I only count novels still in existence, that is, novels I have not burned, when I'm talking about which one is my first. The one I wrote when I was 11 and the one I wrote when I was 14 thus do not count.
I also tell people I've written six books and immediately get sharp corrections from the spousal unit: "Nine," he says in a pained voice. But the other three are nonfiction, textbooks-for-hire; for me, they don't count. They're my only published books right now, sure, but I don't own the rights to them any more.
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Re: On first novels ...
Date: 2004-08-20 05:46 am (UTC)I also tell people I've written six books and immediately get sharp corrections from the spousal unit: "Nine," he says in a pained voice. But the other three are nonfiction, textbooks-for-hire; for me, they don't count. They're my only published books right now, sure, but I don't own the rights to them any more.