Hi Mr. Cornwell, When you first wrote your Sharpe series, did you approach your publisher with one finished book and plans for others? Or did you have several done already? The reason I ask is I have finished the first book in what I plan to be a series on the Napoleonic wars from the French perspective (we write what we want to read, as you always say). I have a general outline for the other books and have started book 2 but was wondering if it’s better to have several of a series done? Would it be hard to sell the idea of a series with just one book done and never having published one before? You’re right, one page a day and you have a book in a year, and that’s about how long it took, just over a year. Thanks for your writing advice on your site and for this forum where you interact with your readers. Such accessibility is admirable. Art