"The only way to become a writer is to write. Don't talk about it; glue your behind to the chair and write, at least four pages every day, even if you end up throwing them out. If you can't make the time, you aren't a writer. You have to motivate yourself; no one else can do that for you. If you can't do that, you are never going to be a writer. Write until you've finished a book, then send it out and write another one. And keep doing it until someone buys one. It's just that simple."
- Mercedes Lackey
Author of the Heralds of Valdemar books (plus many terrific others)
The Valdemar Companion: An Interview with Mercedes Lackey (p. 70)
*Bonus* On solving previously unforseen challenges: "Problems generally create books as long as you set your mind to asking questions instead of seeing blockages in the road." (p. 80)
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