Notes from Danielle de Santiago

hey alison,

somehow i m in a kind of "send pictures to alison-mood" and since my violet bed clothing is still uhm*..missing in action..i m sure you know what i mean..i thought i send you something for your Scruffy Jottings About Filth collection..so to say my notes...i ll send you two different notes..

first of all of my story "la chocolata" which has been published twice in germany...here you can see the actual book next to the notebook with the first idea for the story..i keep those books (i have tons of them full with old notes) which are a wild mix of diaries and sketch books..i draw,glue pictures inside, i write down ideas and also about things i see and do..the second notes are from my first audio book Der Stall ( the stable)...

here you see the much more "clean" and tidy side of my work..actually with my german editors notes on it...believe it i d be lost without her ..lost between mistakes and missing commata and points and other mofo-mistakes...she is a very nice and totally not filthy or smuty person..and sometimes she writes me really freaky little letters about my stories..like: Danielle you wrote the girl sucks both dicks in the same time ..are you sure that is even possible in a technical way ??...

or when i come over to pick up my stuff before i send it to my publishers she wants me to sit down with her and tells me how much difference could be in a sentence depending on where the comma is..then she says very articulate something like..dunno..anything with the words pussy, cunt or cock in it..this very small so not smutty person..i love her..but she cracks me up with those situations...anyway..here you have them pics..hope you like them..if yes i ll soon send you pictures of where i do sleep..and work and..you know that part..:-)

xxx

danielle

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XXX,
Alison