Before heading off to work this morning I finished off MAD, Cracked and Silly Bonds, the last section to be written for JAMES BOND: A History of the Illustrated 007.

So the first "Rough Draft" of the book is now complete and came in at 69,898 words – not too far off my initial "gut feel" estimate to the publisher of 70,000.

This evening I’m taking some time off to hit the gym, and take my ever patient, and supportive, wife out to dinner.

Tomorrow I start the real work of starting at Page One and working my way through revising and rewriting as I go. The aim is to spend the next two weeks revising and have it ready by May 31st for editorial review.