Terry Pratchett's Right Up My Alley ...

I Did Not Know At First That It Would Be A Series; I Discovered After The First Novel That I Had More To Say About It, So I Did Another. And Another, And Then The Readers Demanded Yet More.

Keep Writing, Because Not Only Does Practice Improve Skill, It Gives You More Chances To Score On The Market. I Did That For Eight Years Before Making My First Sale.

Have A Working Spouse, Because You Won't Earn A Living From Writing - Not At First, If Ever. My Wife Worked For Years To Support Us.

I Wish My Readers Took Less Of My Time - About A Third Of My Working Time Goes To Them - But I Love And Need Them All.

All Things Make Sense; You Just Have To Fathom How They Make Sense.