About 20 years ago I met Lawrence Block when he toured the
country giving seminars on writing. He is much changed, but
then who isn't after all these years. He seemed considerably
more formidable then but the circumstances were very
different as he was selling his expertise at a good rate.
Primary benefit of the seminar was pinpointing demons that
hold one back.
After the close of the seminar (a couple of days) he
and many of us went to a book store where a group of writers
gave an informal talk and answered questions from the
audience. One of the questions was about "writer's block,"
and he insisted that he had never encountered the problem.
Last night he confessed that he had a down period when he
could not write, and joked that he considered a life of crime
since he had no experience at any job other than writing. He
came out of the slump with the first Burglar book. I find it
odd that he can talk about the bad period now but would not
then, although it must have been a number of years before the
seminar series.
Victoria
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