Would You Promise?

Question:

hey phyllis i love your alice books so much that i couldn’t resist reading any other books would you promise finish writing your alice books before you retire? please?

Phyllis replied:

I  promise.  There are three more books to go.  Would it help you to know that the very last book is already written and is in a fireproof box here in my office, waiting to be sent to the publisher when the others are written?   P.S.  I don’t plan to retire.  I will keep writing as long as I can hold a pen.