Productivity, at what cost?

October 13th, 2009

It’s now gotten to the point that I have to bribe my dog with bones to get him to be quiet for me to write.  He’s supposed to be on a diet, so this makes me a bad pet owner.  He doesn’t seem to mind the extra treats, but still.  The good news is, I’m getting a lot of writing done.  I’m in the stages of sewing my scenes together, since everything is written in chunks, and it seems almost like cheating to get so much done so quickly.  I can turn out a chapter a day now, if I can get in a few good hours of work.  Tonight I’m going to the library though.  Let the dog bark all he wants.

The things kids say

October 8th, 2009

Add to the list of things I never thought I’d hear in a library: a two year old dropping the f-bomb at full volume.  You may think that going to the library every day is boring, but the experience never ceases to amuse me.

Out the door

October 5th, 2009

This just in from the Tanya Productivity Department: I sent out my manuscript for the consultation I won at the SCBWI Summer Conference.  It’s nice to get everything out the door and I’m excited to get some more feedback on my novel.

My blogoversary!

October 2nd, 2009

It’s my one year blogoversary today and I’m super excited.  For the last year I’ve posted five days a week, pretty consistently.  The only times I’ve really slacked off on this have been the last few weeks, which have been filled with graduation and weddings, weddings, weddings.  My goal with this blog moving forward is to post when I have something fun to say, but not worry about posting daily.  I’m sort of an all or nothing person when it comes to routines, so hopefully I’ll still post frequently.  My bigger focus at the moment is to get my novel into shape and ship it out the door.  Cross your fingers for increased productivity!