I was just talking to a client yesterday about how a published book — novel or otherwise — is one of the ultimate forms of social proof, so its funny that you should bring that up. She’s a public speaker, and is relying on her book to get her whole brand off the ground. Still, that leads to an interesting thought. While her book will be the basis for her platform, if a freelance writer had a novel, it would still stick out as out of place because it really has nothing to do with business writing. I guess I’m leaning toward leaving the fiction out altogether, or – new idea – including it in my bio page.

Thanks for your two cents!

Natalia’s idea makes sense to me, as far as having the blog handle the fiction angle; your idea about listing the stories would also be a reasonable tease.
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That said, I welcome advice from the other side telling me why I should avoid including the fiction at all costs!

I think a good balance would be to just list the fiction credits, but not necessarily the stories, since it is highly subjective. It’s true that no one’s going to ask you to write fiction for them, but someone looking for an editor or even a ghostwriter might, and your pub credits would help you stand out.
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