Cagliostro and the Tonton Macoutes

The picture list is 73 pages long. 21,837 words. 108,417 characters (without spaces). What should have taken me two days to do, has taken me eight. I forgot to allow for the fact that I’m both a little brain damaged and more than a little sick. This means I can’t work at the speeds I used to. When you have 100,000 words to do in less than eight weeks, that’s a worrying prospect to say the least.

However, it is a good picture list. It’s a little gruesome what with the high body count, but hopefully I’ve also ensured that it also has a strong victim focus. If all goes plan, this will probably be the only organised crime book with photos of the statue of Comte di Cagliostro by Giuseppe Balsamo and an image of the Tonton Macoutes.

I’m dreading returning to the hospital on the 20th. Fear is such a small word for such a big feeling.