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Easier said than done, but...
...you need to think of this fellowship money as a salary that is to be earned rather than a gift that has been received. If you want to be a writer, then that's your job. Treat it like one. Write every day. Character notes, all the minutiae. If you write a paragraph describing a character's wristwatch (or whatever), you'll probably never use it. But then again, such exercises can lead to creative revelations and pages of brilliance.
Congratulations on the fellowship. Meanwhile, I show up here trying for red stars like a loser.