I lie to my friends. when they call me, I say "I'm working." they ask on what, and I mutter about my tiny one-day-a-week's worth of job. when actually I'm thinking about writing something, or redrafting something, or going through my resources for more magazines/competitions to send stuff too. people do know I'm getting one or two things published, but I have a feeling it wouldn't be considered real work to say I'm just daydreaming about this character, see, who...