My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.
Mary GardenReading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema.
Mary GardenA wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity.
Mary GardenIn the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in my tracks. Or if I did find my way to put a pen to paper or finger on a keyboard I'd give up after a few minutes. I'd find other things to do: Anything but writing.
Mary Garden