Here is a Guardian (UK) interview with author Sara Maitland, who lives alone in a cottage in rural Galloway, Scotland. Her most recent book is How to Be Alone, published in a self-help series. In the interview Maitland responds to questions about involuntary solitude, writing, use of Internet, and family relations.
URL: http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/feb/02/sara-maitland-how-to-be-alone-interview