But yeah, here it is: The Ape's Wife and Other Stories. Note that the limited edition includes Black Helicopters, published as hardback companion volume. Note that, at ~26,000 words, Black Helicopters is the longest such companion volume subpress has ever produced to accompany one of my books. In fact, it may be twice as long as any of the others. This is, by the way, my twelfth short story collection.
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Last night, Spooky and I followed dinner with a Rift marathon, about seven-thirty to one-thirty ayem. Bad kids. It's awful on my overtaxed eye, but resting one's overtaxed eye can be damned dull. Anyway, we both made Level 53. Overall, so far, my impression of the Storm Legion expansion is very, very positive. Rift is probably still the best looking MMOs out there. The only real flaws with the game are brought to it by the players, which is often the case with MMOs. But, yeah. Fun last night. But now that, as of today, the wretched Mayan silliness is finally over, we'll be drifting back towards The Secret World. For a time. Back and forth.
Until my eyeball blows up.
Bam (shit),
Aunt Beast
Postscript (3:36 p.m.):
Et il est un jour arrivé
Marteler le ciel
Et marteler la mer
Et la mer avait embrassé moi
Et la délivré moi de ma caille
Rien ne peut m'arrêter maintenant ~ NIN
Also! New David fucking Bowie! (Thank you, NPR.)
- Current Location:Phlegra Dorsa
- Current Mood:
sort of inexplicably... - Current Music:Keaton Henson, "Charon"
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And cheers for the Bowie link.
which is my major complaint about the world, that if it wasnt for people, this would be a great place to live. We keep frustrating the Laws of Natural Selection, and there are too many humans out there..
With that in mind, I'd like to know if there would be any interest in the following:
First, I (or someone designated by Caitlin) could create a cross-promotional page for the current four books, including a deluxe edition of The Ape's Wife. I don't have any idea how well the new Dreamwidth blog would handle this, but it'd be easy to create one in Wordpress, since WP accommodates both comments and trackback functionality — all the better to see the incoming links.
I can donate one copy of each of the four current books for giveaway. (If anyone else wants to donate a copy, feel free to join in.) To be eligible, you must post a few words about why you read Caitlin's work (and thus why someone of like mind might also enjoy it) and a referral link to the cross-promotion page to your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, or any other similar platform. If you don't get an auto-trackback, you just need to include a link or screenshot in a comment on the promotional page.
When we reach the cutoff date, we can choose winners at random or on some other basis. At that point, the books will be ordered, to ship directly to the person/address designated by each winner.
At worst, Caitlin gets four easy sales. At best, the people who like her work have an incentive to spread the word and hopefully encourage a few more sales. And the author herself gets to worry a little less about drumming up sales, at least temporarily, and get on with that killer new year's schedule.
Thoughts?
Also, I'm enjoying Rift now more than ever. Who knew? Sadly, I have a plethora of bow-tie games (Rift, GW2, Secret World) and no time to play them. Rats!
Rift suddenly became fun again. I'm especially fond of the carnage quests, as they actually give you something for the inevitable beast slaying you have to do in any given area anyway.
Have you been to both new continents? We've only been to Dusken.
J'ai lu 'Confessions' l'année dernière et c'était quelque chose d'une puissance rare et étonnante. J'étais vraiment touché, bouleversé même. Bref, l'une des meilleures collections que j'ai jamais lu. Après, il me fallait plus de vos nouvelles. Alors, j'ai trouvé un exemplaire de 'The Ammonite Violin' sur internet et c'était vachement cher, mais comme l'autre collection, une expérience inoubliable. Maintenant, j'ai commandé 'The Ape's Wife' et donc, une attente de plusieurs mois, mais ça vaudra la peine, j'en suis sûr. Merci Caitlin et bonne année à vous.
Love,
Me
I have been enjoying Tom Waits courtesy of the same source.