Goodreads asked Laurie Marr Wasmund:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Laurie Marr Wasmund Once, after I complained to a very wise friend that I was getting nowhere, he told me, "Write another half-million words and see where it takes you." At the time, I think I probably wanted to kill him, but he was right. Most professional authors use the "butt in the chair" technique. Set a schedule and stick to it. Mine is to work from 9 a.m. to noon, then to take a couple of hours to eat and talk to the dog and relax. I pick up again around 2 and work until 4, when my husband comes home from work.

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