Honestly, the reason I don't spend more time on LJ etc., is because work has it banned. Either they haven't worked out Dreamwidth yet, or they're not blocking it, because I have access to DW - which is why I tend to post from over there now.
It's probably just as well - I post on LJ and I get quite a few comments that I can't respond to until I get home. I post on DW and I get only a couple of comments and it's not too much time to answer them.
I write fanfic while at work - lunchtimes, and sometimes when I'm doing documentation and am bored. Mostly, though, I'm programming - and if it's engaging developmental programming, I'm more than happy to solve problems. If I have a story to nut out, I sometimes scribble down notes on the story on paper, like I'm making notes for work things.
But yes, it is hard to get in the proper headspace at work for fanfic - although I imagine it's easier for me: I don't usually write het or slash while at work and the large body of my work is gen, possibly with a dash of UST in there, but nothing explicit.
In order to read fic (which I don't do much anymore, since few people write my pairings and I'm very picky about who I read in the Gen area), I go through my f-lists in the morning and save the LJ entries and stories that I want to read - in '?format=light' on my USB drive. Then I read them at lunch, or when my brain needs a break.
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It's probably just as well - I post on LJ and I get quite a few comments that I can't respond to until I get home. I post on DW and I get only a couple of comments and it's not too much time to answer them.
I write fanfic while at work - lunchtimes, and sometimes when I'm doing documentation and am bored. Mostly, though, I'm programming - and if it's engaging developmental programming, I'm more than happy to solve problems. If I have a story to nut out, I sometimes scribble down notes on the story on paper, like I'm making notes for work things.
But yes, it is hard to get in the proper headspace at work for fanfic - although I imagine it's easier for me: I don't usually write het or slash while at work and the large body of my work is gen, possibly with a dash of UST in there, but nothing explicit.
In order to read fic (which I don't do much anymore, since few people write my pairings and I'm very picky about who I read in the Gen area), I go through my f-lists in the morning and save the LJ entries and stories that I want to read - in '?format=light' on my USB drive. Then I read them at lunch, or when my brain needs a break.