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How to Make a Match  by Lindelea 35 Review(s)
LarnerReviewed Chapter: 8 on 2/13/2014
Ah, the logic of children! Love it!

Author Reply: I'm afraid I've used this little device already. It's based on real life anecdote passed down in our family, and I just couldn't resist...

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/19/2013
Finally getting time to read and review, what with intermittent computer problems and scheduling dilemmas at work and frustration with new operating systems and.............

Well, the two of them are on one another today, aren't they? Heh! No, the road to true love doesn't always run smoothly, does it?

Am hoping to come down on Easter, if all goes well and they don't hit me with covering someone else's shift, that is. Hope to see you briefly then, although I won't be there more than a couple of days, I fear.

Author Reply: I certainly empathize with intermittent (try, "near-constant") computer problems...

Ah, but this is the sort of thing they'll laugh about, for years after... LOL!

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 6 on 1/31/2013
Too bad the children didn't get to go to Gondor that time, although I'm certain they would do so when they could. But she can't keep a secret like that inside, can she? Dear lass.

(My reason why the rest of the children didn't get to go is in "Not Gonna Happens" in "Why Mums and Dads Leave Home.")

Author Reply: Now I need to steal some time to read that one...

It's been a busy time, with speech and debate tournaments popping up all over the calendar. Will be glad when the season finishes, though it's been pretty exciting, all the same.

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 6 on 1/30/2013
LOL! I am just loving these little dialogues. So they are about ten or eleven now, eh? (I'm guessing from Tolman's birthdate, depending on what time of year different birthdays are...)

Author Reply: Thanks! Yes, you're about right, I think. This is set some months before Sam and Rosie leave for Gondor, just as the planning is getting started. At present I'm following the timeline laid out in At the End of His Rope. (Though there are other stories to explore, like what happened following the misunderstanding in Comedy of Merrys... What fun!)

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 5 on 10/27/2012
Aha! She obviously considers herself the equal to any other mortal being! Heh! Glad she beat him to the top of the tree! Doubt her father would appreciate just why she felt she had to get her feet off the ground in that manner, though. Seems to me he had some difficulties when he must be off the ground in the past! Heh!

Author Reply: LOL, Goldi has a feisty mama, too, and I'm sure she's picked up a few ideas from the Tooks during visits to the Great Smials... tagging after her brothers, and Farry, and all...

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 5 on 10/25/2012
*snicker* I love Goldi's competitive streak. And perhaps Mama might mind if she's torn her dress, but I bet her Sam-dad will just ask her did she beat him to the top...

Author Reply: LOL, sounds like Sam, doesn't it? (Or maybe even Rose...)

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 4 on 10/11/2012
Awww...that's so sweet!

Author Reply: Best friends, worst "enemies" ...at least for now.

Thanks!

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 4 on 10/11/2012
Indeed, not naught! Poor Faramir--but at least he has the best comforter about Bag End to help him feel better! Lovely, Lindelea!

Author Reply: Goldi understands Farry better than he does himself, I think. Though he'd never admit it, even if he thought of it!

Thanks!

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/5/2012
*BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!* Oh dear! *wipes eyes* Yes, Farry is definitely in for a long ride...

And perhaps Pippin should not be quite so truthful...(at least in Diamond's presence)!

I'm glad you are carving out a little time for fanfic again!

As to your last question, I'll send you an email! BTW, did you get my email about your story placing in the Tree & Flower awards?

Author Reply: I just got your email, thanks! Will look forward to reading (and writing!).

(Diamond has sharp elbows, I hear. Although I was under the impression that she punched her Pip on the arm, Dinossiel said she was certain that it was a sharp elbow. At the very least.)

Thanks for the good words!

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/5/2012
Oh, but I can SO see this conversation! Heh!

Author Reply: I'm so glad!

(The difficulty I have in this kind of conversation is making it clear who's talking, and in a three-cornered conversation it's even more of a challenge. I'm glad it rang clear!)

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