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The Novice  by daw the minstrel 3 Review(s)
pipinheartReviewed Chapter: 10 on 10/6/2005
Galelas and Legolas teamed up and tripped thier teacher.. Then an attack with an injured teacher, and Eilian taking up a bow when he was not suppost to. Eilian ordering Legolas to help him out of his wrappings and Legolas refusing...

Author Reply: Yes indeed. Exciting things are happening on the novice training trip. I enjoyed having Galelas and Legolas knock Maldor on his rear.

esamenReviewed Chapter: 10 on 3/9/2004
Eilian let out a strangled cry of fury and grabbed the dagger that he, like almost all Wood-elves over the age of thirty, kept in his boot. He began to hack awkwardly at the bindings, unable to get an angle on the tightly wound cloth that would not also cut his chest. He was talking savagely to himself in what Legolas recognized as Dwarvish. Legolas had had Dwarvish lessons and was reasonably fluent, but Eilian was using a vocabulary that Legolas's tutors had not covered

I am enjoying this story so much! I just love all the details and all the threads of characterization woven through it. There's never a dull moment. You must really have all this in your head. Do you think about these people day and night?

I am working on a new non-LoTR story where I am using a similar POV -- third person, and writing from different character's points of view within a chapter. So this is very good for me to be reading right now. It's a good way for me to get into this particular kind of writing. I am enjoying the reading so much, though, that I would read it just for pleasure anyway.

All your characters are so attractive . . . they are just a joy to read and picture . . . I just love the marriage relationship of Legolas's oldest brother . . . everything is so sweet and cuddly. Exactly what I need after a long day's work. Just don't get any sexier now or I'll have to stop reading you! Go ahead and leave it to our imaginations . . . Yes, Thranduil is the ultimate stud. That's the nice part about these fics . . . we can create what we want to have in our characters, and they are ours forever, and to heck with anyone else's opinion, huh?

Great work. Thanks so much for all your time and effort.
Esamen

Author Reply: I have been working with these characters for a while now, so they are relatively easy for me to work with usually.

Is the non-LoTR story a fan fic? I had never written fiction before a year ago when I discovered LoTR fan fic. It's turned into a wonderful creative outlet for me.

esamenReviewed Chapter: 10 on 3/8/2004
Well, I just cannot leave this story unread. It's a real page-turner. You have so much woven into the plot! This is fantastic!

I will have to finish tomorrow. Looking forward to it!

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