Dear Mr Cornwell, Like everybody else that contacts you, I am a huge fan of all of your books and enjoy your writing style. How many hours a day do you write and do you follow a pattern during each book? Not plot – I mean; ‘It’s June, I’ll write 400 pages by November. Shove it in a drawer for a month. Then edit, revise and submit by February – kind of pattern? Do you finish a book with a larger manuscript and then whittle down? Or do you create a stick figure and then add flesh? Thank you for your time and again, for the wonderful people, places and events you plant in our minds. Kindest Regards Alan.