That was my problem had a high fever for the last 48 hours and was slightly panicky that my chapter would turn out a weird recall of the strange dreams I have been having. However after a good sleep and a cup of tea I am ready to go.
10 hours to go! Half way point in time, but only ⅓ the words.
Admittedly I now know more about the behaviour of in than I ever wanted to know. And I may have chased a few too many red herrings (such as the food, drink & fashion of , or psychological theories of jealousy) along the way. But at least I think I know what I’m writing now…
Some great historical links to that time when you google
And you know the business model doesn’t seem all that complicated. So, my wife and I are now thinking of starting a little family of our own.
–gr
I have written 96 words, then deleted them again. I keep getting the [redacted location] mixed up with the completely dissimilar (even to me) [redacted alternative location]. And my espresso-serf is rubbish. You just can’t get the staff these days…
I am procrastinating that is cooking bacon and eggs for a late brunch with warm croissants and coffee while thinking about what I am going to write 
Hi Pigfender
Got your pm and I confirm I have received some pieces of paper attached to an email. What do I do now?
I tried to reply to pm but I can’t work out if I did or not
Foxtrot
I suspect Pig may be asleep, so I will jump in and say…
Unless your email had a very different package than everyone else’s, I expect the next thing you do is write like hell for a few hours until you hit your minimum word count and get your section done!
Matt
ASLEEP!?!?!
It appears that my ‘writing tools’, (very large cup of coffee and box of Quality Street) are more of a distraction than an aid. Will stick to uniform chocolate in the future.
HAHAHAHAHA!
No sleep yet, or had your two hours and back awake ready to begin collating?
It sounds easy when you put it like that.
I’ve done it enough times that I would never suggest it was easy. In fact, for me, this one was harder than the others.
But what I can say is that it usually gets easier after the first two or three paragraphs once the panic has worn off.
Matt
Sleep is for wimps. Or intelligent people. I’m not sure. I’m pretty tired.
P’ah, you say that every year!
Checking in & glad to see everyone is going well
Enjoy it while it lasts people 
Last year was set on a space mission. Anyone can write about that, because there aren’t any space missions like that, so there’s nothing much you can get wrong. Your guess is as good as anyone else’s.
This one was set in a real city I’ve never been to, in a real country I’ve never been to, at a real time before I was born. I don’t know what they talk like, how they sounded. I got my entire knowledge of Vegas from the original CSI and a few Casino movies, and my entire knowledge of 1960s America by trying to stay awake during Mad Men.
What I am trying to say is, I think my characters say “G’day” a little too often!
Matt
If it’s any consolation, I’m too young and British to notice.
BTW: The first chapter is IN!
I found this mafia lingo site. I’m sure it’s well researched; I spent a whole 10 seconds scrolling through the list of words. I could add color to your dialogue if nothing else.
netplaces.com/mafia/mafia-lingo/
That’s what passes for research when I’ve been asleep for 3 hours out of 25. Don’t know how you do it. I’m getting too old/lazy for this.
Back to editing. Should be done in a couple of hours. I hope.