I just found out what my title is...

[Master Gopher]

Shiftless hobo corner sounds rather better than "I would be an artist but i suck too much to do it properly" corner. Partic as it's a one-person corner as it is.
Think I might join you there.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Welcome to the forums, FMB!  It's nice to have another professional author around to tip our odds against those dastardly editors.  (We're tied up now, right?  HoM, me, and FMB vs Stacer, Brenna, and Ookla.  Poor 42, sitting all alone in the artists' corner.)

Technically, I'm a professional writer now too. I'm just salaried.

I guess I do all the editing too, so I'm on both sides of that one. I have to edit myself.

[stacer]

Skar is, as well. Not sure if he also edits himself.

[Skar]

I do in fact edit myself at work.  

Does winning money in a short story contest and having the mag that ran the contest (sunstone) choose to publish the story consitute professional Author?  

Because if you have to live on the proceeds of your writing then EUOL is the only one that qualifies...

[Fellfrosch]

I think he's counting professional author as one who writes books, rather than simply writes stuff. Those of us in the corporate world who work as writer/editors are in a separate category (also known as "writers who can actually support a family").

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

heh, just our little way of jabbing at EUOL, eh?

So make that a tri-partate war, 3 professional "authors," 3 "corporate writers," and three "editors." With the lone artist off on the side laughing at all of us.

[Skar]

heheheheheh.  Support a family.  Good one that.

[Archon]

Not to mention me. I am laughing at all of you too.    

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

yeah, but that's because you're a kid archon.

[Archon]

What does that have to do with it?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

It means we're ALWAYS laughing at you.

[Archon]

Yeah, but I am laughing at you for something that you are doing, which is much funnier than just laughing at a technicality like age.  

[Fellfrosch]

You only say that because you haven't tried it yet. Drop by a preschool and see how stupid younger people are--you'll be laughing in no time.

[Archon]

Oh, I have tried it. I laugh at freshmen and middle schoolers every day. But I laugh at them because of stupid things that they say or do. And yes, I do realize that I may be leading myself into a trap here, but I decided that I am not reaching for a tissue over it.

[Fellfrosch]

Ah, youth.