HAPPENSTANCE: 32) THE CAMPAIGN

Fiction... or Fact?

By 2 p.m. a binding memo-of-agreement with Simon House is drafted in lieu of the contract to follow—plus an office with a desk for me to get started. Security concerns cut in: They don’t want me writing in my hotel room but in their own office building instead. They also suggest I change hotels every few days and I appreciate the way they’re thinking.

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