Ditto for art. If you draw, paint, sculpt, etch, forge, carve, or whatever, you are an artist. If you create for pay, for friends, or for your own pleasure, whatever your motivation, you're an artist. If you haven't had time, space, energy, or security to create in years, you're still an artist.
I'd like to flip this around and say
If you write, then you're a writer.
You may get burnout and take a hiatus. You may be querying. You may have trouble finding time because of life getting in the way. That doesn't matter. Unless you choose to stop permanently, you're a writer.
