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@mineralizedwritings

The only thing I might suggest is just making it a little longer, for a first chapter it was pretty short.

I know, I write kind of short chapters. When I was younger, I used waaaay too much description and purple prose. Then I reacted against that and barely described anything at all. Now I’m trying to train myself back into…[Read more]

@theloonyone

Favorite character? Ah, that’s hard. Too hard… I can’t 🤣 I love them all! Probably Sam or Boromir, though. What about you?

Oh yes, Sam. He’s the best! So loyal and loving all the way there and back! I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say they liked Boromir though. I’m curious, why? 🙂

What about you?

Definitely Eowyn, followed close…[Read more]

@madelyn

Yes, The Count of Monte Cristo is so good! Wow, that’s cool your dad likes it! It doesn’t seem like the kind of book that a non-book person would really like, just because it’s so long and has some complicated stuff. (Seriously, I almost lost patience with it when I read it the first time, because just as I was getting into the…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Your WIP sounds good! I read the first chapter that you posted on here a while ago, and I liked the way you used their diaries for flashbacks and telling the story.

The whole adoption thing is in book 2. (I write so out of order sometimes 🤣)

Me too! I’m thinking about a sequel to A Dream Come True, so I’ve written a few…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon

Yes! Eowyn struggles with depression and fear, like you said, and she’s not a feminist either.

I know! Faramir’s the one who stands up to Eowyn and tells her to stop trying to die in battle. He’s the one who really heals Eowyn. And the part where Eowyn finally accepts everything and agrees to marry Faramir . . . gives me…[Read more]

@madelyn

Yes, The Count of Monte Cristo is good! Sometime I want to write an article or something about how the quest for revenge is different in The Count and The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff. (You should read it! It’s the third in the Roman Britain Trilogy: The Eagle of the Ninth, The Silver Branch, and The Lantern Bearers.)

It’s tech…[Read more]

@koshka

Your WIPs sound really interesting! I like your blurbs, good job!

I worked on A Dream Come True for oh, about two years. It started as a short story based on a dream I had (hence one meaning of the title!), but I revised it into a novella, and that took about . . . a little less than a year to rewrite. I had the idea for Swallowtail S…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Ooh, what’s your WIP about? That’s great that you discuss adoption, I think there need to be more books about that.

I can’t seem to figure out how to quote your post, but anyway, I might post some scenes from A Dream Come True in the next couple of days and ask for advice or suggestions!

@starofthenorth

Yo sis

@theloonyone

Yay, another Tolkien nerd! Who’s your favorite character(s)?

I’m pretty excited to have finished a book myself! It’s only 27,000 words, so it’s more of a novella, but it’s the first longer thing I’ve finished! Rustic fantasy is basically non-magical fantasy, no Elves or wizards or dragons. So it’s similar to historical fiction from…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon

I haven’t seen the LOTR movies either, because I’m also sensitive and I agree with you about the characters! From what I know, they completely misunderstood Eowyn. And Faramir. And they gave Elves pointed ears! Tolkien never said Elves had pointed ears! *takes a deep breath* Sorry about that, LOL.

Ooh, Screwtape Letters is…[Read more]

@koshka

Hello and nice to meet you!

What is your WIP about? I like non-magical fantasy too. 🙂

1. Definitely Elves!

2. My favorite author is J. R. R. Tolkien. I think he had dark hair, but in most of the pictures I’ve seen he has grayish-white hair. Interesting question! 😀

3. I would rather own a horse for life–they don’t breathe fire.…[Read more]

@madelyn

YES HERE I AM! 😀

Seriously? Questions from you? Like we haven’t known each other for what, our whole lives? XD

1. LOTR (It’s just one book, but if you count The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales and all the History of Middle Earth, it’s a series, right?), the Roman Britain trilogy by Rosemary Sutcliff, and The Chronicles of Pry…[Read more]

@felicity

I love your greeting! I’m not fluent enough in Quenya to reply, unfortunately. But thank you! 🙂

Your WIP sounds interesting! I’d be interested in reading it if you decide to post scenes or chapters or anything!

Nice to meet you!

@mineralizedwritings

The LOTR soundtrack is great! I like Concerning Hobbits too, but my favorites are The King of the Golden Hall and all the Rohan themes. (Big Eowyn fan here!)

Ooh, questions!

1. I like my character Ruby from Swallowtail Summer. She’s not at all like me, but she’s very interesting to learn about as I write her! I also like…[Read more]