Learning Curve Steep

I've got a phone meeting tomorrow in which I have to let a representative agency know how much money I would like to propose the government of a foreign nation pay me to ghostwrite an article for them. Which is wicked exciting! And also not the easiest thing to figure out, despite having taken a great book out of the library and looked online. I would like to be paid what I am worth but I also would like to not quote an amount that seems obscene. My, my, my.

I also have been educating myself on the nature of publishing bylined articles.

So much to learn!