Controlling the Internetz

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The internet is a beautiful, wonderful thing. I mean, without it, I'd be stuck alone out here, still waiting for my hard copy of Writer's Market to show up so I could send letters to agents asking if it was okay to query them my fictional novel.



But it's kind of a time suck, yeah?



I can't say I've solved that, but here are a couple of things I've found that have helped me tremendously:



1) Take an internet sabbath.

Some people say you should...