How executeyou feel about someone lingering over your shoulder while you鈥檙e trying to write? Personally? It makes me nuts. The other night the smalldarlin鈥?had to do a report for academy and behind I鈥檇 downloaded the information she needed and she completed the report she hung around and was reading over my shoulder while I was managing to get in a couple of paragraphs of my latest WIP.

At first I tried ignoring her. I had a beautifulexcellentidea of where I wanted to continue my taleand I should have been able to close out everything but that portion. No dice. Having that little presence tap-dancing behind me finally made me nuts. I had to give it up. I could not write with her in the same room. I have to be able to concentrate on what I鈥檓 trying to say and just having her in the same room was a enormousdistraction.

So I guess having a door on the office is a good thing. Some writers have to have privacy and peacefulin order to create. You cannot have a youthfulchild asking constant questions reading over your shoulder or 鈥?for that matter 鈥?even in the same room with you while you attemptto work. Don鈥檛 understand 鈥榖out you but I find that I鈥檓 easily distracted.