It's not that I can't write a story set anywhere other than Hawaii. I'm sure I can. It's just that this particular one failed. I may pull it out again in the future and try again. But maybe not, too.
Resurrection is a hard thing to do.
Butt in chair. Find the heartbeat. Fall in love with your characters, even the heavies. Sounds dumb, I know, but this is precisely what a writer needs most. Magic is found in the writing itself.