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Pab Sungenis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 05:55 PM
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AAARGH! I HATE waiting!
After finishing my latest novel, and the first one I've decided was worth trying to publish, I've realized something. I have no patience at all.

Waiting for critiques to come back from different people I trust, and waiting for evaluation from the publisher, are killing me! Argh! :)
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:39 PM
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1. Start on the next one
Right away.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 11:17 AM
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2. Or, you can do what I do
Obsess endlessly about your current novel, to the point that you never ever finish it.

Sure, you won't get a lot of writing published, but you will get a lot of obsessing done.
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petgoat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 12:30 AM
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3. Or do something else for a while. If you plan to make changes
after readers' comments, it might be better not to start anything new.

If you just finished a book you've probably got about three months of
chores to catch up on.
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