Hello there. To the new people, nice to meet you; and to long-time readers, nice to meet you again. It’s me, Eri Shiduki.
Thank you very much for picking up this book out of the thousands of other books out there.
Ever since my debut work, I’ve kept up the tradition of a one-page afterword, so this time we’re going for two! Now then, despite not really knowing what I should be writing about here, I guess we’ll talk about the title a bit.
The title, Apparently It’s My Fault That My Husband Has the Head of a Beast, was initially planned to be the subtitle instead.
I always struggle with the title each and every time and, sure enough, this time was no exception.
I tried my best not to tack on a subtitle as much as possible, but I didn’t come up with any ideas and planned on splitting it into a main title and subtitle like always. And out of the many proposed subtitles that I would put under the main title (“Whatever & Something” or “Something of the Whatever,” etc...), my boss suggested that I make the subtitle the main title instead and the rest is history.
This turned out being my first work without a subtitle, but it’s long. Also, it doesn’t leave much to the imagination. Not sure if that makes it harder to remember or easier, to be honest...
Also, I was worried if this long title would even fit on the cover of the book, but they managed to get it nice and neat on there, which was honestly a huge relief.
Speaking of the cover, a big thanks to Kasumi Nagi-sensei for drawing the gorgeous illustration! Since this was the first time I’ve had my protagonist in a dress, I was overwhelmed by its splendor. She even drew in the bucket as a prop, and when I found it, I was grinning from ear to ear. The contrast of the troubled-looking heroine and the beast-headed prince was so fitting that I was really entranced.
Then, there’s my boss. I barely made it again, so I’m sorry for putting you through so much trouble. And I have to thank all the people who helped in managing to bring this book to print.
Finally, I need to thank you, the reader. I’m really hoping that you enjoyed this little tale of a shut-in princess and a slightly tsundere beast-headed prince.
Okay, that’s it. Here is hoping that I get to see you all again in the next installment!
Eri Shiduki