Hi, again, Mr. Cornwell. You have been a huge inspiration to me as a fledgling writer…though my first novel was far afield from historical fiction. I have delved into it, as it is by far my favorite reading material. (Perhaps above historical non-fiction because I can easily lose interest when the author(s) fail to add any life into characters) Anyway, I mistakenly felt I could (not without some effort, I knew) place myself well-enough into history to write good historical fiction&I feel you must LIVE in that world with every word. Every word and description must carry the truths of those times, and rarely, if ever, our own. I have read and studied so very much about the era I wish to write, and own a great pile of literature of the period. (I can spout information about everything from facial hair to foundation garments for example) Yet I am missing something&and I wont deny it may very well be a personal flaw I cannot overcome&but it is that I cannot seem to STAY within that historical period while writing. I so very often catch myself returning to today in character speech, description, and even the most obvious things such as materials. I find myself losing the story and the enjoyment of my chosen task for the technical&the need to research in the middle of a sentence, for example. Forgive my lengthy paragraph to get to my questions: Do you manage to stay in the world of Uhtred, Arthur, Sharpe&as you so expertly tell us the story? If so, how do you live in that period as you write? Do you stop in the middle of a characters conversation in order to research something that you feel you do not know how to correctly address in the period&or do you save such things for your re-write, etc? Now that I have made my own attempt into historical fiction, I must tell you that my appreciation for your talent has grown immensely&and my opinion was already at a very high mark! Always a fan of your work, Shawson M Hebert