A guide to getting (and staying) unblocked

"Eliza Foss performs this powerful audiobook in a mature-sounding voice she modulates with skill." —Kirkus Reviews on The Listening Path (Earphones Award winner)

Every artist—or aspiring creator—knows the sting of being stuck. Blasting Through Blocks is a “good news” book: yes, you will find yourself in its pages. You’ll recognize the resistance, the internal critic, the fear of failure, the perfectionism, the inertia. But the promise here is simple: you can always unblock. You don’t need grand methods or deep dives into theory—just the willingness to work with small, powerful tools.

Across 52 essays, you’ll encounter one creative block and one practical practice each week. Some tools will feel familiar—rooted in The Artist’s Way heritage—but many will surprise you with their straightforwardness, their clarity, their freshness. Over time, these practices build into a living, flexible toolkit you can revisit whenever you feel stuck again.

This is a book for personal pilgrimage and communal practice alike. Use it as a companion through a year of your creative life. Bring it to your writing group or your classroom. Gift it to any artist in your life. As these pages light up one shadow at a time, you’ll begin to see the spiritual and psychological pathways through your creative difficulties—and rediscover why your work matters.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press Essentials