Had to fight some doubts today as I wrote my word count. The words of idaho_laurie echoed in my head. Specifically, those she’d written regarding the economic and elegant style of A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT by lurban.
To quote idaho_laurie: Why must I blather so?
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Irish Spring, ah smell the refreshing blather. I mean lather.
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Now YOU made me laugh!
Have a swell day, Lizzy.
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Now YOU made me laugh!
Have a swell day, Lizzy.
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Tracy. You must kick me out of your head! Seriously. That’s all you need: my self-doubts PLUS yours. Aaack.
Linda’s book is wonderful. But so will yours be. I was merely stating my desire to someday write something “small,” something short and sweet. I never thought of myself as the War and Peace type, but I seem to create characters who talk too much.
I love Lizzy Lyn. I think you should invite HER into your head.
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Oh I didn’t mean it really in a bad way. I meant it as a background thought fluttering around as I worked, along the lines of: remember, Tracy, brevity can be a beautiful thing.
It’s something to shoot for, is all. No worries on the doubts; I probably worded that incorrectly.
So I ain’t gonna “wash that Laurie out of my hair…”
As for inviting Lizzy Lynn into my head, every time I do I get caught up in this looping monologue, something about Charlie …
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Tracy. You must kick me out of your head! Seriously. That’s all you need: my self-doubts PLUS yours. Aaack.
Linda’s book is wonderful. But so will yours be. I was merely stating my desire to someday write something “small,” something short and sweet. I never thought of myself as the War and Peace type, but I seem to create characters who talk too much.
I love Lizzy Lyn. I think you should invite HER into your head.
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Oh I didn’t mean it really in a bad way. I meant it as a background thought fluttering around as I worked, along the lines of: remember, Tracy, brevity can be a beautiful thing.
It’s something to shoot for, is all. No worries on the doubts; I probably worded that incorrectly.
So I ain’t gonna “wash that Laurie out of my hair…”
As for inviting Lizzy Lynn into my head, every time I do I get caught up in this looping monologue, something about Charlie …
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