Headpiece filled with straw. Exh'd. Sublet a room in my apt in Berlin so I cd go away & write. Came back after 5 months & found people given things to do (crowdfunding, checking mail, renewing foreign rights to Samurai) had ALL done nothing AND not told me nothing wd be done. 1/6
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So tired. Tried to work in Stabi, cdn't - the mind kept thinking of all the things that had gone horribly wrong with The Last Samurai, not just w 1 publisher but w 20+, things that cd not be avoided w new book if all requests were ignored. Finally, tho', good news: 2/6
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intro to an accountant who cd sort out messy legacy of former accountants. To sublet I had had to move many books, all papers, & had (I'm sure?) put the most crucial papers in one place, in box w passports, naturalization certificate, divorce certificate, German tax ID.. 3/6
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Looked today for tax ID. The plastic box for passports & cheque books is still in the yellow DHL box. Small box for biz cards, library cards, rarely used credit cards, ditto. The papers aren't there. So either I absentmindedly put them in another safe place (?) or 4/6
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my tenant took them (there are papers relating to his tenancy, but this still seems mad). It could well be my head. There comes a point when the head is overloaded, when too many things are entrusted to too many people who can't be relied on, & then a passport is stolen 5/6
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from a bike basket, a driver's license goes missing, bc there is not enough attention to go around. Well, Helen Fielding used Lydia Bennet as model for Bridget Jones & no one noticed. Still a scarily popular role. 6/6
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Replying to @helendewitt
What an appalling ordeal, and what a nightmare! Indeed, I can feel my knotted and combined locks parting, and am tormented by the presentiment that that my two eyes, like stars, may start from their spheres, merely from thinking of all you've been through. Can I help somehow?
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Thank you! I think at this point all I can do is try to be calm. I have gone through all my folders & naturally now think I was not thorough enough, but perhaps the best plan is to wait. Perhaps I thought of a cunning hiding place & forgot it? Poor head.
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Perhaps the most magnificent head our species can boast at present. At any rate, a very serious contender for the title.
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