“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” —JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit Honestly? I’m not even writing about dragons today; I just really like that quote. There are, however, calculations to be made, if you are to write that book that has been on your mind for so long. But book-writing is a creative endeavor, right? The words simply well out of your fingers and flood across the page, while a celestial glow envelops your desk and the an