I’d like to begin by saying that I’m quite the fan, and also found the piece you wrote here about becoming a writer very helpful and interesting. I’ve just finished a degree (in Psychology) and have bugger all idea what to do for a living. As a child and adolescent I loved writing, and lately wrote about a hundred pages of a story during university holidays, which I really enjoyed doing. If I decide to try and make a go of being a writer, do you think it would be best for me to try and get an agent as soon as possible, or wait until I’ve finished the story (meant to be the first part in a trilogy, around 300 pages in total)? I know another author who suggested I finish it first as she had difficulty meeting the deadline, but I have plenty of free time, so I’m not sure that’d be a problem. Thank you for reading this, and also for writing your various books, especially the Warlord Chronicles. Richard Kilner