Note: This post is part of my seven-week series about the mistakes people make when writing a book. To read from the beginning, start here. Allow me to start with a confession: I am an unapologetic pantser. I hear what you're thinking... "What in the world is a 'pantser'??" In the world of fiction, "pantsers" are those authors who write by the seat of their pants. A few famous pantsers include Stephen King, George R. R. Martin, and Margaret Atwood. On the other side of the sp

I am firmly convinced that one of the biggest reasons why so many people want to write a book, but so few follow through, is the time commitment. The idea of writing a book sounds terrific. A lot of people dive in with great intentions--maybe they start with NaNoWriMo or they write furiously on a long weekend or a week of vacation. But as happens so often with good intentions, life interferes, and those initial scribbles and ideas slip to the bottom of the priority list as th