Goodreads asked Rory Marron:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rory Marron Iyengar yoga and tai-chi, and writing! Writing (sitting hunched at a keyboard) is bad for your posture and being sedentary is bad for your health in general. If you are tired mentally but not physically you sleep poorly, your ability to concentrate suffers and so does your writing. Writing is very tiring mentally. You are controlling the lives of all your characters or wrestling with plots or, as I do, planning and carrying out a research strategy (that can take over year per book). It takes some doing keeping it all on track, so your health and energy levels are important. Avoid alcohol. There are no worthwhile plots found at the bottom of a glass.

The best way to avoid blocks is to have an idea what you want to write in the next session. Finish a session by noting down keywords or phrases for the start of the next, then stop for the day. When you go back, these notes serve as a reminder and get the thought process back up to speed quickly.

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