1. Try to write every day, or as often as you can.
2. Finish something, even if it hurts.
3. Write even when you’re not ‘feeling it’ because you can’t depend on a muse.
4. Read a lot in a lot of genres, because it can help to inform your own voice.
5. Be professional in all your dealings with other authors, editors, agents, and readers, especially online. It matters.
The Lost Garden by Katharine Swartz is published by Lion Fiction and is out now.