One of the hardest things for me, as a writer, is staying motivated. I tend to get so caught up in all of the administration and business side of things that I lose focus on what I’m actually supposed to be doing: writing. It’s hard to stay focused when there are so many other things that need to be done — everything from emailing editors and sending off queries to managing everything that’s going on in my personal life.

So what I think I have to do is schedule in a specific time that I can write uninterrupted, just as I would schedule anything else. Time for me to just be creative and not have to think about anything else. Even if it’s just for an hour or two each day. We’ll see how that goes.