I'm not gonna tell you where secretive stuff can be paraphrased, am I? :D :D
Yeah, but it's not my story to tell. I'm not sure why a lot of things are not openly discussed, but if someone asks me not to pass along information, I have to assume they have good reason to do so, so that's the way it goes.
Maybe a printer told me about it, or one of those Black Sparrow employees who loved me so much. These aren't state secrets, after all. And we all know how much printers love to gossip. I mean, that's well established, right? Among all your printer friends?
Anyway, I suspect that when Mr. Martin shuffles off this mortal coil and goes wherever the Christian Scientists think they go, a lot of previously back-channel stories will be openly told, books written, etc. That's usually how it works.
But then we'll just be left with a lot of speculation again - who did what and why. Ideally Martin would write an honest autobiography and behind-the-scenes look at Black Sparrow, but I'm not holding my breath.