the MFA program, I was perturbed when another student, interviewing me for a class assignment on portraits, never mentioned my writing. But she had no reason to: I didn't call myself a writer anywhere, not on my blog, nor my c.v., nor anywhere else. I was too shy to claim that title, but I'm not any more. I'm a lot of things, but I'm also a writer. And, a little more every day, I'm increasingly able to write.