Elmer Fudd With a Quill Pen

So, there was no more confusion as to whether I have written a novel or a book of short stories; but then I got back my CIP registration no longer as novel but as a biography.

That one was a a bit of a stretch.  Normally biographies are about the life of a real person.  But who was she - this person whose biography I was writing? 

But then, since my stories feature one protagonist, perhaps it was decided that she was me.  But then...again, would this not make it an autobiography - me writing about me?  

Maybe historical fiction?  I did use nuggets from my own life as starting points for each story but to be able to remember the exact details and even the words spoken by each character would make me rather exceptional. The stories are heavy on dialogue because that is something that I skim for when I am buying a book.  

And, actually, I did comment in my Preface under And One Further Note that All of the stories are historically accurate and based on actual, personal experience – liberally laced, here and there, with irresistible moments of imagination.

Hey, well, maybe more than moments - how about hours and hours? 

Never mind, I called Brad at Turning Points. "A biography," I wailed.  "It sounds like Elmer Fudd with a quill pen."

By today - only some  three or four working hours since my call, he had dealt with the situation as had the folk at CIP and I have now, officially, written a book of short stories. 

ONWARD...