1. Practice drawing the perfect heart across my draft with a red pen. Switch to blue pen. Draw stars instead.
2. Search for a ‘real’ job because there is no way I’m ever going to sell this book. Build frustration level—I’m not even qualified to be a lingerie maid or sign spinner.
3. Contemplate a bike ride. Obsessively check the radar and decide the possiblility of a shower makes this a bad idea. Decide it takes too much effort to pump up my bike tires anyway.
4. Clean out every closet in the house. Oh, crap — did that last week. Kitchen cupbords?
5. Stalk agents on Twitter.
6. Ooohh, maybe I should bake something. For my family. There should be thousands of ideas on Pinterest…
7. Organize my notes from my first writer’s conference last weekend. Search for all the speakers on Twitter. And Facecbook. Hell, maybe they’re on Pinterest and have a great cookie recipe listed. Check.
8. Nap. Working this night temp job is killing me. I’ll feel refreshed and ready to write after a nap.
9. Check the garden. Maybe another tomato ripened since earlier this morning. I’ll bet my zucchini has grown a tenth of an inch already. I should investigate.
10. Reread every blog post related to writing queries. Imagine Nathan Bransford, Janet Reid, and Jane Friedman are my BFFs. Lurk through hopeless writers forums for snippets of wisdom and success stories. Disconnect internet and stare at blank page.
I feel your pain. I am crafting my query now, and sending it out. This is the scary part.
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