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  1. One Hit Wonders: The Curse of Literary Success

    Thu, 12 Apr 2012

    White Teeth," she went on to write two more successful books. But Smith has openly addressed her trouble with writer ' s block , which she attributes to her fear of failure. In her collection of essays, "Changing My Mind," Smith wrote

  2. Opinion: The 50 Best Albums Of 2011

    Thu, 5 Jan 2012

    PETER BJORN & JOHN - "GIMME SOME" - Back in 2007, these Swedish tunesmiths topped this list with their album, " Writer ' s Block ." Amazingly, "Gimme Some" is every bit as good as that record. Switching up their sound, the band members turn

  3. PM Note: Final Days of Tight GOP Race

    Tue, 27 Dec 2011

    And then, OOPS : in Clarinda, Iowa he was introduced to a crowd as the Governor of California. Make that Texas. WRITER ' S BLOCK : And while the Republicans continue to battle it out, is the Obama campaign ready to leap out of the gate with a

  4. The Year In Review: The Top 50 Best Albums of 2010

    Mon, 3 Jan 2011

    music can be difficult. It’s part atmospheric, light-shoegaze, part dance. Like Peter Bjorn & John’s “ Writers Block ,” in 2007, this record uses deceptively simple backdrops to create songs that ultimately stick in your head

  5. 100 Years of Finding Just the Right Words

    Wed, 10 Feb 2010

    Happening in Your Head' We asked Manning if she ever gets writer ' s block . "Oh, absolutely," Manning said. "I mean, every day I think I have writer ' s block . You sit there with the blank pad of paper or the

  6. New Sting Album Revisits Winters Past

    Thu, 10 Dec 2009

    And now Sting is turning the tables, conducting a musical search for the place he left behind. "I always get writer ' s block ," said Sting. "You know, there's always anxiety. You write a song, you say, 'Well, that's good,' now

News

  1. 'Jerking Some Chains' -- Who Really Wrote Obama's Memoir?

    Thu, 8 Oct 2009

    says Cahsill, “has blown a huge hole in the Obama genius myth.” According to Andersen, Obama suffered from writers block and risked the considerable advance from his publisher, half of which Andersen says he had already spent. Michele, says

  2. Will Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' Surpass 'The Da Vinci Code?'

    Mon, 14 Sep 2009

    you know, I can set a scene here." Brown said he does his best work at 4 a.m. and if he's suffering from writer ' s block , will put on gravity boots like Richard Gere wore in the movie "Gigilo" and hang upside down. "The boots are

  3. Long Winters' Frontman Takes His Writer's Block Public

    Sun, 19 Jul 2009

    all been recorded, but singer/songwriter John Roderick can't seem to write the words. He's dealing with his writer ' s block in a very public (and very modern) fashion: documenting it on Youtube. In a series of videos called 13SongsWithJohn

  4. Review: Peter Bjorn And John’s “Living Thing”

    Tue, 14 Apr 2009

    declared that PB&J’s album “ Writers Block ” was the best album of the year. In The guitar walls that fueled “ Writers Block ” standouts like “Up Against different than anything on “ Writers Block .” That album was built on

  5. 'Horizon' Evolves With U2's Audacity, Creativity, Innovation

    Fri, 27 Feb 2009

    drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton. Horizon's lengthy gestation wasn't the result of setbacks or writer ' s block , but rather a geyser of impulses and detours. "We would have loved to finish the album last summer, but the songs

  6. Duchovny: Sex Addict Onscreen and Off

    Mon, 23 Feb 2009

    Globe for best comic actor for his lead role as Hank Moody, an oversexed single dad and novelist struggling with writer ' s block , on "Californication." The show's Web site describes Moody as a man who "enjoys life and owns all his various

  7. A 'Watershed' Breaks K.D. Lang's Writer's Block

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    ticking and dollars were flying out the window." The album is a real feat for Lang, who has said she struggled with writer ' s block after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. She blamed her musical delay, in part, on the incident. After such a drastic

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Videos

  1. Nightline 06/06: 'Man of Steel' Cast Talk Taking on Superman

    Fri, 7 Jun 2013

    be much for surrender resistant. Amy Adams plays Lois Lane as a hard charging journalists. Well and I can't get writer ' s block I'm not wearing a flak jacket. Drawn to the soon to be blessed by his strength and more by his vulnerability

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    Lane as a hard charging journalists. Well -- and I can't get writer's block I'm not wearing a flak jacket. Drawn to the soon to be -- blessed by his strength and more by his vulnerability.
  2. 'Man of Steel' Cast Talk Taking on Superman

    Fri, 7 Jun 2013

    be much for surrender fire resistant. Amy Adams plays Lois Lane as a hard charging journalists. Well Bob that get writer ' s block I'm not wearing a black Jack and. Drawn to the soon to be blessed by his strength and more by his vulnerability

    Writer's Block found at 5:28

    Lois Lane as a hard charging journalists. Well Bob -- that get writer's block I'm not wearing a black Jack and. Drawn to the soon to be -- blessed by his strength and more by his
  3. Giving Bank Robbers Creative Names

    Sat, 27 Oct 2012

    one presuming that was the name hated it goes those horrible saw his kindness pointed. I also this back bandit who didn't like his name needed to get shockingly offended a of the that guy doesn't get writer ' s block a to benefit the.

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    shockingly offended -- a -- of the -- that guy doesn't get writer's block a -- to benefit the.
  4. 'GAA' Toe-to-Toe: Men Ditching Monogamy?

    Tue, 10 Jul 2012

    it's a really great thing. It augments your life in ways you never thought you could. When I would go through writer ' s block and all of them were waiting on me, I would think, wow. I have a woman I dig. And she's smart. She's funny

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    in ways you never thought you could. When I would go through writer's block and all of them were waiting on me, I would think, wow. I have a woman I dig. And she's smart. She's
  5. Luanne Rice Drops By 'GMA'

    Sun, 10 Jun 2012

    pleasure to meet you thanks for coming we really appreciate it thank you so best of luck with his new book thank thirty writer ' s block head out. We appreciate having you thank you so much.

    Writer's Block found at 1:43

    -- best of luck with his new book thank -- -- thirty writer's block -- -- head out. We appreciate having you thank you so much.
  6. Michael Showalter is 'Mr. Funny Pants'

    Tue, 22 Mar 2011

    trying to in a book in earnest. And started I had writer ' s block I started to write about the fact that I had writer ' s block and somehow I wrote a book. It happened with the caption

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    trying to -- in a book in earnest. And started I had writer's block -- I started to write about the fact that I had writer's block and somehow I wrote a book. It happened with the caption. Yes exactly it's a book a book about writing a book
  7. On The Town: Sting

    Sat, 12 Dec 2009

    was boy who'd become you've here A biography of life. In the music. It hasn't always come easy always got writer ' s block those as it was an anxiety right assumes no that's good no witness an excellent for this time it came from home

    Writer's Block found at 5:01

    -- life. In the music. It hasn't always come easy always got writer's block those as it was an anxiety right assumes no that's good -- no witness an excellent -- for this time it came
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