Comments on: Winning The Waiting Game https://booksbywomen.org/winning-the-waiting-game-by-patricia-perry-donovan/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Patricia Perry Donovan https://booksbywomen.org/winning-the-waiting-game-by-patricia-perry-donovan/#comment-48565 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:59:52 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18904#comment-48565 In reply to Catherine Kullmann.

You’re so right, Catherine. Admin is a great suggestion, as is the idea of building your idea bank. And thankfully I don’t mind working up a sweat..literally or figuratively. Good luck with your projects!

]]> By: Heather Adams https://booksbywomen.org/winning-the-waiting-game-by-patricia-perry-donovan/#comment-48564 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:11:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18904#comment-48564 I love your practical suggestions for making good use of waiting time!

]]> By: Catherine Kullmann https://booksbywomen.org/winning-the-waiting-game-by-patricia-perry-donovan/#comment-48557 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 21:23:48 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18904#comment-48557 A very sensible and encouraging post. All of your suggestions are spot on. You are right – the only thing to do is keep going and fill in your waiting time usefully; catch up on admin such as accounts, for example, or catalogue new acquisitions for your research library. I write a loose series i.e. books set in the same society and timeframe, so I keep a spreadsheet of all the characters as well as a book of family tress so that I know how they are all related. Waiting time is the time to update these. And when a new idea begins to bubble up, start again. Potential agents will ask what your next book is about. A publisher may react better to the idea of a series, and if you decide to indie-publisher, then you have several books in the pipeline when you are ready to go.

Remember the old tag about genius – 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration? If you regard your writing as a real job you will keep going.

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