Blocked again

I've got writer's block, and even burning orange candles to Mercury and burning benzoin incense aren't doing it. My vampire character isn't talking to me, telling me what I should write. I'd write the end of the story but then I'll be tempted to curtail the rest of the story and rush towards a conclusion, and that isn't what I want to do at all. I want to develop the story, build suspense, and have it be a true modern gothic novel. I suppose at some point I'll be going back to the textbooks, doing exercises in my book on description and setting that I started reading while in Idaho. Every story is a learning curve for me. I learn with every story I write. I also learn during revision. I may even go back to the literature, and read about vampires. Time to return to basics.