Okay, I have an amusing story I've been saving for this crowd of writers.
I have a particularly heinous older relative. We say she's got the personality of a freight train: she will ask you a question, interrupt you to answer it herself, and then get mad at you for your stupid foolishness. She has spent a lot of time trying to make me better than I am with stuff I don't want, like expensive perfume and flouncy skirts.
So she came to visit and was informing me I need to do better with my life. I am "funny" so I need to write a book. I ask what she has in mind.
It's easy! she says. All I have to do is 1. take my book to the publisher, and 2. enjoy the money.
I can't stop laughing. Apparently I don't need to write an outline, do any research, or decide whether my book is steampunk high fantasy, historical fiction or a coffee table book called Recycled Home and Garden. There is no need to find an agent, deal with rejection letters or rewriting or editing or proofing. I can just pull a completed project out of a secret drawer and get on with it right away.
So I was delighted to discover how incredibly easy it is to create a book and get published and get a lot of money. Sadly I am too lazy to do this, but hey: one of you guys might have some luck with this method.