Managing your writing time

One of the things people ask me quite often is about time – how there’s time to write, especially when you have a full time job/several other jobs/children or a family to look after. I don’t have kids so I can’t currently comment on that, but I will say that I have the utmost respect for parents who write. Several of my writer friends are parents and I think they’re absolutely amazing.

A lot of authors do still hold down full-time jobs, and many have other commitments too. Having worked with...