Want to know the secret formula to writing a book? It's pretty simple, really, and hopefully Nike won't be all up in my business for using these 3 words in a row...  Just do it. Sit down and write the dang story, then cut the umbilical cord and send your baby out into the world.

It's not about perfection. Are babies perfect when they first come out? The mother always thinks so but seriously? With all that cottage cheesey stuff in the cracks and a red, squished up face?

The thing is, you'll never write the perfect book because--newsflash--you're not perfect. All you can do is use the tools in your writerly toolbox to craft the best piece of writing that you know how to pen.

If perfection is your goal, you'll never finish a manuscript, so wad up all your perfectionistic ideals and lob them into the garbage can.

Then get writing.