The work/life balance: We all search for it - a handful of us may have achieved it - but writers who are not wrangling the words full-time have a much tougher time reaching it.

If, like me, you are a writer squeezing your writing into the gaps between activities which pay the mortgage and activities which maintain a normal life, then you will know how tough it can be day-to-day. There are no shortcuts, writing takes time, but the working writer must steal whatever they can amongst all the rest clamouring for their time.

There is some help out there. A writer with published books under her belt and still the need to slot the writing into everyday life is Kelly L. Stone. Her latest book, Time to Write (released this month), focuses on just this problem - how to get that classic novel written without waiting for the Lottery win to enable you to give up work altogether. Stone created the book from over 100 interviews with professional authors across a broad range of genre - it is actual, real-world experience to help you get your book off the ground.

Over at The Urban Muse, Stone answers 5 key questions about the book and about how writers can realise their dreams within their current lives: 5 Q’s with Kelly L. Stone.