Although it sometimes feels like it, I don’t actually spend 24 hours a day glued to my chair, gazing helplessly into my computer monitor in the hope that the random keys one of my cats steps on will become the story I desperately want to write. Between commuting to my teaching job and getting out to exercise, I spend quite a few hours a week with my iPod headphones glued into my ears instead. But these days, I rarely listen to music – I top up my inspiration levels instead …