The Procrastination Dance
Aug. 15th, 2006 04:37 pmI get the feeling I'm supposed to be doing something. I even know what those somethings are. So why am I not doing them?
Sometimes it helps to make lists:
1. Print out query letters for next batch of agent queries.
--figure out how to work the new printer, and how to connect the laptop (or the thumb drive) to it.
--make sure, once the laptop is configured for this printer, that the page breaks don't change and end my carefully manicured pages in awkward places.
--address envelopes to the agents
2. Print out "short" story Waiting to Breathe and prepare for mailing to Paradox.
--figure out what to use as a cover letter on a short story.
3. Print out short story Straying and prepare for mailing to F&SF.
--prepare cover letter for this one, too, once I figure out the format.
4. I probably also ought to re-read once more the second Canum story, Kith and Kin, and see if there are any more changes to be made before setting it aside for a while.
5. Come up with something new to work on. This one is probably what is stalling the others, as I have no burning need to work on any of the drafts I have going, and if I get all the other things on the list done, I have to face this one. Ugh.
::deep, fortifying breath::
Onward!
Sometimes it helps to make lists:
1. Print out query letters for next batch of agent queries.
--figure out how to work the new printer, and how to connect the laptop (or the thumb drive) to it.
--make sure, once the laptop is configured for this printer, that the page breaks don't change and end my carefully manicured pages in awkward places.
--address envelopes to the agents
2. Print out "short" story Waiting to Breathe and prepare for mailing to Paradox.
--figure out what to use as a cover letter on a short story.
3. Print out short story Straying and prepare for mailing to F&SF.
--prepare cover letter for this one, too, once I figure out the format.
4. I probably also ought to re-read once more the second Canum story, Kith and Kin, and see if there are any more changes to be made before setting it aside for a while.
5. Come up with something new to work on. This one is probably what is stalling the others, as I have no burning need to work on any of the drafts I have going, and if I get all the other things on the list done, I have to face this one. Ugh.
::deep, fortifying breath::
Onward!