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A birthday present for Altariel
I would only ever do this for Short Stuff, just so you know.
The First OneGoldberry watched as Fatty Lumpkin ambled off down the hill and her husband stamped up to the door ( Read more... ) -
Hard Sailing-a collaboration with Dwimordene
Dwimordene enjoys playing in my Imrahil/Andrahar sandbox and I enjoy letting her, because I get stories about my favorite pair of gentlemen without having to write them myself. In this instance, we were both inspired by the B2MeM prompts to write about what Dwim describes as "Imrahil's and Andrahar's awful, rotten, no good, very bad day." We ( Read more... ) -
B2MeM09-Day Four Prompt
A bit of catch-up here. The prompt was: What is a role model to you? Do role models require certain qualities for you? How should people relate to their role models? I give you Brand, relating to some of his...
Essay
"I have to write this…essay, you see," Brand confided to his uncle, as they paced the halls of the Steward's House. It was two ( Read more... ) -
B2MeM09 Day Eight Prompt
The prompt was: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Is it? And ugliness? Is it also relative? Write a story, poem or create an artwork where the contrast beauty/ugliness plays a central role.
Which sort of caused this nuzgul from the long-dormant Silver Swan to leap out from the undergrowth and fang me. The resultant piece, which will ( Read more... ) -
B2MeM09 Day Seven Prompt
It would be easier to catch up if I didn't keep writing stuff longer than drabbles! The prompt is:
Imagine this! You are walking in the woods and sudden a tree whispers to you ... What does it say? What is your reaction?
My answer is a little sidebar to Captain My Captain. In Chapter 28, Elladan, Elrohir and Hethlin take refuge in Fangorn ( Read more... ) -
B2MeM09 Day Six Prompt
The prompt was-"Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable." Not sure if this fits the bill exactly, but here you go-Geek Love in Gondor:
Liquid Numbers
She had noticed him upon the fringes of the court, occasionally acting as his father’s secretary, but most of the time in a garden or a minstrel’s loft or some other out-of-the-way ( Read more... ) -
B2MeM09 Day Five
A bit out of order here, but Shield Man led to this as a natural progression. The prompt is as follows: Consider something that you regret: something that you did and wish you could undo, something you didn't do and wish that you had. Think or write briefly about what you would do if you had a second chance and how you think your life might be ( Read more... ) -
Still Playing Catch-up-BRMEM Day Two Prompt
Which was a choice of the most tedious job you'd ever done or the most dangerous situation you'd ever faced. So I chose number two, for Andra. Those of you who read my stuff know just when this happened.
Shield Man
He got through my guard! Andrahar thought in astonishment as he stared at the snarling Corsair captain. The affront almost bit more ( Read more... ) -
B2MEM bites!
I'm usually vulnerable to at least one Back to Middle Earth prompt, and though I'm a bit behind, here's my entry for day one. Lacks focus a bit, but it does cover the prompt:
FIREBUG
Report had come that autumn of a rogue boar ravening in the hills of Belfalas. It was a huge, canny beast that had evaded the attempts of the local huntsmen and ( Read more... )
