A Goodreads user asked K.P. Merriweather:

What is the difficulty, in Your writing process? Best regards: A. Tomov – junior

K.P. Merriweather Being sober! Sometimes if I'm really blasted, I get an idea, but my hands shake so badly that I can't write/type fast enough. When I'm sober, I'm in my head too much and my crushing depression makes it difficult to write. I take extensive notes and research a lot. (Now with internets, it makes the process easier.) I also get burned out often and have to have several projects running at once (3-5) just to keep from hating the work. I also chain smoke while I write (bad habit, especially being around computers. I burn them out due to that and constantly upgrade yearly because of the accumulated tar) and *have* to have music. If my radio is broken or the internets are shut off again, it'll make writing even one page take days to crank out. (again, due to being in my head too much. music drowns out the crushing self doubt so I can focus on what I love: writing novels!)

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