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Dealing with Stress

Hi there! It's been a while. :) I have literally been writing for what feels like forever this year, which is both fun...and stressful. I have back-to-back deadlines through summer really, which means I finish one book and have to immediately begin the next in order to keep the pace. This sort of schedule is both thrilling and scary for me. I write best when on deadline. Somehow if there is nothing telling me to put the words down, I tend to procrastinate. Horrible to admit, but the truth all the same. I thought I was dealing with the stress fairly well, until two weeks ago I started noticing a pain in my chest that radiated to my right arm. I shook it off, took a few deep breaths, but the damn pain wouldn't go away. I grew frustrated, until I realized that the pain was due to stress. I work (a pretty stressful job). I have two kids under five (pretty stressful stuff), and I have five-ish books releasing this year. AHHH! So what did I do? What do I suggest you do? I took a