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Laura Shepperd It's fiction. That's all I'm willing to say about it right now.
Laura Shepperd If it is your dream to write, and it's a dream you can't shake, then do it. I've found it to be much more difficult than I imagined, but even more rewarding. To be productive and stay in my flow I require discipline. There is no muse. Sometimes I'm more disciplined than others.
Laura Shepperd It's Not All Rainbows and Ponies is a memoir of my journey to get sober, mostly set in rehab. This life-changing process -- not just in getting sober, but the resulting spiritual transformation I experienced -- demanded to be written!
Laura Shepperd Some of the most prolific and successful writers' solution to writer's block is, "Keep on writing, anyway!" And they shout it like that, with exclamation marks and everything. So I try it, because they know what they're doing. I've also found good old-fashioned labor helps me. It could be cleaning house or painting (trim and baseboards, not canvas - nobody wants that). But whatever the case, it seems shifting my focus to the tangible allows the more creative, intangible thoughts to run around all naked and free and work themselves out. Music helps me a lot too.

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