Being interrupted

One of the great skills I learnt when I worked for thelocal City Council – a fairly minor cog in a large organisation – was that itwas possible to be interrupted fairly regularly and still get my brain straightback onto the job I’d been doing. 

Interruptions of all kinds get in the way of writing. Andour concern is that we’ll lose that impetus and that thought we were in themiddle of. But the brain copes. 

I’m sure all would-be, fledgling, and perseveringwriters have all read stuff about...