Goodreads asked Ivy Grimes:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ivy Grimes I dreamed that everyone I knew was hiding something, a shoebox where they kept a tiny pet alligator. I watched my neighbor from the next apartment building offer a tiny wriggling turtle to his tiny alligator as a snack, and I felt sick. But before the turtle could be eaten, the man dropped the shoebox, and both creatures scuttled off. I kept pointing at the alligator. "This isn't safe!" I said. The neighbor insisted the pet was safe. Throughout the dream, I saw many little alligators running about the house like simple lizards. I explained to anyone who would listen that one day the pets would grow up to be big. We'll really be in trouble then.

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