Insta-Drabble Success!

Well, I got it to 100 words. For the first time ever. Yes, that is an accomplishment for someone who used to tremble in fear at the idea of a five-page essay in her school days and was known to jump up, pump her fist in the air, and yell, "Yes!" whenever the professor said, "minimum ten pages...."

Yes, I am long-winded. I got called "wordy" once in a writers' workshop, but then my professor jumped on the person who said it (not literally, of course) and snapped, "Give me one example of where she is *wordy,*" which made me feel good because it redeemed my long-windedness just a bit.

I couldn't stay the whole time because my husband and I were both home sick that day--and yes, we really were sick--and I had committed to watching a movie with him. I think drabbling would have been more worthwhile. The movie was "meh"--I think brain cells may have imploded while watching it. But juno_magic was right: Insta-drabbling is addictive! I loved it! I can't wait to do it again!

Okay, stop rambling already and post the drabbles, right?

( splash, orange, weapon, fortify )

( forge (as a verb!), friendship, cradle, tabletop )

After I finished the first, I realized that I had boo-booed the word count on the first one, and so it is too short. That might just be the first--and last!--time that I have ever said that.

I am cross-posting this between my journal and insta_drabblers, so I apologize to the relevant folks for the redundancy.

While on the subject of drabbles, I wrote a slightly-more-than-a-drabble-but-not-quite-a-drouble for SilverWolf's birthday on HASA. SilverWolf asked for a drabble about Glorfindel, with either Ecthelion or Elrond. I wasn't quite ambitious enough to write my first LotR, but I was ambitious enough to try to sorta-kinda include both Ecthelion and at least a theoretical Elrond.

( Service of the Son )

The word count is 146! I'm getting better! ::does a little dance::

And Happy Birthday, SilverWolf!

Another Man's Cage--Chapter Five

My apologies for the delay in posting Chapter Five. As some already know (because I have been whining about it all week), my work-Internet was down for most of the week, and so the work that I could accomplish was limited to that which could be done during my few hours of "free time" each night.

I would like to thank everyone who has been following this tale and especially those who have left me comments. To those who have "friended" me in order to keep up-to-date on postings or taken their time to read or comment on my story: You have extended to me the greatest gift one can give a writer, and I cannot thank you enough!

I owe a special acknowledgement to juno_magic who coined the word "Eruhantale" for me in place of my generic, Elvish-challenged "Arda thanksgiving." Thanks, Juno!

I must extend a warning for this chapter: There is a bit of marital sex and some mild language. If you are underage or bothered by this kind of thing, please skip this chapter.

Thank you again and happy reading!



Chapter Five
Carnistir

( Chapter Five )

For those just aboard, here are links to the previous chapters:
Author's Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four

Why Can't My Head Just Explode and Have Done with It?

( The Busiest Weekend of Nothing Ever--warnings for ear-related grossness (and the usual rambling) )