Postpartum for writers?

Well, it's done. I've officially sent my baby--Juggling the Keystone--out into the wide, wide world. It feels a bit weird. For months, it seems, I've been re-reading transitions and openings and action scenes, studying the text for flow, continuity, voice, sensory details, typos, punctuation, clarity, and so on...and now, I'm setting it all aside for a while. Weird.




What's the best cure for writers' postpartum blues? (Or is it postpartum confusion?) My ideas:

• Start another project (always a favorite)
• Xena the Warrior Princess (which I'm just watching for the first time. Wow, what a fun show!)
• Crochet
• Wrap Christmas gifts, do laundry, and otherwise catch up on housework
• Read
• Doc Martens
• Catch up on other projects
• Make snow angels
• Sanctioned procrastination

Any suggestions?


:) Cheryl