Looking back, I realize that my only complaint was that it never had enough romance in it. Just keeping up with these questions takes a lot of time, much less all the wonderful stories you thrill us with, time after time. Some one must help you with research, proofing, keeping cross references of your characters, etc. The real secret of writers who actually make a living at their craft is that they don't wait for inspiration to strike. If they did, they'd never get much written.
Writing is hard work and it requires daily discipline as well as creativity.
I start at seven in the morning, take a break for lunch and phone calls, and then work for a couple more hours in the afternoon. At night I go over notes for the next day's writing. I do all of my own research and all of my own writing, of course. But my husband assists me with some of the business aspects of my career and he also serves as my personal engineer and consultant on technical stuff. This site wouldn't exist without her brilliant expertise and creative ideas.