Hello sir,

Thank you for many hours of entertainment; you are a true master. I’ve read your work (some books twice or more) and have enjoyed them all.

I am an aspiring writer (’bout 3/4 though my first attempt at a book) and was wondering if you could give advice to a noob; how willing are you to tinker with historic dates to improve a story’s pace? For example, a story opens on a known, historic event (event A), but then the next major historic event (B) in the story happens five or so years later. Would you fudge the dates a bit and push event A and B closer together (for improved flow), or write event A, say something like “Character hung out for four years and did some things,” then move on the event B in its proper year?

Just curious what the master would do.

Thanks and regards,

Danny.