"new writers". I can write a grocery list, that doesn't make me a writer. What distinguishes a writer from an author is ability. Too many people think, like many other things in life are so easy that they simply must give it a go.

There was a time when a retort would have been, "If it were easy, everyone would be doing it." Nowadays everyone is doing it. They just aren't do it well. Then the frustration kicks in when the money doesn't come but the negative comments do.