Goodreads asked Paulette Miller:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Paulette Miller If I get stuck on a particular spot in a story, I take a break and go outside. I get out my gardening tools and plop myself in the middle of my garden. There's something oddly satisfying about yanking weeds out of the dirt.

After I've calmed down, I go back in, sit with my iPad, and work on a different part of the story. No one says that you have to write in sequence so I work on the part that calls to me the most or matches my mood. One minute I could be writing a steamy love scene, the next jumping back to a ferocious battle, or maybe skipping ahead to a tear-filled ending.

I typically have 5-8 stories going at the same time so that I have plenty of stories to be able to find something that tickles my writing fancy. I also have large gardens with plenty of weeds to yank when I get frustrated.

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