Writing is a full-time job, even if you only spend an hour or two a day writing. And if you already work a full-time job and write on the side, you probably don’t get much sleep. Don’t worry, lack of sleep is normal for writers—the voices in our heads must come out!

“I work eight hours a day, but I’m not writing all that time. I’m thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.” —Barbara Taylor Bradford