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| On Solid Ground by Lindelea | 97 Review(s) |
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| Lyta Padfoot | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/5/2004 |
| My computer hates this story. It crashes every time I try to review. Aaarpgh! Well I like this story very much. It seems Ferdi does not share my family's opinion of 'good meds' being the kind that knock you out. It seems his problems are worse than it seemed at first look - three days of not eating anything solid... for a hobbit that is very, very serious. No wonder Nell got Pippin involved. I hope Ferdi's well in time for Farry and Goldi's wedding, it wouldn't due for the first to toast the happy couple to miss the party. Author Reply: You poor thing! And yet you came back and tried again. I certainly appreciate it. You just don't know how much the feedback helps. Ferdi shares my opinion... I hate "feeling" medicated. Cannot answer your other points for fear of giving away plot twists... | |
| FanstasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/5/2004 |
| Not much time today, but for one comment. It's times like these that makes me wish that Pip had a little Entdraught left. You've left this so up-in-the-air, that I don't know whether to hope Ferdi might get his sight back, or to hope that if he dies it will be peaceful. Poor Ferdi's been through so much in his life, both the bitter and the sweet! Author Reply: Thanks for taking the time to comment. That Ent draught... it was such a convenient plot device, but so very convenient I had to make it near-impossible to get more when it ran out... I do believe if Ferdi is taking sleeping draughts without protest, it wouldn't take much to get him to drink an Ent draught, even knowing the side effects. A distraction is in the offing, however, and we will not get back to Ferdi for a little while. Let us leave him sleeping peacefully for the first time in days... Author Reply: p.s. Ferdi's doing pretty well, considering his death was originally plotted in "Merlin". Dana helped me talk myself into saving him, though he was badly injured and bore the scars of the experience for the rest of his life. Still, "Truth" would not have been the same without Ferdi, and neither would "Solid Ground" or "Merrys". I had this silly idea early on in "Merlin" that readers were finding me too predictable (especially after saving Regi with some of that convenient ent-draught) and I needed to let a main character die... but I'm thankful that Ferdi survived. Even though he's not "canon" he is one of my favourite characters. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/5/2004 |
| So sad for all of them. I wonder what is wrong with him? I am like the healer as I have no idea what this could be unless his sight is coming back and the light is troubling him. Hope there will be more soon. Author Reply: Six chapters are written, so there are at least four more to put up before I run out and have to write more (don't worry, am writing a little every day). Author Reply: p.s. Thanks for reviewing! Looking forward to finding out how Merry's family will learn the truth in "Downpour". Don't tell me... Pippin is about to go out, half-sick as he is... is he going to end up desperately ill? And how is Merry? | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/5/2004 |
| Looks like you are in need of some of my rain at this point. LOL This is interesting but I have no idea where you are going at this point. Its like an adventure! Author Reply: I imagine the rains will return "next week". This is not a story about a drought, strange as it may seem. Am enjoying "Downpour" though have not had time to do any more than breeze through the latest chapters. | |
| Hai | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/3/2004 |
| So the heat is getting bad again! Don't put them through another drought!! I hope the wedding is able to go on without a hitch! Looking forward to it all! Thank you! Author Reply: Have you ever heard of a wedding going on without a hitch? As I told Meldewen Ilce (forgive me if I misspelt it) the other day, I'm currently writing two wedding stories. One is a comedy, and the other isn't (though of course it ends well). Guess which one you're reading at the moment...? The other story will begin to go up as soon as I have five chapters written. | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/3/2004 |
| I'm so thrilled to see another story starting up. There's a real zing of anticipation for something new for these well-loved characters! Yesterday I was re-reading: got through Firstborn and half of Rope before my eyes gave out, looking for things about Pearl (didn't find much). How much does this skip ahead from the end of 'Truth' - something like 8 years? We've gone past the courtship and right to the wedding! Will there be any flashbacks to fill in the intervening time? Everything starts out sweetly, but it doesn't take long for a few worries to pop up. They should know by now not to discount ANYTHING that Ferdi says. If there's a tremor, I worry about the hobbits digging in the dry ground. I'm also worried about Berilac near the river. He must be getting up there in age, yes? And, I'm worried about Ferdi's increasing headaches. (I'm sounding a lot like Merry, here.) So many possibilities: a joyful premise but an ominous sounding summary... I hope you're getting over your cold so you can keep up with your ambitious posting schedule. Your public is waiting! Author Reply: You probably won't find much about Pearl. She pretty much stayed in the background until "A Small and Passing Thing", when the Muse brought her to tea one day to discuss a scene with Merry having to eat liver under her watchful eye, and she did so well in that scene that "Pearl of Great Price" resulted. Whoa, that was a long sentence. Can just imagine what my editor would say about that! "Solid" is set 8 years after Truth. There may be passing references to the courtship but no flashbacks are in the rough draft. There is an intervening (my brain keeps turning this word into "interesting" as I re-read this reply. I certainly hope it will be interesting!) story about Frodo's wedding the following Spring, and Faramir and Goldi's courtship will go through a rocky place, at least according to the outline. That story is not writing itself nicely so I put it back on the shelf to ripen. "Solid" is actually written ahead. I wrote five chapters (some during "Truth" and some during "Merlin") before putting it on the shelf back when research for "Shire" was eating all my writing time, and then after the first draft of Shire was finished here at SoA, renewed research for "Pearl" stepped in. Thankfully that research is complete now and the last two (three? don't know yet how they'll break out) chapters are in revision prior to posting. Some fun sites I've run across while researching for "Pearl": http://www.collective-noun.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/article011.html http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw03/0127groupnames.htm http://www.pomian.demon.co.uk/proper.htm http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/400-499/nb449.htm ...and these are only a few... who know that so many people had an interest in this kind of thing? | |
| Lyta Padfoot | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/3/2004 |
| So Farry and Goldi's wedding is just around the corner. I'm sure you'll make it an inventive experience. I hope Fredi's head pain is a sign he might have his sight back soon. Author Reply: Have I told you before that your comments are incisive and insightful? Thanks for reviewing! There are five chapters written, so far, and I will be posting them as I get them typed in, as well as working on the ending of "Pearl" and more material for this story. Doctors' waiting rooms and music lessons offer wonderful opportunity for writing time... The outline does not tell me how long this story is. It is difficult to determine the number of chapters. When chapters get to be over 2,000 words I'm often tempted to break them in half. | |