Blessed Are The Peacemakers, For

New Orleans Life Is Such A Night Life. The Thing That Comes Up Very Often Is That Our Day Essentially Doesn't Start Until Midnight Or 2 In The Morning.

Invariably It Turns Out To Be Who You've Been Reading In The Last Couple Of Weeks, And Two Hours Or Two Days [on Favourite Authors

I've Had A Five- Or Six-year Down-spell As A Writer, And Now That Most Of The Other Contracts Are Cleared Or Down To The Last Book, I Have A Chance To Do What I Want To Do - Specifically, Something Set In New Orleans.

Between You And Me, I Think That May Be One Of The Things That Will Help With The Collaboration, Because There Are Things Eric Thinks I'm Moving Too Quickly On, And There Are Things I Think He's Dragging Out. When It Gets To The Editor They Can Arbitrate.

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