I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
Usually, I would mistrust a book if it took that long to write. Usually, if it isn't done in two years, I suspect there's something wrong and throw it away.
Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.
I typically spend a year thinking about a book before I begin writing it.
It generally takes me about nine months from the point the book is conceived to the point my editor sends it off to be typeset.
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head. I usually start writing a new book around January, and it's due October 1.
Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
It depends on the book and what else is going on during my life, but it usually takes me about six months to write and revise the first draft.
Normally, it takes me about three years to write one of the big books. It is usually four years between releases because of the huge amount of travel and PR and just nuisance going on around them. I have a lot of pressure from publishers and agents.
Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper.