Hello Bernard and thanks for allowing me to contact you. I am a great fan and I just wanted to ask you a few questions, hopefully they don’t sound bad or personal. I was just wondering how long on average it takes you to think of a plot, stick with the plot, make all the characters up and then write the story. Is writing for you like an 8 hour day? do you have breaks while you write and how much research do you do before you feel confident enough that you won’t make historical inaccuracy (which is a worry for me in case I slip up on something important) sorry for all the non stop questions I was just curious how you do it. For me, thinking of a plot is a very hard and worrying motion, trying to find the best plot in my head is time consuming and usually I change it. Writing the actual story for me is hard work to, but then again I suppose writing isn’t supposed to be easy. Thank you for the lovely reads, looks like I’m off to do some more medieval clothes material research for my story…..have always wanted to do historical fiction like you. your writing style is so enjoyable to read. Have fun and happy writing!

Andrew Orrow