This is way too fantastic! I guess until recently, I never took my blogs seriously either. I would say I’m a writer because I love to write and I can’t NOT write, but I used to think that the only time that would be proven to the world would be when I write a book. But like you said so brilliantly, it’s the work we put into our blogs that prep us for that book that we are going to write someday, and help us grow as writers. We ARE the real deal. Thank you for this! :)