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ul novella set in prison （Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption）； and had sort of e to the conclusion that that was probably it for me； when this take on the idea came along。 There were lots of things I liked about it； but nothing more than the narrator's essentially decent voice； low…key； honest； perhaps a little wide…eyed； he is a Stephen King narrator if ever there was one。 So I got to work； but in a tentative； stopand…start way。 Most of the second chapter was written during a rain delay at Fenway Park！
When Ralph called； I had filled a notebook with scribbled pages of The Green Mile； and realized I was building a novel when I should have been spending my time clearing my desk for revisions on a book already written （Desperation…you'll see it soon； Constant Reader）。 At the point I had e to on Mile； there are usually just two choices： put it away （probably never to be picked up again） or cast everything else aside and chase。
Ralph suggested a possible third alternative； a story that could be written the same way it would be read…in installments。 And I liked the high…wire aspect of it； too： fall down on the job； fail to carry through； and all at once about a million readers are howling for your blood。 No one knows this any better than me； unless it's my secretary； Juliann Eugley； we get dozens of angry letters each week； demanding the next book in the Dark Tower cycle （patience； followers of Roland； another year or so and your wait will end； I promise）。 One of these contained a Polaroid of a teddy…bear in chains； with a message cut out of newspaper headlines and magazine covers： RELEASE THE NEXT DARK TOWER BOOK AT ONCE OR THE BEAR DIES； it said。 I put it up in my office to remind myself both of my responsibility and of how wonderful it is to have people
