A few different things. One, I write a lot at work. When I'm stationed by the self-check machines here in the library, or when I'm answering phones, there can be a fair amount of down time. So writing's better than nothing. Two, I treat myself and go out and get a nice coffee about once a week for a longer writing or editing session. That makes it something to look forward to! And I'm almost always working on more than one thing at a time, so if I'm not feeling enthusiastic about one project, I'll just work on the other, and eventually cycle back around.

I mean, I certainly do go days without writing, but it's generally only one or two, and I'm not really paying attention to it. But even if I'm not physically writing, I'm usually thinking about a scene or where I'm headed or this or that. And if I do go awhile without writing (last Christmas season, I don't think I did anything for almost a month), I just let it go. Times in the past when I haven't been writing, if I beat myself up over it, it just makes it worse.