Nothing much happens until after at least 30mins worth of email checking and net surfing. But things start picking up after that post-lunch latte. Am I alone in this, people?

For some reason, your post reminded me of the screenwriter Alvin Sargent, as I remember in an interview talking about what he did to break through if he was blocked in his writing. He would completely flip his writing schedule, type with his eyes closed, anything to rattle his 'writer's cage'. I even seem to recall him saying that sometimes, he would go to write as soon as he woke up, even if his bladder was ready to explode, force himself to sit there and write while in discomfort. While I've never done that, I've done some awfully strange things to find inspiration, break out of a rut, etc.

I've heard that drugs and alcohol are popular among writers. Now, why would that be?

Reminds me of that Mark Twain quote: "Write drunk, edit sober." Then there's drinking and Hollywood, which has felled some great writers like Fitzgerald and Faulkner. Here's some background on that.

"I've done some awfully strange things to find inspiration"

LOL. That's a first commercial break ... come on, share with the class, Mr Myers.

Nah, kiwichick -- you're not gonna get me to fess up that easily. However, once I worked on a TV pilot which was exec produced by the legendary Roy Huggins -- he created such hit TV show as The Rockford Files, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive. One thing he often did when he was trying to crack a plot was get in his car and drive. For some reason, that just seemed to work for him. One time, he said, he was so deep into working out a particular episode's plot that he drove all the way to Arizona before he realized how far he'd gone.