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| Air, Fire, Water by annmarwalk | 9 Review(s) |
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| docmon | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/22/2005 |
| ohhhh my. what can i say? so few words, and yet you create a world, or such emotion, or simple say It right. "Gandalf –Gandalf?– laughing with joy, a sound like water in a parched land." how more perfect a way to describe Gandalf's laugh, after all sam's been through. He knows real thirst, he knows what parched really feels like, so the words are doubly apt. a true wordsmith, mon Author Reply: Thank you so much! A true wordsmith did write those words, "like water in a parched land", for they are straight from the Professor's pen, snitched by me for the perfect finishing touch to my poor shadow of his genius. | |
| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/22/2005 |
| More beautiful word-painting! Loved the rain that "sweetens the strawberries and coaxes the fresh green shoots of new barley from the earth." So vivid and full of color--you must have the box of 102 crayons with the built-in sharpener! Author Reply: Oooh, I loved those! The colors! The names of the colors! Thinking about what could be done with those colors! And as a grown-up, I once bought a set of 100 skeins of embroidery floss, just so I could sit and admire the color and silken texture. | |
| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/22/2005 |
| This drabble evokes such a strong feeling of uneasy truce. ...hold the wintry dark at bay, for a little while The elements of the conflict, though almost hidden, are all present--the Ring, Boromir's struggle with temptation, and his death ("mortal lives"). How did you do that in so few words? :-D Author Reply: Perfect, perfect inspiration (and forty minutes of time to kill at work...) Ann | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/19/2005 |
| How do you get all that into a 100-word drabble? Lovely, evocative account of Faramir's awakening to hope... Author Reply: You know, half the time I think my word count must be off, so I check it again (and again, and again). I don't even know how I pack so much in - sometimes they seem to write themselves, as I watch in awe. Ann | |
| mirthor | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/19/2005 |
| The last line - perfect. Author Reply: Thank you! A salute, as always, to my beloved Boromir, blazing fiercely, then snuffed out. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/19/2005 |
| OOOOHHHHH! This is so very, very beautiful--from the End of All Things to the renewal, complete with laughing guardian angel. Author Reply: Thank you, thank you so much - I wrote this quite a while back, and had forgotten it until tonight. "laughing guardian angel" - ooh, I like that! I always love watching Gandalf's joyous, bubbling laughter in the film. Ann | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/19/2005 |
| You say in a few words what I take chapters to express. Oh, I love this one! Author Reply: But you have plots, and characters, and things actually happening in your stories! Whereas mine mostly consist of thinking, or eating, or thinking about eating. With pretty scenery around. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/19/2005 |
| Oh, very evocative. Lovely piece, and excellent imagery. Love the scent of hope. Author Reply: Thank you! I love the idea of athelas bearing the most-beloved scents to rouse the injured one towards hope and healing. Ann | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/19/2005 |
| Very lovely, the use of strong images that appeal to all the senses really bring your writing to life. Amazing that you can accomplish it in such a small space. cheers Armariel~~~{~@ Author Reply: Thank you for your kind words! I'm helpless at plots, my dialog is week, but I do seem to have some small descriptive skill, so that's basically what I do. :) | |