Goodreads asked Mike Vago:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Mike Vago If you have an idea, don't wait for ideal conditions to start writing it. Write it on scraps of paper, on your phone, anywhere. Just get your ideas down as fast as you can; you can organize and polish them later. The two books I've put out, and the one I have on the way, all started out with a scrap of cardstock, folded up to approximate the format of the book. Most of the articles I've pitched to The A.V. Club started as one-line emails I sent to myself from my phone, so I wouldn't forget to flesh them out later. Once you have an idea down, you can refine it and expand on it and turn it into something great. But don't be afraid of starting out with a mess and then cleaning it up.

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