Dirty Laundry

Oh So Random

When you have finished a first draft of your book what should you do to keep busy while you wait for your editor to get back to you (lest you be too worried about what said editor is going to think about the aforementioned first draft)?

Here’s my top ten list of things to keep one’s mind occupied… or, better yet, preoccupied (in no particular order):

- Wash, both yourself and your piles of back-laundry.

- Ponder where all your socks, pens, and nail clippers always disappear to.

- Dive back into your other interests: photography, hockey, reading, watching random YouTube videos, and pondering where all your socks, pens, and nail clippers have gone to.

- Jot down future book and/or screenplay ideas and then wonder where you jotted them down.

- Organize your office.

- Exercise (or at the very least, contemplate exercise)

- Give blood.

- Cook. A lot. Experiment with new recipes and then have your wife tell you that, while she admires your courage in trying new things, perhaps you might want to consider interspersing said experiments with the old tasty faithfuls.

- Google yourself, ignoring all the positive reviews and obsessing over all the negative ones.

-  Read about Southwest Airlines’ plane troubles and worry about the fact that you will be flying on Southwest Airlines in a couple of weeks.

Posted by Don Calame on 4.7.11 at 10:09 am in Prattlings. (2) Comments