At the Editor. Now what?

I handed over my manuscript to an editor a little while ago, thinking I’d have oodles of free time to do other stuff. But what have I been doing? Let’s see…

  • I read nine books, which is quite an improvement
  • Successfully avoided blogging šŸ˜‰
  • Realized I spent too much time on social media and cut back a little
  • Did market research and decided self-publishing was a better bet for what I have to sell
  • My house is still dirty
  • I had a language learning crisis in which I had to switch curriculum and it killed my momentum, but I’m getting there
  • Beta read a little faster
  • Started a book cover and gave it to a designer to make pretty. I figure if editors use editors, I can use a designer, right?
  • Tried to make a synopsis five times, gave up and tried back cover copy five times. Gave up and wrote this blog

I feel like I should have an outline for another book by now, or finish my marketing plan, but I have to decide which to do first. Maybe I’ll write book reviews for a while and procrastinate some more!

How do you procrastinate from even your favorite activities? Why?

4 thoughts on “At the Editor. Now what?

  1. Jennifer Oswalt says:

    How do I procrastinate? I check my email on my phone, I play solitar and tell the kids I am working, or I do small chores to avoid doing something I don’t want to do. I would love to read a book, but if I pick one up between the hours of 6am and 8pm, I become the most needed person in the house!

    • danielleapple says:

      Awww the mom life! Do they at least let you pee in peace now? I think I understand dad’s Reader’s Digest stack in the bathroom. The best time for me to read now is right before bed with a paperback book. No screen glare!

  2. Brad Shreve says:

    Oh, how I wish I could say I don’t procrastinate. The quickest and easiest way is Facebook, of course. I feel I need to promote myself more on Twitter and Instagram, but I’m afraid of getting stuck in those weeds.

    I’m good about not doing nothing because I can always find some busy work that “must be done.”

    Awesome step on getting to the editor.

  3. Mandy says:

    I usually try to busy myself with other small tasks, trying to trick myself into thinking I’m making more time for that ā€œawful taskā€ with all the little things out of the way. Problem is I can always think of small tasks that need to be done. When I finally finish the ā€œawful taskā€, I usually have a great sense of accomplishment and that is a good feeling for me. So I take that good feeling with me when I look at other daunting projects and I think to myself ā€œjust think of how good you’ll feel when this is doneā€ . And yes , I still can think of a few small things to do first!

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