The new book,
Be Our Guest, is almost ready; it should be published tomorrow. There's a kind of group agreement to "release" in November, but I decided that I could do that even if I published it now. Publish now, then change it a little, when I have more information about authors, titles, main webpages, etc. I will keep yoo posted here.
It's been hard writing this one, but mostly because activity around my house, where I have twelve kids at the mooment, the last of whom are not independent or possibly ever will be, has filled up my time. Perhaps my strategy should be to only do things that don't take a half an hour to get myself in the mood to write. Now, for example, I have my second cup of coffee, a perfect opportunity (as it is the first day of school), and I'm about to
fall asleep because of how busy I've been, basically.
I made it straight up, kind of a classic folk tale in ways. I'm interested in experimental folk tales: gay versions, reverse-harem, or whatever, and I'm all in favor of messing with the genre. The only thing I don't like about the genre itself is the way stepmothers are
always bad. I would do my part to change this, but it didn't happen this time around. As I pointed out at the end, at the wedding, it was kind of a
fairy tale wedding. The boy marries the girl. Everything is perfect. Things work out. Hey, give me a break! I'm just starting out in this folk tale business.
Remember, I'll keep you posted here. I am not sure but I might have ignored some crucial requirements, but I'm banking on all-systems-go and going straight forward. Most of the other writers are women and like to weave in steamy sex scenes - with animals? shifters? bad guys? We'll have to read and find out. Mine, take my word for it, is straight-up.
