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Seriously. Once is enough. If you’ve got a properly edited document, don’t drive yourself up the wall rereading it before every submission. Read your query letters and cover letters carefully, sure, but don’t do it tensely and obsessively. And yes, if it’s been a while since you read the submission guidelines, you might wanna make sure they haven’t changed in the meantime, but you can read them once and maybe make a little list of bullet points for anything that’s relevant. You can overdo it on “making sure” and end up forever feeling like you’re not ready yet, and you might even waste energy obsessing over it after you send it out, hoping you didn’t make a mistake.

Relax. Take it seriously, but relax.