Stumped....

Didn't read that story but have a great cure for writers block. Just take things from your life and think of a way to convert the essence of what you saw into your story. It doesn't always have to be literal but it's enough to jumpstart the imagination. For instance one time I was watching a TV commercial and it was simply the person's expression that looked interesting. I imagined she was in a strange place looking for something that was hidden but all around here. Then this little tidbit can be easily adapted to a character in a story. Just random stuff like that. Also a really good inspiration is looking at interesting places and imagining what would happen there.

also
Get some weed down your lungs, and u wont have any problems with writers block cept the next morning you will be dumber then the night before

I read stuff between bouts of writing.
If the book's good - maybe it inspires me
If it's bad - I get bored and want to go back to my writing
Works every time


good luck with it