Getting advice from experts. One of my favorite things.  I heard Antanas Sileikas speak last year and one tip he gave was what to do after you submit your work to an agent or publisher. Star writing  your next novel that same day. This worked for me and jump started me on my second novel. It stopped me from obsessing about the submitted novel and got me focussing on writing instead. It only took four months to hear back from Margaret Hart and get the first positive news. By that time I had 60,000 words written.