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Whether we like it or not, the "About the Author" description is a marketing tool. It contains selective personal and professional information which is deemed to have the potential to create a posi...
#3: Attribution notice added
by
System
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2019-12-08T02:57:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/8271 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Javeer Baker
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2019-12-08T02:57:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
Whether we like it or not, the "About the Author" description is a marketing tool. It contains selective personal and professional information which is deemed to have the potential to create a positive impression about the author on the readers. I have just written a paragraph about myself in which I mention my academic qualification. I am hoping the readers of my short stories would make a connection between my qualification and writing. e.g. the qualification puts me in a better/stronger position to "know what I am writing" (even if it is a work of fiction). i.e. the qualification has made me a better observer of social processes etc. (The qualification is not in creative writing.) Is it appropriate/wise to include one's qualification when describing oneself as a writer?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2013-06-27T14:36:17Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 3