Goodreads asked Lucia DiStefano:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Lucia DiStefano I pet my dog/cats, go for a walk or bike ride (weather permitting), read a poem, and/or play the piano. After that, if I still don't feel like I can make headway into my work-in-progress, I'll grab a notebook (the paper kind) and a fun-colored pen and get out of the house. I'll go to the library or a coffee shop and write anything by hand, doesn't have to relate to my WIP at all (often it's better if it doesn't if I'm really blocked). And then I do something that I dislike (like grocery shopping), telling myself I can't get back to the WIP that day, even if I want to. Usually by the next day, I'll find an inroad back to the WIP.

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