Waiting For That Acceptance E-mail?

   If your agent has sent out your manuscript to various publishers, you might be waiting day by day, staring at your e-mail for the one that says: They want it! 
   Instead of checking e-mail a hundred times a day for that long awaited e-mail, the best distraction and remedy is to...keep writing.
   Start a new novel. Even if you never submit it, you'll be focused on the story rather than whether or not your completed novel will be accepted.  Plus, you'll be improving your craft and creativity.