Someone has been in touch to confirm that discipline is the number one requirement!! OK. Good. I will be starting the book as soon as I find my notes, compiled in UAE.

One key thing, I believe, is discipline. I will not be writing all day but I intend to work on the first book every day. I am hoping to get into a routine. Writing from 1000 ‘til 1230, then research and notes in the afternoons. I don’t know if that’s what writers do? It is

How to actually write a book? I have no experience. The first thing I am doing is setting up my desk. I will be using Microsoft Word. I have a large desk to allow research books and a notebook to jot down ideas for the plot as I go. I also have a comfortable chair!

I have had the idea for the first and second books for about two years, and a lot of notes on top of that from before. It’s just a case of getting them down on paper! Let’s see how I get on with that.