"....there was a long time when I was working two jobs and doing allot of 
other stuff and I just didn't have the time to do any writing.  So one 
day when I was finally able to post the 'Escape' stories I put in a 
chronology.  As a joke I put in 'A Long Period Of Waiting Of Some Months'
because I hadn't posted in ages.  Then some people wrote me asking about 
that story.  I told them that it was just a joke.  
   Someone had asked me what happened to Kodachi after 'Aftermath' and I 
had an idea.  Well, one day I had sometime and wrote what was to become 
'Wait 1'.  I was wondering what to call it.  It was just kind of a 
non-sequeter.  Then I remembered 'A Long Period Of Waiting Of Some Months',
so that was the name I used."

Q: We understand that you have just finished the final part of this 
   series, is this true?

"Yeah.  I'm checking on a couple of things more before I kick it out, but 
its almost ready to post."

Q: Can you tell us anything about this story?

"Well, I don't want to give too much away...really this story is what 
'Wait' has been building toward.  Well, parts of it anyway.  I got the 
idea for this story and the 'Morphine's cookbook' thing way back around 
95-96.  Originally they were going to be two separate stories.  I started 
on it, but it really didn't work.  Then I started putting it in to 'Wait' 
and that's where some of this has been going.  The story will have lots of 
cooking, some educational segments, and of course footnotes."

Q: We've been told that your footnotes are under investigation by the FDA 
   for biohazardous content, is that true?

"I'm sorry I can't comment on that at this time, though I would like the 
general public to be aware that my footnotes now come in menthol flavor."

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