I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book.

Be fearless. Write what you want. Write how you want. Create art.

I’m fond of joking that when I get stuck in writing, I’ll kill a character or blow something up (in the novel…usually).

Sometimes writing is hard. You know what’s not hard? Watching Netflix. That’s easy.