Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days.
J. K. RowlingIt sort of floated toward me,โ said Ron, illustrating the movement with his free index finger, โright to my chest, and then โ it just went straight through. It was here,โ he touched a point close to his heart, โI could feel it, it was hot. And once it was inside me I knew what I was supposed to do, I knew it would take me where I needed to go. So I Disapparated and came out on the side of a hill. There was snow everywhere. . . .
J. K. Rowling