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ellenkushner ([personal profile] ellenkushner) wrote2010-04-09 06:39 pm
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TEETH: at last it can be told!

 I've been sitting on this til the ToC was full and the anthology formally announced, which it now is & has been, by co-editor [livejournal.com profile] ellen_datlow :  I sold a story to TEETH.

It is a most excellent story, quite short, but full of subtlety.  That seems to be what I'm writing these days:  If you blink, you'll miss something important.  Very annoying to read, I'm sure.  I hope you like it anyway.

I began it several years ago, when all I had were the first 3 lines hastily scribbled in a moment of inspiration.  Fortunately, I did not lose them, and when I heard that Datlow & Windling were doing a YA vampire anthology, I fished them out and wrote what happened next.  But here's the original beginning:

        “You so totally just ran that red light,” she says, not without admiration.
         “I know,” he says with satisfaction. He downshifts, and passes a van that has been in front of them for blocks. “I love driving.”
         He is much too old for her, but that doesn’t bother her. She has never been fussy about age. She is a historian. What bothers her is that he won’t tell her about history. “I forget,” he says when pressed. “It was all a long time ago.”
         He knows. She knows he knows. He just won’t say.


The working title back then was "Another Irritating Vampire," but for some reason the editors preferred my alternate title, "History."

The lineup of authors for this antho is so amazing that I feel downright humble, and pathetically grateful to be in that roll call with them.  (The only other story I've read is [livejournal.com profile] deliasherman 's, and yeah, it's pretty awesome.  Looking forward to the rest as much as you are, and then some!)

[identity profile] rubygirl29.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the sale! However, I do prefer your working title. I feel as if every book that crosses my fiction desk these days has a vampire it in! A dangerous, sexy, and sparkly vampire.

[identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Mine is merely irritating.

[identity profile] rubygirl29.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
That's actually a refreshing change!

[identity profile] nutmeg3.livejournal.com 2010-04-09 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Do I really have to wait 'til 2011 to read the rest of this? Really? ::grumps::

[identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
You and me both!

[identity profile] girasole.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
So many of my favorite authors in one place, and a favorite editor and publisher, too. If the goddess smiles upon me, I will be able to review it when it comes out, and that will make me happy.

[identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Fingers crossed! And thanks.

[identity profile] themaskmaker.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
You AND Delia AND Emma!!!!! I don't think I can handle so much wonderfulness. Who am I kidding? Of course I can! As I said on Emma's journal, I am ready to pre-order Teeth NOW!

[identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, why not?

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2010-04-10 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderful: congratulations.

[identity profile] mroctober.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It feels so surreal whenever I discover I'm sharing a TOC with my idols.

[identity profile] sphinx-n-herhat.livejournal.com 2010-04-10 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that TOC looks so tantalizing! And I love the first lines of your story.

[identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com 2010-04-11 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! You can see why I needed to write the rest.... (Nice hat!)