Goodreads asked Jason M. Hough:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Jason M. Hough Write. It's really as simple and as incredibly difficult as that. But it's the truth. All the fancy software, all the brilliant how-to books, all the bits of writing advice like this... none of that will matter if you don't put in the work. So find a way to do it. Make the time.

Less crucial, but still potential useful:

Remember "there are no rules, only tools." Whenever someone tells you you can't do X, or that you must do Y, you *should* listen. You should even heed their proclamation. But you should also remember that every writing "rule" like that gets broken, constantly, by great writers. So heed such "rules" until you feel comfortable breaking them, and make sure you understand why you're doing it. Treat these things as tools. Some tools will be useful to you, some won't, and some you'll only need to deploy when things aren't working. It goes back to the top of this answer - "Write." You have to write in order to figure out what tools will help you.

One last tip: Listen to audio books. Good ones, especially. I think you'll find you become a better writer as a result.

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