I write at home, which sometimes gets lonely. Here are ten of my simple strategies, for better or worse, for dealing with that:

1)   Watch an hour of Netflix at lunchtime

2)   Walk to my favorite neighborhood coffee house to write

3)   Take a five-minute break to visit Facebook and Twitter

4)   Call my husband

5)   Visit with a friend or colleague at a coffee house

6)   Mentor youth

7)   Attend readings, workshops, author events, and conferences

8)   Volunteer for a writers’ organization

9)   Teach workshops

10) Garden

If you work at home alone, what do you do to keep from going stir-crazy?