Down With The Block

Writer's block is one of those things I don't talk about a lot and there's a reason for it. I very rarely - if at all - find myself with writer's block.

Now there have been times I've had writer's exhaustion. Those are the days where I really just don't want to write because I'm physically or mentally exhausted. Or I've gone and burnt myself out. Periods like this rarely last long for me. One to two weeks is the average.

I've been writing professionally since 1996. I learned quickly that profes...