QUOTE : We put on a pot of tea, a necessity between these two writing friends. We<br />could no more imagine writing without this hot sustenance than we could<br />without pen and paper. We sat at the table to talk shop, sort through our<br />notes, and make plans for the book. Then we settled down in the sunroom,<br />giggling a little at the unexpected absurdity of our activity, editing<br />within arm’s reach of each other, like toddlers at parallel play.