Goodreads asked Jeff Vande Zande:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jeff Vande Zande I welcome it as a reprieve. I get back to living. I do other things. I don't worry so much about it. Don't define yourself as a "writer"... define yourself as a human. Writers need to be people first. If you're always writing and talking about writing and worrying about writing, you won't live. Writers should be steeped in life. Writing blocks give you the chance to do that. I've been in a two-year writing block, more or less. Doesn't bother me.

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