Here's another case of a writer who approaches the craft as a business.  A USA Today interview with Jodi Picoult, who is promoting her 16th novel, Handle with Care, notes how she spends months researching each book.  Reporter Deirdre Donahue writes "Every inch an ultra-organized, list-making go-getter, Picoult turns upside down the stereotype of a creative soul awaiting her muse."  Which reminds me of the Cult of Done Manifesto which I saw yesterday.  The Manifesto lists 13 steps which translate to "just do it."  My favorites:  "Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it." and "Done is the engine of more."  This may not apply to every industry (and we'll never get past our Type A tendencies!) but I've always found that starting, no matter how imperfectly, is the route to finishing.