In a previous post – My Handy Dandy Schedule – I alluded to a new nonfiction book project I was working on and promised to share more details at a later date. Well… the time is now! I am a contributing writer with Hatherleigh Press, a publishing company devoted to educating people and encouraging healthy lifestyles, involvement in family and community, and earth-friendly choices. I began freelancing for Hatherleigh back in April. To date, I’ve completed work on five nonfiction books with them and look forward to several more.
Now, look what I now have in my hot little hands (Click on the image to make it bigger):
This book, The New Kitchen Garden: The Guide to Growing and Enjoying Abundant Food in Your Own Backyard, is the first book for which I was the contributing writer with Hatherleigh Press. Holding it in my hands made it all so real. What a feeling!
Then I opened it and read this (Click on the image to make it bigger):
Do you see whose name is inside this book? Jo Brielyn. Wait… that’s me!
Here’s a short blurb about the book (quoted from Hatherleigh Press):
From the Editors of Cooking Well comes The New Kitchen Garden, a new guide which provides an extensive selection of nutritious, delicious recipes that can bring the healthfulness of your garden right to your dinner table. Cooking Well’s The New Kitchen Garden features simple and delicious recipes designed to highlight the tastes of fresh ingredients from your very own garden. The perfect book for those who already have a garden or want to start one, this title also includes tips on gardening, harvesting, canning, and preserving.
Want to read what others are saying about the book? Check out this review published by Everything New Jersey– “The Kitchen Garden Comeback”.
Still want to know more? You can find the full book description and learn how to purchase The New Kitchen Garden: The Guide to Growing and Enjoying Abundant Food in Your Own Backyard at the Hatherleigh’s website. It goes on sale to public in less than two weeks: August 24, 2010.
If you’re interested in some of my other projects, pop over to the News page. I try my best to update it often, but lately, new projects are coming in quicker than I can update! But who’s complaining? Certainly not me! 
August 27th, 2010 at 11:43 AM
That’s kewl!! =D
September 14th, 2010 at 9:21 AM
Neat! I’ll add it to my Amazon wishlist
Do you find it easier to write non-fiction?
September 14th, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Thanks, Mary! Yes, I think for me non-fiction is easier to write. I’ve been an avid learner and reader my whole life, and I’m one of the ‘weird’ people who actually enjoys researching! Plus, my experience as a trainer helps when it comes time to explain more technical aspects in an easy-to-understand way. Honestly, I love writing both non-fiction and fiction, though, and enjoy different aspects of each type of writing. Fiction is my first love — it allows me the opportunity to use my wild imagination more freely without getting myself into too much trouble.
September 15th, 2010 at 10:36 AM
I’m one of those weird people who enjoys researching too
(We’re not so weird and alone here on the web, though!)
It’s interesting to read your experience with fiction VS non-fiction. I enjoy writing both, but fiction is way more difficult for me… It’s a love/hate relationship: my first love and also the only thing that can put me in such a rage
Keep up writing!