"Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you want it as a job, treat it like a job, and just as you don't go to work only when you feel like it, you have to condition yourself to sit and write even when the ideas don't flow."

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Source: Leading a Double Life Turned This Woman Into a Best-Selling Author. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy with David Barr Kirtley, www.wired.com. September 13, 2014.

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Kim Harrison is a bestselling author known for her urban fantasy series, The Hollows, which intricately weaves themes of magic and identity.

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