Goodreads asked Pamela Kay Hawkins:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Pamela Kay Hawkins I'm going to pass on some wisdom from two favorite authors and friends of mine from when I started. Jean Hager, author of the Molly Bearpaw mysteries, told a group of us aspiring writers, that talent was important but not the crucial ingredient in being a good writer; learning the craft of writing was. I'd never thought of writing as a craft that could be learned before; it opened the door to Jack Bickham's (The Apple Dumpling Gang) novel class for me, and Jack told me to set a specific time each day to write and do it. I did. Amazing how much you can write, if you think of it as a business appointment that you must attend.

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