For years I was on just about a 26-hour day. I wasn't going anywhere...all I did was write. I might start working at ten o'clock in the morning and go to bed about two the next morning, then wake up at ten o’clock and start the cycle over again at noon. Every day it was about two hours later, rotating like that. I just thought of it as a 26-hour day... The biggest day I ever had was here in Arizona when I was working on Dead-Bang. I worked 24 hours straight and did 24,000 words. I think when it goes that well and goes that fast, it's the best stuff you can do.—Richard S. Prather, from an interview with Dean Davis at the Richard S. Prather/Shell Scott Website
(Fifth in a series.)
