Sorry, but my spelling has gone to the pot. (Long story) I've been here before, so some people might know me. But I just have a real quick question.
On another board somewhere, someone brought up the issue of credentials. He said something in the range of "What's everyone's credentials? Besides a blog here and there no one seems to have them." It came off to me as rather arrogant, especially to be saying on a board full of teenagers. (What kind of credentials were you expecting?!)
So that made me think. What "counts" as credentials for writing? For example, I never went to collage. I graduated from high school and have a vocational education in Mechanical Engineering and Welding Technologies. My interests are in folklore. And I accepted and completed an 18 month assignment in Germany. That's it. I don't have anything published. I don't have a degree in anything.
So I guess my question is what counts as credentials, and how do you obtain and present them?
On another board somewhere, someone brought up the issue of credentials. He said something in the range of "What's everyone's credentials? Besides a blog here and there no one seems to have them." It came off to me as rather arrogant, especially to be saying on a board full of teenagers. (What kind of credentials were you expecting?!)
So that made me think. What "counts" as credentials for writing? For example, I never went to collage. I graduated from high school and have a vocational education in Mechanical Engineering and Welding Technologies. My interests are in folklore. And I accepted and completed an 18 month assignment in Germany. That's it. I don't have anything published. I don't have a degree in anything.
So I guess my question is what counts as credentials, and how do you obtain and present them?
