So.... I had just finished up my doctoral dissertation, and was looking forward to re-emerging into the daylight. And then.... coronavirus. I realised a) that a lot of people are struggling with enforced isolation, and b) I have something useful I can offer, being something of an expert on isolation after spending up to 5 months at a time alone on a rowboat in the middle of various oceans. So I am writing a book called The Gifts of Solitude, which will be published as an ebook on Amazon Kindle in April. While I am working on this book, please be aware that I don't have time for much else. In order to be timely and useful, I need to get it out ASAP. I will be posting draft chapters on Medium.com under my name - see https://medium.com/@rozsavage. If you have questions, challenges, or suggestions about solitude that you want to share as input to my creative process, please do.