When writing becomes inevitable :)

[Nik]

There is a great deal of people who accomplished writing a book(s) with a various degree of success. No secret that many, maybe every second person, has an idea or two that s/he thinks would make a good book.
When forced to halt many other regular activities, implementing a creative idea is one of the things left open. Do you expect a dramatic increase in literary produce whilst and after the quarantine? Have you extended your writing time meanwhile?

[Philip]

Wish I had - too much Goodreads posting and I am still working albeit from home. At the moment lots of business and risk calls to keep public services running despite staff shortages starting to impact because they are all self-isolating when they get a cough.

Hoping to get some writing done - if the mood takes

[G.R.]

Just starting my first full day of telework but already I am finding that the change in routine is more distracting than productive. Not just that there are more distractions at home, which there are, but there also seems to be a flurry in work-related e-mails as people try to justify that they are getting work done at home. Maybe in the long term things will settle down, I'll become more efficient, and it will result in getting more writing done. Either that, or I'll get lazier and all I will accomplish is getting more TV binge-watching done. ;)

[Nik]

G.R. wrote: "Either that, or I'll get lazier and all I will accomplish is getting more TV binge-watching done. ;)..."

Hope you'll stay industrious, albeit confined :)

[Graeme]

Hi, G.R, are you saving time on commuting?

I've been working from home a while now, and save 2 hours per day by not commuting.

If I get quarantined - I can still work, so no extra time for writing.

[G.R.]

Sorry. I lost my secure connection for awhile there. Another hazard of telecommuting. But I did save over an hour by not having to drive to the office. In the end, at least on day one, it seems to be a wash.

[G.R.]

So one week in now. The flurry of e-mails has lessened but this is hard to know if it is because people are doing their work, NOT doing their work, or getting frustrated with the VPN dropping their connection intermittently. I am getting some things done but other things are harder to complete. The dogs keep following me around. My wife likes having me around more but when I have a conference call I have to completely isolate myself into one room. The dogs hate that.

[Graeme]

I'm directly involved in the team virtualization our work environments, which we have been doing for years. So as whole, the corp I work for has adapted well to working from home and has plenty of VPN capacity to meet the needs. I wouldn't say we're 100% on top of the need, but we have weathered the storm so far.