Image by Flickr user Chocolate Geek Image by 20091030-books.jpg This fairy tell love novel will have to wait.

While disappointing a salivating public, it looks like Gov. Mark Sanford's ex-spokesman Joel Sawyer won't be writing a book about the inside story on Sanford, at least not anytime soon.

Read more stories on this subject in our Mark Sanford topic page.The Times and Democrat has the story; read it here.

It's hard to know if he's being told to shut up, but it looks like there's at least some principle in his decision to hold on to the secrets.