Re: Self-employed, the lecture circuit, and conference fees

Subject: Re: Self-employed, the lecture circuit, and conference fees
From: "Herman Holtz" <h -dot- holtz -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 08:16:42 -0500


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From: "Herman Holtz" <h -dot- holtz -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>
To: "V3" <beth -at- vcubed -dot- com>; "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: Self-employed, the lecture circuit, and conference fees


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> > I'm a writer when I write.
> > I'm a professional writer when someone pays me to write.
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> > --
> > Elizabeth Ross
> > Senior Technical Writer
> > V3 Semiconductor
> > www.vcubed.com
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> Elizabeth, I have been writing for enough yeras to qualify as a
very
> senior citizen. I have been getting published in the press for most of
that
> time. And I have earned my living as a writer for several decades. I still
> do some pro bono writing--without pay, that is--and it does not make me
less
> the writer nor less the professional writer. As a writer, I sometimes want
> to write for the pleasure of expressing certain thoughts or supporting
some
> idea. You are a professional writer if you think of yourself as a
> professional writer, even if you have not yet recahed the point where
> writijng supports you and your family full time. What others do (e.g., pay
> you or not) should have nothing to do with how you regard yourself, your
> wirk, and your position in the working world. - Herm
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