<p>Hi Laura,</p>
<p>Glad you liked &ldquo;The Morning-After Card,&rdquo; and as always thanks for your edits and contributions.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Wanted you to know that I have been writing a piece on the San Diego guy's orientation day at Bernie&rsquo;s Bagel shop (so he can take over when Bernie goes to Cleveland). I expect it to be about 6 to 7+K words. I&rsquo;ve had to take time to understand how commercial quantity bagels are made and the times involved: make dough, chill dough, boil dough, shape bagel, bake bagel.&nbsp; As a result, I have added another character, young woman, bagel baker, who the San Diego guy meets as he comes in for his orientation day at Bernie&rsquo;s, and she is leaving from baking bagels all night.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Also, I am working on a timeline for this story. As you know, there is no reference to computers, cell phones, internet&hellip;a deliberate effort. There are a few instances where the period of time may be determined (e.g. bus fare amount from Scranton to Syracuse.) &nbsp;</p>
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<p>There can be a reference point for this story, however: Tuesday, May 6,1997, the first time inductions were made into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Prior to that LA and NYC were the induction cities. From that date, I can reconstruct dates for previous events (Joey&rsquo;s 16th birthday, etc). I have a timeline, based on the 5/5/97 date that can produce dates of earlier stories, if you like to see it. &nbsp;</p>
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<p>I&rsquo;m also writing a piece about the Smithereens last concert (held in Scranton on January 25, 1975 at the Masonic Temple Theatre in downtown Scranton (at actual place). Neal cuts a deal to bump Barry Manilow concert date for the Smithereens. Manilow actually played there. This is one piece that I am not sure if it helps or detracts from the story.</p>
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<p>Another issue I am thinking about is that there are a number of voices in the 29 or 30 pieces that we have gone through.&nbsp; How do we not confuse the reader? Novel broken down in sections based on who is telling the story? There's a lot of back and forth between stories,and I am trying to write this thing as it, in an overall sense, progresses in time. Maybe it&rsquo;s one of those things that will be answered at the end, when we have 80k words or so to works with.</p>
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<p>Hope I haven&rsquo;t taken too much of your time. Hope all s well.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Dan</p>