Goodreads asked Timothy Roderick:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Timothy Roderick Writer's block. I do have bouts where my ideas go haywire. I am a big follower of astrology and I find that during the Mercury Retrograde (don't laugh, I was following this stuff in the 80s), I can't get any clear writing done. So I do a lot of meditation and re-writes. Other than that, I have never really had a creativity block (as of yet...). I try my best to do as many things as possible to keep my creativity flowing. I write daily. I watch movies and listen to music that moves me. I think a writer's block comes when we lose our nerve as writers. In my case, I can't lose my nerve. I have too much to say. And if you write books about witchcraft or dark fiction, as Stephen King says, you need to give up any illusions of participating in "polite society." It is when I think I somehow need to fit in with the crowd that I can sense my creativity shrinking away.

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