Reviews of Air, Fire, Water

docmon · 22 March 2005 · Chapter 3: Spring After Winter (Water)

ohhhh my. what can i say? so few words, and yet you create a world, or such emotion, or simple say It right. "Gandalf –Gandalf?– laughing with joy, a sound like water in a parched land." how more perfect a way to describe Gandalf's laugh, after all sam's been through. He knows real thirst, he knows what parched really feels like, so the words are doubly apt. a true wordsmith, mon

Author's reply

Thank you so much! A true wordsmith did write those words, "like water in a parched land", for they are straight from the Professor's pen, snitched by me for the perfect finishing touch to my poor shadow of his genius.

Branwyn · 22 March 2005 · Chapter 3: Spring After Winter (Water)

More beautiful word-painting! Loved the rain that "sweetens the strawberries and coaxes the fresh green shoots of new barley from the earth." So vivid and full of color--you must have the box of 102 crayons with the built-in sharpener!

Author's reply

Oooh, I loved those! The colors! The names of the colors! Thinking about what could be done with those colors! And as a grown-up, I once bought a set of 100 skeins of embroidery floss, just so I could sit and admire the color and silken texture.

Branwyn · 22 March 2005 · Chapter 2: Firelight (Fire)

This drabble evokes such a strong feeling of uneasy truce. ...hold the wintry dark at bay, for a little while The elements of the conflict, though almost hidden, are all present--the Ring, Boromir's struggle with temptation, and his death ("mortal lives"). How did you do that in so few words? :-D

Author's reply

Perfect, perfect inspiration (and forty minutes of time to kill at work...) Ann

Raksha The Demon · 19 March 2005 · Chapter 1: Green (Air)

How do you get all that into a 100-word drabble? Lovely, evocative account of Faramir's awakening to hope...

Author's reply

You know, half the time I think my word count must be off, so I check it again (and again, and again). I don't even know how I pack so much in - sometimes they seem to write themselves, as I watch in awe. Ann

mirthor · 19 March 2005 · Chapter 2: Firelight (Fire)

The last line - perfect.

Author's reply

Thank you! A salute, as always, to my beloved Boromir, blazing fiercely, then snuffed out.

Larner · 19 March 2005 · Chapter 3: Spring After Winter (Water)

OOOOHHHHH! This is so very, very beautiful--from the End of All Things to the renewal, complete with laughing guardian angel.

Author's reply

Thank you, thank you so much - I wrote this quite a while back, and had forgotten it until tonight. "laughing guardian angel" - ooh, I like that! I always love watching Gandalf's joyous, bubbling laughter in the film. Ann

Larner · 19 March 2005 · Chapter 2: Firelight (Fire)

You say in a few words what I take chapters to express. Oh, I love this one!

Author's reply

Thanks! But you have plots, and characters, and things actually happening in your stories! Whereas mine mostly consist of thinking, or eating, or thinking about eating. With pretty scenery around.

Larner · 19 March 2005 · Chapter 1: Green (Air)

Oh, very evocative. Lovely piece, and excellent imagery. Love the scent of hope.

Author's reply

Thank you! I love the idea of athelas bearing the most-beloved scents to rouse the injured one towards hope and healing. Ann

Armariel · 19 March 2005 · Chapter 3: Spring After Winter (Water)

Very lovely, the use of strong images that appeal to all the senses really bring your writing to life. Amazing that you can accomplish it in such a small space. cheers Armariel~~~{~@

Author's reply

Thank you for your kind words! I'm helpless at plots, my dialog is week, but I do seem to have some small descriptive skill, so that's basically what I do. :)

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