Sometimes I am inundated with deadlines and I seem to be on the fast track pushing myself further and further. And then the deadlines are met, the editor/agent/publisher has the work, and I wait for remarks, words of encouragement, and publication.
The writing life is certainly a "hurry up and wait" game. The best cure for the blues during the "wait" period is to "hurry up" with something else.
And then there are the days such as today when I have so much work waiting to begin that I am the stumbling block causing the wait. Some of those things consist of filing, cleaning drawers, writing up publicity materials, researching markets — anything but writing.
And so, the question becomes on days such as this one do I crawl into bed with a good novel or do I begin my next one and let the other stuff wait?
Or perhaps I'll just take a nap. I'm tired just thinking about it.
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