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"  Lauren Oliver, who wrote the addictive-as-crack Delirium novels, has a new, bursting-with-intense-teen-romance novel out, Panic, about desperate kids competing for coveted prize, living not in an alternative future dystopia, but in a small town in upstate New York. Oliver herself lives in New York City and is a 31 year old badass who has written 7 novels and already had four New York Times bestsellers. Hello, impressive. She shares some secrets behind all that mad productivity. (Hey, put her tips to good work and enter the Cosmo Fiction contest, here.) 1. Make it part of your routine. When I started writing, I had to force myself to do it everyday. Now, it&amp;#039;s a habit like brushing my teeth. Can you imagine how gross you would feel if you didn&amp;#039;t brush your teeth for a whole day? That&amp;#039;s how I feel now when I don&amp;#039;t write. 2. Figure out what works for you and your life and stick to it. I kind of write all over the place, since I&amp;#039;m often traveling or bouncing around between commitments and meetings. The funniest place I do writing is on my phone. I&amp;#039;ve stayed loyal to BlackBerry for years because of the keyboards \u2014 I can type as quickly on a BlackBerry as I can on a computer. I wrote most of my first novel, Before I Fall on my BlackBerry. I think they should give me a sponsorship, seriously. 3. Fuel up. I drink a lot of coffee while I&amp;#039;m writing. I don&amp;#039;t eat because I get crumbs all over. 4. Know your genre. I&amp;#039;ve written fantasy novels (Delirium) and ones set in the real world. They&amp;#039;re challenging in different ways. Paradoxically, when writing fantasy, the challenge is to make it feel real and relatable. When writing grounded fiction, the challenge is to make it feel escapist and exciting. 5. Stop fantasizing and write! I never cast the book in my head or do anything like that when I&amp;#039;m writing. I&amp;#039;m really superstitious, so I try not to think too far ahead! Photo credit: Anthony Pidgeon/Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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