"Every streetlight reveals a picture in reverse. Still, it's so much clearer."

[greygirlbeast]

Yesterday was a low-yield nuclear device. Yesterday was the best birthday cake imaginable. Yesterday, after much stress and wringing of hands and so forth, I received word that the NEWS THAT IS SO GOOD, SO COOL is actually going to happen. But! No, I cannot tell you what it is, and it may yet be some time (as in, maybe, months) before I can talk about this publicly. So, everyone's gonna have to be patient. Most especially me. Secrets cause me physical pain, and this is a big secret. Anyway, I wanted to say that, but please don't ask me to say more.

Now, I'm thinking about brier patches.

Yesterday, there was far too much tension to write anything, but somehow I managed to do proofreading for Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart, though there was also too much tension to proofread. We made it through "Beatification," "Flotsam," and "Regarding Attrition and Severance." I'm probably giving far too much thought to how these very dark, very sexual stories will be received (On the whole, this batch is quite a bit darker and more "disturbing" than those found in The Ammonite Violin & Others), but it's sort of hard for me not to do that. Fret over their reception, I mean. I keep waiting to be savaged by RadFems or Xtian extremists (the two groups are, actually, almost identical in many respects) or some other bunch of blood-thirsty loons.

Somewhere, a few of you got the impression that Blood Oranges will be published under a pseudonym. Nope. Not the case. If and when I do Blue Canary, the YA book, then I'll be writing as Kathleen Tierney. But that has nothing to do with Blood Oranges, which isn't YA.

And, really, I think that's all for now.

In Unexpected Brevity,
Aunt Beast

Comments

[ceewayne.livejournal.com]

Hello Oh Auntie of Secrets

I am very happy for you. Don't know the reason why I am very happy for you, but if you say it is good, it is good.

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Chris

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

You are a tease of a Beast, but I'm glad whatever-it-is has got a thumbs-up. (No, I'll not ask you what it is.)

Why RadFem savagery? Sure, a lot of your female characters go through a fair old battering, but that's no evidence of misogyny. Your heroes don't get off lightly, either.

Looking forward to the Blood Oranges excerpt in the next Digest. I doubt your popcorn has the same taste as most other people's.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

My mistake. (Augh! I hate getting things wrong! But I'll deal.)

[joshrupp.livejournal.com]

I understand how difficult it is to have to keep a secret from people. I, for instance, was recently in contact with the Wufflepuffs, a race of wise spacefarers who explained to me – in language so simple I couldn’t believe no one had figured this out before – how to transport yourself to other planets through the strategic use of cupcakes.

Their only caveat: “Don’t tell the one you call Kiernan. Maybe later.”

So you see, I DO know how hard it is to have a secret.

[spiritualmonkey.livejournal.com]

Crypto-Good news is still good! :D

[subtlesttrap.livejournal.com]

So glad to hear that "Flotsam" made the cut for Confessions of a Five Chambered Heart!! I love your stories of underwater vampires, and especially the Goddess-like-glow of your main vamp in "Flotsam." I just know that the TOC for this one is gonna be awesome.

[sovay]

Yesterday, after much stress and wringing of hands and so forth, I received word that the NEWS THAT IS SO GOOD, SO COOL is actually going to happen.

Mazel tov from the cloud of uncertainty!