tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post5594686769879981063..comments2024-03-26T07:33:18.502-04:00Comments on WordWranglers: Are you intentional?Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-26989665511085326572017-02-23T07:06:52.146-05:002017-02-23T07:06:52.146-05:00Lol. Pre-Kindle, I used to buy a long book for a l...Lol. Pre-Kindle, I used to buy a long book for a long plane ride. I never finished it--there was just too much to look at! A woman I met on a plane ripped out all the pages she'd read on that particular leg of a flight so she'd have less to carry. I couldn't have DONE that, but I thought it was interesting.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-6995607902305481322017-02-23T03:34:50.652-05:002017-02-23T03:34:50.652-05:00Am I intentional? Well ... I don't mean to be ...Am I intentional? Well ... I don't mean to be ... :-)<br /><br />I don't worry about the length of a book when I first pick it up--I figure I like the description and opening, or I don't. However, there are those times when I deliberately pick a short one because I know I'll have limited time, or a long one because I'm headed to a location where I'll have plenty of reading time.Mark R Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-59490880337493418572017-02-20T20:54:08.260-05:002017-02-20T20:54:08.260-05:00PS: I'm thrilled that you're enjoying the ...PS: I'm thrilled that you're enjoying the Savannah and Collin!Kristina Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674920511835640874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-6392395270576243762017-02-20T13:44:50.866-05:002017-02-20T13:44:50.866-05:00You will, Margie--you probably already are!You will, Margie--you probably already are!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-18581454558172349212017-02-20T11:43:23.874-05:002017-02-20T11:43:23.874-05:00Since I read mostly on the Kindle, I don't rea...Since I read mostly on the Kindle, I don't realize how long a book is. Lol but, I think optimum length is somewhere between short and long.<br /><br />I just finished Sophie Kinsella's My Not-So-Perfect Life. Which was great as always and I think puts me at ten books for the year. Going to start Kristi's today.<br /><br />I'd like to more intentional about my writing. Someday...Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-88212519522876413792017-02-20T09:22:57.733-05:002017-02-20T09:22:57.733-05:00I think that a lot. Even on books I really like, I...I think that a lot. Even on books I really like, I often skim several chapters somewhere between the middle and the end. I'm like you, too, i wondering what I'm missing. Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-7292159075596414702017-02-20T09:13:17.759-05:002017-02-20T09:13:17.759-05:00There are days that the best of my intentions...ju...There are days that the best of my intentions...just don't happen. I've learned to live with that, and to make up the words (written or read) later. <br /><br />I like long books, short books, medium length...I did recently finish a book that I thought was too long and it made me wonder - what was I missing that everyone else seemed to be...not?Kristina Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674920511835640874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-4792147574287267402017-02-20T08:19:04.377-05:002017-02-20T08:19:04.377-05:00I admire that...what, dedication. I didn't hav...I admire that...what, dedication. I didn't have it when I had kids in school. I'd have 10K weekends, then go two weeks and only write 30 words I ended up deleting. I had the intentional going on, but goals (and social life anywhere but bleachers, BTW) were off the burner. However, it was the intentional that made me know I'd write books when I could. Thanks for coming by, A.D.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-4910310560013848702017-02-20T08:15:49.769-05:002017-02-20T08:15:49.769-05:00I'm very intentional. I know I have very few h...I'm very intentional. I know I have very few hours outside of teaching to get words down, so I plan them and use them to the best of my ability. <br />With reading, I'm very unintentional:) if I think I HAVE to read something, I'll dread it. And, I like shorter books. Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766749119770640457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-74907513766262061662017-02-20T07:23:19.063-05:002017-02-20T07:23:19.063-05:00They count, for sure. Like you, there's too mu...They count, for sure. Like you, there's too much personal stuff going on to stay with an every-day promise, but we are going forward!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-48987433140856224532017-02-20T07:21:12.547-05:002017-02-20T07:21:12.547-05:00I think that's still intentional. Writing is s...I think that's still intentional. Writing is still on the agenda--its place still get shuffled around.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-54967569752998306632017-02-20T07:03:24.533-05:002017-02-20T07:03:24.533-05:00Intentional is a good word--I've gotten distra...Intentional is a good word--I've gotten distracted from my every-morning writing goal because of personal circumstances, but I'm here today and hope to be here again tomorrow--so yeah, intentional, even if I don't always get things done. Reading goal is coming along--I've got 11 titles so far and frankly, I'm counting the books I'm editing for clients because...well, because they are books and I am reading them. ;-)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-19690579796467651002017-02-20T06:52:10.266-05:002017-02-20T06:52:10.266-05:00I have finished my RITA books, so am back to writi...I have finished my RITA books, so am back to writing (yay on both accounts). However I have to sai I'm probably an unintentional writer... I grab time to write when I can, but those are too random to consider intentional. Happy week, Liz!Ava Cuvayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06312693483840366091noreply@blogger.com