Snowballing a story into a series to establish yourself as an author can be a smart strategy. But if you try to snowball a weak story, you’ll have a snowball’s chance in hell of success. - Lisa Poisso

At heart, self-publishing is kind of like a bake sale. The end product does not need to resemble the one that comes from a commercial bakery, but it must taste good. No one wants the lumpy, under-baked oatmeal cookies with spinach and alfalfa flavored chips. - D.C. Williams

One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion. - Tim Ferriss

Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find writing is hard, it’s because writing is hard. - William Zinsser

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. - Henry Van Dyke

No one is born a writer. You must become a writer. In fact, you never cease becoming, because you never stop learning how to write. Even now, I am becoming a writer. And so are you. - Joe Bunting

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book. - Ann Patchett

Books full of inept dialogue tags get published all the time. Of course they do. Not all published writers are good writers. - Dean Koontz

Don’t write what you know. Write what you love. That’s what will keep you writing. - Chris Humphreys

If people don’t notice your cover or don’t connect with it, the author of the book next to yours will be very grateful. - David Leonhardt