It looks like I’m not doing anything

[image error]My family has an uneven track record for giving me space while I’m writing. I get better results when I retreat to my writing grotto in the basement, but sometimes I want to be above ground, enjoying radiation from the sun. Once I’m visible, I’m vulnerable to interruption. Having some kind of writing artifacts in front of me sometimes helps – I can gesture to my notebook or printed pages and say, “I’m working now, can I get back to you?”  It would help if I were more consistent about that, ra...