Goodreads asked Gillian Chan:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Gillian Chan The longest period I had of writer's block was almost a year. My then two year old son had been very sick and in hospital for a month. I abandoned a book I was writing during that time and couldn't get back into it once he was well again. It bothered me at first, but I decided not to even try to write. That worked for me as I eventually found myself wanting to write. So, when it happens I just do other things that I enjoy, read, go to the cinema, walk etc. Without fail, something will interest me to the extent that I want to write about it.

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