The "feel" of Alqualonde is back along with all those little details that distinguish your writing and give it such a strong sense of reality.
Awesome! This is part of what I'm trying to do in this series of stories: to give each place its own feel. When I think of them in my head, it's like each place has its own color and emotion: Tirion, Alqualonde, Formenos, Taniquetil, Himring...I'm trying to bring out not only the physical details that distinguish each for me but the feeling of each too.
One of the things I've discovered that I love about the fantasy genre that I never had in my "literary" pursuits is setting: the chance to go to--and take readers to--these fantastic places. And I've only scratched the surface in my Silmfic.
I'm not entirely happy with how I've captured Alqualonde, but I'm a newby, and it'll just be a bit of tweaking, I think. And I recognize that I am very hard on myself with this, as well. :)
Of course, the creepy sense of foreboding has reared its head in the chapter, too.
But of course! It's me! What's a light and happy tale without some dark foreshadowing. ;) Besides, it should be obvious that Macalaure and Vingarie have an unhappy bout in their life together. I certainly don't have her wandering the shores alongside him.
But that's all I'm saying about that. >:^)
So writing about them is bittersweet for me because I know their ending and I want to keep them forever in this time, when they are so full of happiness and hope. But, of course, I can't.
The way you've pictured them together is very inspiring for me. (in both G and NC-17 ways, because a perv always remains one!)
Lol! As I was reading the part where Nelyo tackles Macalaure on the bed, I was thinking, "Well, Jenni and Alina are going to have a bit of fun with that." Jenni didn't mention it, but you did, and so I am not disappointed! >:^))
Thank you so much for all of your kind words. I typed my whole sob-story in Jenni's comment above, but trust that everyone's help and encouragement has been fantastic at this part of the story when I seriously just wanted to have nothing to do with it. The illness and injury and lack of motivation...I wanted to hide this story in the depths of my computer and forget about it for a few months. But I think I'm through the worst of it, and I thank you for your encouragement. :)
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Date: 2006-03-17 06:50 pm (UTC)Awesome! This is part of what I'm trying to do in this series of stories: to give each place its own feel. When I think of them in my head, it's like each place has its own color and emotion: Tirion, Alqualonde, Formenos, Taniquetil, Himring...I'm trying to bring out not only the physical details that distinguish each for me but the feeling of each too.
One of the things I've discovered that I love about the fantasy genre that I never had in my "literary" pursuits is setting: the chance to go to--and take readers to--these fantastic places. And I've only scratched the surface in my Silmfic.
I'm not entirely happy with how I've captured Alqualonde, but I'm a newby, and it'll just be a bit of tweaking, I think. And I recognize that I am very hard on myself with this, as well. :)
Of course, the creepy sense of foreboding has reared its head in the chapter, too.
But of course! It's me! What's a light and happy tale without some dark foreshadowing. ;) Besides, it should be obvious that Macalaure and Vingarie have an unhappy bout in their life together. I certainly don't have her wandering the shores alongside him.
But that's all I'm saying about that. >:^)
So writing about them is bittersweet for me because I know their ending and I want to keep them forever in this time, when they are so full of happiness and hope. But, of course, I can't.
The way you've pictured them together is very inspiring for me. (in both G and NC-17 ways, because a perv always remains one!)
Lol! As I was reading the part where Nelyo tackles Macalaure on the bed, I was thinking, "Well, Jenni and Alina are going to have a bit of fun with that." Jenni didn't mention it, but you did, and so I am not disappointed! >:^))
Thank you so much for all of your kind words. I typed my whole sob-story in Jenni's comment above, but trust that everyone's help and encouragement has been fantastic at this part of the story when I seriously just wanted to have nothing to do with it. The illness and injury and lack of motivation...I wanted to hide this story in the depths of my computer and forget about it for a few months. But I think I'm through the worst of it, and I thank you for your encouragement. :)