This is so true! The longer you can let it sit, the better! When you can see your work objectively as a reader would, you can really get to work editing and polishing the first into the jewel you always imagined.
Marcha's Two-Cents Worth
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Marcha's Two-Cents Worth 
I schedule a minimum of 2 months between when I actually finish the rough draft and when I do my initial read-through.
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Scheduling it in is definitely a good idea! This is where publisher’s deadlines can be a problem.
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Which is one reason why I prefer to self publish. That said, I think having initially gone the traditional way was good because I discovered everything involved with that aspect of the business.
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So true! What a publisher does in your behalf is a lot, which you have to do yourself or hire out as an Indie.
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Exactly! As an Indie, we can hire who we want and do those bits we like.
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