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What kind of lockdown are you having?

One of the most horrifying things about this experience is that it's having so little effect on my life. I live in lockdown all the time! I don't think this reflects well on me, but either I don't have a very keen social appetite or I'm under-aware of when I'm starting to get lonely.
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How do you feel about your new novel being published during this time?

Oh, that's a catastrophe. I'm ashamed of myself because I'm not supposed to care about what's happening to my book; it's nothing compared to losing a business you've spent your whole life building. But it's two years' work, and I'm publishing into a big, black hole; all the bookshops closed.