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The weird science of loneliness explains why lockdown sucked | WIRED UK

30 Tuesday Mar 2021

Posted by Karen Payton Holt in Blog: Non Fiction, Uncategorized

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As writers, solitude is needed; sometimes we hunger for it, but… I’ve missed human interaction.

It is the isolation of having choices taken away that has thrown my mind into a tailspin, I think.

Loneliness has been draining for a lot of us. Just having our social interactions stripped away feels like the lifeboat is sinking. This article helps to explain why.

The weird science of loneliness explains why lockdown sucked
— Read on www.wired.co.uk/article/lockdown-loneliness-neuroscience

Death of Connor – Getting It Right.

13 Saturday Mar 2021

Posted by Karen Payton Holt in Fire and Ice series, Uncategorized

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This was the most absorbing writing experience – researching London in 1910 was painful and satisfying in equal measure. As a writer, you owe it to the reader to ‘get it right’, and I’m proud that Doctor Connor’s life in 1910 was spot on. #writer #edit #achievement

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