NOVEL NOTES

I'm doing the second draft of my novel, and am sad I will have to say good-bye to its characters eventually. They are parts of my heart. But a sequel would be superficial. It's not like a comic book series; there is no turning back.

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The waiter returned with the drinks. Alice downed hers as soon as it came.
Wheezy’s eyes widened. “Christ, kid, you can gulp it down!!”
With a steely eyed smirk, Alice mashed her cigarette in the tray. “That’s not all I can gulp down, Uncle Wheezy. Watch.”
To Wheezy’s astonishment. Alice sank beneath the tablecloth.

COPYRIGHT 2015 BY MILTON KNIGHT