Sweetjunkiegirl asked Emilie Autumn:

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Emilie Autumn Hello again!
I was waiting for someone to find that!
Yes, there will be a revised audiobook, but I haven't mentioned anything about it because the revisions will be quite small. Primarily, I will be putting the swear words back in, and the age will return to my true age at the time, which was 27.

I'm very glad to have the opportunity to explain the age change, as it must be a bit confusing for those who have noticed it:

As you may know, I was signed by a prominent literary agent a couple of years ago, whom I respected greatly. When the agent felt strongly that the story should be aimed at a younger audience for the sake of being able to include pictures in the book, I was told that it would be necessary to lower the protagonist's age to the high teens. Oh, yes, and to take out all the lovely swear words, and some of the darker, more controversial bits (don't talk about certain types of abuse, don't mention abortion at all, etc). Was I comfortable with these alterations? Oh HELLLLLLLLL no. Not. At. All. However, I conceded, because I wanted very badly to believe that I was being advised in the best interest of my readers, and that, were I to make these alterations (which, to be fair, didn't really change the story a great deal), more people would be able to be exposed to the story, particularly young people who may need its message the most. How could I argue with that?

In the end, however, I decided to go my own way and publish this new version myself, as I seem to have done with my music and everything else. I wasn't comfortable with the changes, no matter how small, and am re-recording the few little bits of the audiobook to reflect the current text version of the book that you now have:).

You're amazing,
~ EA

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