You're a writer.

I have often found it baffling that my friends and family were, at times, the hardest people to get to listen to the music I made. Strangers were more apt to listen and give feedback than people I've known for many years or even my whole life. I came to realize that some people get really uncomfortable being able to see that much of someone they know. Art opens a window into the mind (soul?) of the artist that friends/acquaintances don't want to look through. Plus, some people just don't get it and that's okay. That's why Harry Potter exists. Your audience may be decidedly smaller but if the work is good, they're out there.

I think I sold less than 100 of our last album, does that mean that I am not a musician? They can't take that from me. They're lack of listening doesn't mean a thing. Your novel is no less wonderful because it lacks readers. You wrote it because you had to. Write another and then another and don't bother with what to call yourself, just keep bleeding.

Btw, where can I read it?