>I'll have to keep that advice in mind when/if I get started.
>My bigger problem, though, isn't so much inspiration as motivation...

This is one I fight with myself. All I can say is that you have to discipline yourself to get into the habit of writing. As I say in my fic writers' guide:

Make it a point to write every day. Set yourself a goal (however small) and make that goal every time. A case in point: science fiction author David Gerrold has, since he started writing professionally in the 1960s, required of himself that he complete one "motivational unit" -- a scene, in other words -- in the morning and one in the afternoon, every day. You needn't be quite so demanding of yourself -- Gerrold was, and is, writing to put food on his table, after all -- but you should be making the same kind of effort.

Yes, it's hard at first. And it can be heartbreaking to sit there for hours and look at a blank sheet of paper or an empty document file, and have nothing happen. (Believe me, I know. Ask me about The Book From Hell some time.) But once writing becomes a habit, it can be an amazing relief to know that you can just sit down and create when you need to. Yes, it is oh-so-good to have the muse inspire you, but sometimes the fickle bitch heads to Patagonia for a month or three; you have to learn to write without her. And once you do, you will never be held hostage by a lack of "inspiration" ever again.

-- Bob
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My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite.