Harlan Coben believes that if you are a writer, you will find the time; and that if you can't find the time, then writing isn't a priority, and you are not a writer.

For him, writing is a normal job — a job like any other.

He has compared it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn't wake up and say that he can't work with pipes today.

If, like most writers these days, you're holding down a job to pay the bills, it's not easy to find the time to write.

But it's not impossible.

It requires determination and single-mindedness.

Remember that most best-selling authors began writing when they were doing other things to earn a living.

And today, even writers who are fairly well-known often have to do other work to supplement their writing income.

As Harlan Coben has suggested it's a question of priorities.

To make writing a priority, you'll have to sacrifice some of your day-to-day activities and some things you really enjoy.