tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post6050683357464005971..comments2023-10-20T08:56:14.314+01:00Comments on Stroppy Author: A life in publishing: How to speak publisher - A is for AuthorStroppy Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-26447348668585431182010-10-27T13:02:01.361+01:002010-10-27T13:02:01.361+01:00That's a very good point, Katherine. I quite a...That's a very good point, Katherine. I quite agree that you are still an author if you don't have a current contract. But this is an A-Z of publisher speak, so it's about what a publisher considers an author to be. And I don't think a publisher is that bothered about what an author does when they don't have a contract with them. But maybe I'm wrong.<br /><br />I do intend to do the whole A-Z. Very ambitious, I know! There are still quite a few A's to go - apps, acquisitions...Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2363444567124084776.post-39559134861610143202010-10-27T12:51:46.007+01:002010-10-27T12:51:46.007+01:00But what if you don't have a current contract?...But what if you don't have a current contract? Does that mean you are no longer, or never will be, a "real" author? I agree about not letting your personal life interfere with contracted work, and always meeting deadlines even if you are close to death at the time... but I think in the end WRITING makes you into a real author, sticking at it and not making excuses to yourself just because you are not being paid for doing it.<br /><br />A great blog title... are you going to do the full A-Z?Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.com