* How can an assistant make you a more productive writer?

* What do you need help with?

* How much can you budget for an assistant?

* How much can you budget monthly-wise?

* What are all the tasks you would want them to manage?

* Do you want someone on hand or would you prefer someone virtual?

Projects you can hand off to someone:

* Research (there are assistants that solely do research for certain genres.)

* Blog tours

* Keeping your calendar and appointments

* Your website content

* Writing your newsletters

* Social networking maintenance

* Depending on their strong suits, they could help with promotion * Database Maintenance

*Writing your newsletters