Goodreads asked Christa Miller:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Christa Miller I have a very all-or-nothing personality, so if I'm not writing, I'm *really* not writing -- my last hiatus was 7 years! I didn't think I had anything left to say in fiction, but during that time I experienced so much that gave me a rich reserve of places and emotions and people to draw from. Now I make a point of writing every day, but if I'm stuck I find it helps to do what I did for 7 years before picking my writing back up again -- do (or even just read) something new, live in those moments, without even trying to solve the writing problem. I've found that the solution works itself out once my brain has a chance to look at life in a new light.

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