“Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.”

“There's no such thing as 'no market'. Some books are just niche orientated that's all.”

“In order to reach our goals we sometimes need a plan B. Other times we go all the way through to plan Z.”

“Writers leave a trail of magic everywhere they go.”

“A writer who can't follow submission guidelines is like a pilot without a plane... ain't gonna get very far!”

“Sometimes the only thing you need to change in order to be successful is your attitude.”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”

“Inspiration comes from your writing. Thoughts meander subliminally through our subconscious, at night when we sleep the brain is working. In the act of writing, phrases come out and you think: wow,...”

“Writing doesnt get any easier with time or talent. If writing is easy for you, youre probably still learning the craft. You havent perfected your style or landed upon your voice. You havent learned...”

“I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.”