How long does it take you to write a book?

 Actual writing time is usually six to seven months, but time for thought, recovery, research, and revisions has to be factored in, so I usually produce a book about every nine or ten months.  Over the years, my writing speed has been very consistent.  However, since I have two publishers scheduling my books, sometimes two will come out close together, then there will be a long wait until the next one. 

 Where do you get your ideas?

 Ideas are everywhere—in the newspaper or magazines, in other books, on television or in the movies, or sometimes they just appear in the mind.  The hard part is actually turning them from ideas into real books!