Goodreads asked Ali Carter:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ali Carter I'm probably not a good choice to answer this as I 'blocked' for 10 years on 'Blood List' which is why it didn't get finished till the summer of 2018. It depends really if it's factual information or inspiration that's required. It was a friend who persuaded me to dig my MS back out of my laptop and just do what ever was needed to resolve that major obstacle preventing me from writing the rest of the book. It took three weeks of researching to get information for a particular topic in a paragraph right. I had no experience of it and the best information had been added on line in the intervening years. These days if it's inspiration I need I just leave it for a while, do something else and the ideas usually come. (Often at midnight or later when it's quiet and my favourite time to write.) If it's factual info I need I don't give up so easily!!

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