Occasionally Howard discusses matters pertaining to his profession of editing and authorship. Owners wanted Marc Jaffe to whoop up Villard and Ballantine lists with fast-sell sex and exercise stuff. So I severed my relations with Random House. Expect to get enuf rejection slips to paper my den. Some of these editors are unbelievable.
Magazine bot it.
Wrote Jakes and accused him of sadism because I am 77 and dunno whether I'd live long enuf to read next book. I have ever read on just what it was like in SC and Va and Pa 1861-6. At end of book, he has two of the principal characters heading West. Obviously, third and last book of series will have some Old West in it. This morning's mail brought another long letter from Jakes.