May 09, 2006

on discipline...

Alison Gaylin cracked me up over on the First Offender blog this morning. When talking about her own discipline, she said:

"[W]hile I'm liking what I've done with it so far, I have pages and pages and pages to go before the first draft is done. And I seem to have the discipline of a second grade class set loose in Chuck E Cheese's with Ozzy Osbourne for a chaperone."

It's a great entry (and not just because she was answering my question!)... but it also points out just how much discipline best selling authors have. I would post about my mulling, surfing of websites, staring into space, but then, you know, my editor reads this, so just for the record, I am writing all of the time. Seriously. Every single minute. You know, when I'm not napping. But other than that? All of the time. (Well, except for checking blogs.) But other that that? Every single moment of every day. Well, except for the...

hmm. I think I'd better shut up now and get back to work.

Posted by toni at May 9, 2006 02:15 PM
Comments

Toni...if you need any back up, I'm willing to vouch for your workaholic nature if it comes into question. My only request is if my editor ever needs proof of my own diligence, I can call on you as a character reference. (And that whole never having met or talked to each other before thing...minor detail)

wink*wink...I got your back.

Posted by: Brett Battles at May 9, 2006 04:20 PM

Brett.... cool! Definitely got your back, too. And as for that not meeting, not having talked before... are you sure? I mean, weren't you that guy in that place that time where we talked for a couple of hours about that stuff? ;)

Posted by: toni mcgee causey at May 9, 2006 11:17 PM

That's right! Thanks for the memory jog.

And that item we discussed about that thing you needed someone to do?...what's his name should no longer be a problem, if you know what I mean...

(Great blog, Toni. And from the description of your upcoming book, I know it's definitely one I can't wait to read! Sounds like a blast!)

Posted by: Brett Battles at May 10, 2006 08:42 AM

ooooh, good to know about that guy. BIG relief! Thank!

(and thanks for the compliment -- so glad you like the blog and woo, the book description, too! yay)

I'm in the process of updating the design. Er, eventually.

Posted by: toni mcgee causey at May 10, 2006 09:27 AM