Easy Writer
Good reading should feel like downhill skiing…soft, smooth, the turn of the pages, like the wind in your hair.ย ย ย
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Your prose is always trimmed, so I think it might be compared to sailing, as well as skiing.
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You can take the helm. ๐
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Nice
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A book is like a newspaper. Nothing beats the feel of the old school thing.
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Nope, it doesnโt.
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Reading your text is a โbreeze.โ However, my lack of hair means the wind is NOT in it.
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Well, you can feel it on your face like when you ride in the backseat with the windows open. Woof.
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Ah yes, the wind plus the rain in my face.
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Instant Conditioner, to get those furry snarls out. A dog must look his best, after all, and paw natural’ is best. WOOF
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Lovely piece, Susannah. I love reading; also love writing. Some time ago I took notice and began cutting words that added nothing. Rather a word habit I decided…appreciate your views on improvement. I always appreciate your writing.
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Thank you. Appreciate it.
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Thanks!
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Susannah, although I have a Nook, I always prefer a solid book that I can easily flip back to check or reread a passage.
I was a technical; writer for ten years and got paid by the word. You better believe I didn’t have extraneous words or I wouldn’t have lasted long.
If you enjoyed Paul Harvey’s ‘The rest of the story’ way back when, then you will enjoy Mike Rowe’s book ‘The Way I Heard It’.
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I forgot to say that once again I love your witty title!
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You’re the only one who mentioned it. Thanks Pal. ๐
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Thanks. Will check them out. ๐
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
READING IS…LIKE WIND IN YOUR HAIR! ๐
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It’s a grace to find a book that makes you feel that way. Thanks for reblogging Easy Writer.
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My pleasure!
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I’m with you on this, Susannah. I read the whole Anna Karenina because, dammit, I was gonna get through it though honestly, I just wanted to push Anna in front of the train about three hundred pages before she finally threw herself. What is it about Russian writers who feel the need to describe every little itty-bitty detail ad nauseam?
Writing micro fiction has taught me to trim the fat and I like to think it has carried over to my other stuff.
Great post.
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Love…trim the fat. ๐
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I do love Ray Bradbury! Hey, forgive for this, but I have been reading you for several years and have never seen a typo or grammatical issue until today. So, have to share (wish it was just with you and not Joe Public, but all your admirers will understand. In this post –
“Unless your Dickens or Tolstoy, who never met a word they didnโt like, humbly editing yourself is the wiser way to go.” (your should be you’re) That’s all – just a big surprise and, having taught English for years, it just was there…
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I will fix it, Professor.
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lol, glad there was no offense. Actually, a poorly-made compliment to such a great record! (Professor? lol never truly set eyes on a Doctorate…my daughter did that for me)
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It’s all in the family.
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Thank you. Nice of you.
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