At the Editor. Now what?
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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 ;)
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?