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John Urbancik
I ignore it.
Writer's block is one of those things that tends to be most noticeable when you notice it. If you ignore it, or deny it, you can push on -- usually.
Sometimes, however, you've got to go outside, get the blood moving, watch a movie, have some chocolate, or read something entirely different. Or just take a shower. All sorts of mind-nuggets get loosened in the shower, and after it's over you smell better.
Writer's block is one of those things that tends to be most noticeable when you notice it. If you ignore it, or deny it, you can push on -- usually.
Sometimes, however, you've got to go outside, get the blood moving, watch a movie, have some chocolate, or read something entirely different. Or just take a shower. All sorts of mind-nuggets get loosened in the shower, and after it's over you smell better.
John Urbancik
My fifth novel, STALE REALITY, just came out, and in about 6 months my sixth novel, THE CORPSE AND THE GIRL FROM MIAMI is due. After that, the re-publication of DARKWALKER and the debut of DARKWALKER 2: INFERNO.
All those books are written already. Right now, I'm writing a contemporary fantasy set in a city in the desert.
And I expect to release InkStains Series 2 in 2017 (while simultaneously writing InkStains Series 3).
All those books are written already. Right now, I'm writing a contemporary fantasy set in a city in the desert.
And I expect to release InkStains Series 2 in 2017 (while simultaneously writing InkStains Series 3).
John Urbancik
A better question would be how can I control the constant bombardment of inspiration? A phrase someone says, a word in a book, a piece of art, the fluttering of a butterfly, the tattoo on the shoulder of a server at a restaurant ... anything and everything can offer inspiration. The real trick is to separate the useful inspirations from the bad, and intermingling them in inspiring ways.
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