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Goodreads asked Lynne Olson:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Lynne Olson I've only had real writer's block once. It happened when, after a year of research on a book, I tried to start writing and, for the life of me, couldn't get past the first few paragraphs. I figured out that I really disliked all the book's main characters -- the first time that's ever happened to me. I dealt with it by paying back the first part of the advance I had received from the publisher and found a new publisher for a book that turned out to be CITIZENS OF LONDON. I had no writer's block on that one at all.

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