So Much For The First Book Being A Novel

They are offering money and the job is reasonable, so I’m gonna’ take it.

I just came back from a meeting where I was offered a writer’s gig to crank out a small, fact-based book/guide thingy for kids. The company’s always paid me, and were never especially cheap with freelancing gigs, so it seems like a sane decision to accept it.

Of course, the only dark cloud that hangs over this otherwise straightforward transaction is wounded writer’s pride of, “Damn, I was hoping that my first book on the shelves would be one of my novels.” As it is, the first book will now only be available on local shelves, and will have nothing to do with telling a fine yarn, so much as–like an extended magazine article–presenting the facts in a fun and harmless way.

Oh well…

I’m just going to try and rationalize it by telling myself I can just consider this a warm up for the real thing, so that at least I won’t be quite so nervous when the first novel finallys rolls onto shelves.

Yup, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it…