Really? I get, "Oh." And a change of subject.
I wonder if I say it wrong or something? I honestly don't think I've ever had anyone seem even remotely interested or impressed.
It makes me giggle when people say they can now tell everyone they're Published Authors, because my thought is always, "Yes, and no one will care."
I think not so much that it is impressive, but that outside of writing forums and conventions, you rarely meet someone who writes? I'm desperate to find someone locally (in Chicago no less) who treats writing as seriously as i do. It's such a lonely and quite misunderstood thing to do.
Too much media attention goes to celebrities who write (with just a teeny weeny bit of help from their ghost writers of course) books just because they're celebrities.