tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post8816123488447818913..comments2023-05-31T01:38:48.081-06:00Comments on a queer family grows in redneckville: blogger = writer?mama Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16387999962349978268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-3080419559618092922011-08-03T12:56:07.608-06:002011-08-03T12:56:07.608-06:00I hear where you're coming from here, Mama T.....I hear where you're coming from here, Mama T... Though I've been blogging for almost 5 years, and keeping a paper journal for almost 20, I don't consider myself a capital-W Writer. This isn't a put-down of my skills, just a statement of fact regarding how I identify. I spend a lot of time writing, but it's all about what you call "...an aching need to think, express (my)self and connect". <br /><br />This discussion reminds me of similar ones I've had recently about gender/sexual identity: For the first time, I've referred to myself in public as a queer femme, and it's funny how people have argued this point with me. Apparently, my non-traditional career in the trades makes some folks think I can't also be femme! Bizarre. Anyway, it's all about how <i>I</i> identify, right? And the more ruminating, the better, say I...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-80914424449350688222011-08-01T20:49:15.960-06:002011-08-01T20:49:15.960-06:00Ami - well thanks for the vote of confidence. I w...Ami - well thanks for the vote of confidence. I wasn't trying to say that I'm not a writer because I only blog - only that I don't know what makes a writer, and I'm not sure I've really ever thought of myself as a writer... and that this conversation I had made me feel the need to ruminate about it. That's all.<br /><br />Cheers, <br />Mama TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-2179674053439741012011-08-01T18:22:10.210-06:002011-08-01T18:22:10.210-06:00Hell yes you're a writer. What is a writer? A ...Hell yes you're a writer. What is a writer? A person who writes.<br /><br />If someone reads my blog I goddamn want to know if they think I am a good writer, what their favorite posts are, if I made them laugh, if I made them think... and don't you DARE say I'm not a writer if I 'just' write a blog.<br /><br />You write well, you communicate what's in your heart, you have taught me things, and I like reading here.<br /><br />So yes. You are.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353667980806676067noreply@blogger.com