tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711989717346751959.post8367157039943002950..comments2023-06-18T09:04:10.399-07:00Comments on Turi's Stuff: Dances With MarmotsTuri Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00921132089888300525noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711989717346751959.post-48724676272611727882007-10-03T14:19:00.000-07:002007-10-03T14:19:00.000-07:00Attempted to post a while back but not sure if it ...Attempted to post a while back but not sure if it went through. So my apologies if I'm bashing your ears (eyes?) for a second time!<BR/>Came across your blog whilst hiking the internet.<BR/>I'm the author of DWM and appreciate your comments re' the differing lengths of the 'State' chapters. There was a reason for that though - it took me three months to get through California and only a month to get through Oregon and another month for Washington. Publishers I'd approached had also advised that an optimum overall length for the book would be around 75,000 words. So the above factors influenced the end result.<BR/>Anyhow, thanks again for the comments, hope you enjoyed the read and my punctuation wasn't too hairy! :^)<BR/>BTW, any connections with NZ? Turi is a maori name. Turi was the captain of the Aotea canoe - one of the legendary canoes in the first immigration wave of the maori.<BR/>(it can also mean 'deaf','knee' and 'disobedient'!!!) :^)<BR/>Cheers,<BR/>GeorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711989717346751959.post-91676873607888446372007-09-17T09:31:00.000-07:002007-09-17T09:31:00.000-07:00A nice long backpacking hike over the course of a ...A nice long backpacking hike over the course of a week, just to get outside and relax sounds like heaven right now...SnowLeopardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02063850027177277537noreply@blogger.com