I think of it this way: if you are a person with an idea for a book, or whose work would benefit from you having published one, you make a calculation.

Is the cost of paying someone else to write your book a better or worse use of your resources than expending your energy figuring out how to write it on your own? 

Q: “…But the big hangup that I haven't gotten over or around yet is having to sit in front of a computer to do it.”