[Darren]

Finished Sleepless last night. Entertaining as always. Felt ironic to be reading it every night while a little tired, just before bed.

Gord, can you share anything with us about Barry Pekilis? Sounded like a heartfelt dedication.

Typo, page 159, paragraph 8: "The sleepless hours are our time, when no when [sic] can tell us what to do."

Typo? Page 177, first paragraph: "I've been sleepless so long that I barely remember what's it like." I'm thinking "what it's like" would be more correct here.

I could definitely see how you would have had the premise and even the last line thought out before you embarked on writing this. Good job!

[Gordon]

Hi, Darren,

Thanks for the comments on SLEEPLESS, plus the slip-ups from the proofreaders. Glad you enjoyed it. And you are A-one right about the last line. I was writing toward it from the very first page!

Barry was my cousin. We were raised like brothers -- and we were best friends in spite of the fact that he was a little older than me. He was, as I state in the dedication, the original Bruno. He died last year of a debilitating illness that took his life over a period of 10 years. Heartfelt, yes. Very.                                                                                                              -Gord

[Darren]

Sorry to hear about Barry, Gord. I grew up with a cousin a few years older as well, who shaped my personality in some ways, comedically and musically.

As I've probably mentioned before, a GK adult novel is my holy grail, but failing that another YA novel would be most welcome. While reading Sleepless, for some reason it popped into my head to create mash-ups of your novels and more adult-oriented movies. Sleepless and A Nightmare On Elm Street, as an example. No Coins, Please and Wall Street. Jardine came up with Son Of The Mob and My Cousin Vinny (though I think Goodfellas would work well there).