So What Do You Write?

So what do u write? That is the follow up question I get as soon as I even remotely mention that I'm a writer......my reply is always the same I've written a few children's books.....(picture books, and no I'm not published yet).....and I'm about to start my first novel.....then they reply oh and go on their way....and my fraud is out in the open.....I haven't written much....so therefore how can I call myself a writer?......my answer.....because I am!.....Oprah once had a conversation with someone...and I think they also wanted to be a writer....and they said how do know when u r a writer.....(implicating how many words or pages must u be writing a day to qualify yourself with such a title) her answer was if u wake up everyday and the first thing u think about is writing...then u r a writer......that has always resonated with me.....although that is the 2nd thing I think of (the first is can I go back to sleep?) so yes! everyday I do wake up and I think of myself as a writer.....because and as the old saying goes....I think, therefore I am.....(I was also really good at writing in all years at school and I majored in (Creative) Writing in college....so it has always been a love and something I was good at:):):) so anyways what was I saying oh yes....so I wake up thinking like a writer....I conduct my day with a writers perspective....I see a million stories just pass through my head as I watch the world around me and wonder how would I use that person or that situation in a book.....i'm also a natural at guessing story lines and even actual dialogue in movies and tv (but that also goes hand in hand in watching way too much of both) but seeing it through the eyes of a writer gives these mediums a whole other level......I have a cherished book upstairs with dozens of book beginnings and ideas that have mostly hit me in a brief moment of clarity and silence......and that is also my problem....to write I need to be focused and quiet and that is not easy when u work 2 jobs and just want to come home and vege.....but when I think of writing I imagine myself in a log cabin in the middle of nowhere except me and a lap top.....(because my cabin still has all the luxuries of home) I didn't say I wanted to rough it:):):)....I just want to have an awe inspiring view.....and hear nothing but the sound of nature and my brain whirling of ideas.....yes, your right being a so called writer...I could imagine such a peaceful setting.....but it's always broken by the sound of every neighbour around me wanting to do every job they've been putting off to the exact same moment as well as the psycho two yr old next door (well he's almost 3 now) who's favourite past time is to sit outside and squeal/scream for hrs on end......there is only so much even a writer can imagine.....and so my tale of woe continues as I write the novel in my head and not on the page where it should be and definitely where a publisher needs to see it.......and I'll keep dreaming of my log cabin in my perfect spot just waiting for me to open the door and write:):):)