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| All Work and No Play by Lindelea | 1 Review(s) |
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| Mirkwoodmaiden | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/27/2025 |
| Lindelea! This is making me want to re-read "A Matter of Appearances!" Again you write of hobbits so well. I can really imagine the society you write of so well. My only problem is that I am finding angsty stories hard to deal with at the moment as well. I am driven to finish "Destiny's Child" though she will have to deal with some pretty dark moments before she finds the light of Faramir's love! All of this is in explanation as to the lack of reviews from me. I do truly love your work. (((hugs))) MM Author Reply: Bless you! I'm sorry you're having trouble with angsty stories. I have to say, "A Matter of Appearances" and "As the Gentle Rain" are my two worst stories in terms of angst, so you are definitely wise to stay away for now. The ruffians in "One Who Sticks Closer than a Brother" (the sequel to "Matter of Appearances") are mild by comparison. And my Farry-Goldi story has no ruffians whatsoever, which is why I started editing and posting chapters to both those stories instead, all the way to the end. It's such a good feeling to finish a WIP, I feel motivated to keep working on the others that are waiting to be marked "Complete". It's odd, and maybe it's just me, but I don't think I'll have trouble reading "Destiny's Child" to the end, even as I'm not sure if I'll go back and read the chapters I skipped. Thinking about (or reading about) Wormtongue makes me feel physically ill, especially during the dark time when he was haunting Éowyn, and it seemed as if all her protectors were gone. But when Gandalf arrives, and Wormtongue is cast down, and Éowyn can take action (even if it's bringing the women and children to Helm's Deep rather than fighting) and doesn't have to just sit and watch her beloved uncle deteriorate, while Wormtongue's influence continues to spread and grow, like rot or mildew infecting Edoras... It is such a relief that his day is done (though it'll be a while before his malice is gone from the world, and unfortunately, his presence will pollute the Shire before he's completely gone), and Gandalf will soon restore Théoden. In the past, I always posted an angst warning in the story summary when publishing a difficult chapter in a WIP. That's something I will probably continue to do now. Perhaps you remember how in "Matter of Appearances", I used spoiler spaces and summaries at the top of a chapter and warnings to readers to skip a chapter or two (the ones too angsty for *me*! But then, I was writing a birthday story for someone whose angst tolerance is much higher than mine), along with a signpost telling them when to resume reading and a summary (minimizing the angst as much as possible) of what they missed. Anyhow, I've been careful about reading for the past month. Things are better now, but I'm even more convinced that putting an angst warning in the story summary when the chapter leaves "G" and "PG" territory and starts staring into "PG-13" or worse is a good idea, at least for me. But then, the person who used to push me to write extreme angst has moved on to a different fandom! So maybe it won't be as much of a problem going forward... (((hugs))) Author Reply: "staring" above should be "straying"... but on second thought, "staring" just might work in the context. Author Reply: (And I just this morning realized that I didn't put an angst warning on the latest chapter of Jewels, which is very angsty indeed. Sorry about that.) | |