Monday, July 11, 2005

A Virgin Again

I don't know what to call this. I want to give this the title: "I'm back." But I gave that to my last article, and it wasn't true. There's been a lot going on, so Witch's Blood has been a pretty dead site. Most of my nonfiction writing has been dedicated to an essay collection, and that's done now. We took a brief rest, and after that rest it's time to come back to the WB.

There are so many things on my mind, and a few things to tell. The book (The Hidden Lives of Virgins) is being re-edited and republished by Lulu press. I was sitting with it one day and I said, "You want something from me? What do you want?"

Make me pretty. Finish me, it said. When it wasn't in print any kind of print was fine, but after it was printed I wanted a great deal for it that the first edition didn't have. I was editing the first part of a new book and looking for a publisher for it when I found a new publisher and something said, "Make Virgins beautiful and correct all of its errors before you move on." So, if you've gotten the old copy, oops. And if you haven't then please, please wait for the new edition.

What a ride this has been.

3 comments:

Frema said...

I do love me a pretty virgin.

Chris said...

You are a pretty virgin. Yup. Um hum.

Frema said...

I will happily buy the second edition. But you have to sign them both.