Three of my last five posts have been well over a thousand words. That’s a one with three zeros after it — or in a couple of cases a one with three larger digits after it. More than double than my friend’s paper. I’m grateful for those of you who took up the challenge and waded through all those words, but  some of your teased me about how loooooong the posts were. And too be honest, I tend to shy away from long posts in other blogs myself, especially if the first paragraph or two don’t capture my attention, because I just don’t have the time to read all that. If I wanted a novel, I’d have ordered it from Amazon.com. I’d wager that many of you feel the same.

So here’s my thought: For the month of May I will keep all my posts to 500 words or less (with two notable exemption: Bible verses and dictionary definitions won’t count against my own word count). Now, that may mean a topic gets a two-part post (or a three-part, or four…). But mostly what it will mean is that I must curb my verbosity. I’m hoping it will help me get to my point quicker, cut down on all the repetitious examples and make my writing just a bit more palatable to those who don’t have a lot of time. To keep me honest, I will publish the word-count at the end of the post.

I think I’m a decent writer and that what I have to say is good.  However, I also think my wordy posts are keeping some from reading and thus from partaking in that "goodness". That, to me, is regrettable. So what say you?  Are you open to shorter Lu-posts, or do you prefer the longer treatises? For my part I will keep it short sweet and to the point this month. Let’s just see how pithy I can be.

word count: 438