Bree Aguiar asked Rick Riordan:

What's your advice for any aspiring authors who have other responsibilities, from full time jobs to children or even homework and studying for younger writers? I have been trying to write consistently, but it feels like it can be hard after a full day when all I want do is relax. Does this ever happen to you, and how do you stay consistent?

Rick Riordan You are describing the struggle of every writer I know, myself included. I don't really have anything like 'consistency.' I just keep plugging away as best I can when I can, and somehow that has worked for me. I'm afraid I don't have any special short cuts or tricks to share. I started writing when I was a full-time classroom teacher with two small kids at home. I was WAY too busy to write, and much too tired and distracted, but I just somehow did it anyway. I usually tell people that if you wait until you're 'less busy' to write, you will never write, because you will never feel 'less busy.' One thing that helped me was getting up very early each morning to write, because that was the only quiet time I had. If I waited until after a full day, as you said, my brain was mush.

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