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The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
Posted on 01/31/2004 9:52:08 AM PST by ecurbh
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To: Fedora
Nicely played, congrats.
To: JenB
Mm, go ahead and send whenever/whatever you like... is it finished, is that what you mean by editing? Or just that you're editing what you've written?Last October, mostly for fun, I cranked out 20 chapters with the goal of having a completed story by Halloween. The result was a story that was complete but unedited and only 100 pages long. In order to get it into publishable shape I need to add at least 150 pages, preferably more, as well as work out some of the bugs I left unedited in my haste to finish it.
To: Fedora
Ah.... sounds like NaNoWriMo, only a month early. You know Nanowrimo?
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posted on
03/04/2004 3:50:09 PM PST
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JenB
To: osagebowman
That one was an honest snaig, unlike some of my other ones :)
To: JenB
Ah.... sounds like NaNoWriMo, only a month early. You know Nanowrimo?Hadn't heard of it until I read your post and looked it up just now :) I guess it was kind of like that. I figured if I forced myself to keep on a tight schedule like that it would help me break through my writer's block. It did, but now I've got a big editing chore ahead. . .
To: Fedora
Note to self: Fedora is on NaNo ping list next year, whether or no he likes the idea... ;p
It's a good thing for me to do because I just sit and write. I don't worry about editing, or getting it right, I just finish something. Usually I get about 3/4 of the way done and I give up....
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03/04/2004 4:06:43 PM PST
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JenB
To: JenB
It does sound like a good thing to do. How come you give up 3/4 of the way done?
To: Fedora
Because I have thought the story through already, and I get bored with writing it.
The one I'm currently writing will, I hope, be different, because this story matters to me. I want to get it out, and get it right, rather than just telling it for myself.
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03/04/2004 4:16:21 PM PST
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JenB
To: JenB
Makes sense. Yeah, I find that does make a big difference whether you're writing for yourself or whether you know someone else is going to read it.
To: Fedora; JenB; All
Evenin' everyone!
How are our tornado folks doing?
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posted on
03/04/2004 4:37:56 PM PST
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: RonDog
Great work! I'm surprised you weren't attacked by Al Frankenweenie.
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posted on
03/04/2004 4:47:03 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: RMDupree
Hi, Ruthy! I'm afraid the tornadoes are pretty bad:
To: Fedora
Prayers UP!
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posted on
03/04/2004 5:01:20 PM PST
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RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: RMDupree
Tornados are something we get in PA, now and then... like once in six years. Nasty.
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posted on
03/04/2004 5:03:10 PM PST
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JenB
To: JenB
Same way here in South Florida. We never get anything higher than a F2 here though.
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posted on
03/04/2004 5:07:52 PM PST
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RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: RMDupree
Prayers UP!With ya on that! We're probably getting some strong winds around midnight, but hopefully they'll stay shy of tornadoes.
To: Fedora; 2Jedismom; Wneighbor
Hi, Ruthy! I'm afraid the tornadoes are pretty bad: Yikes! Hang in there, everyone!
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posted on
03/04/2004 5:09:07 PM PST
by
Penny1
(Oscar needs a Best Ensemble Acting Category.If they'd had one,LOTR would have been 12 for 12-JSiegel)
To: Fedora
You have real email
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posted on
03/04/2004 5:14:23 PM PST
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JenB
To: Fedora; JenB; All
I have a question for the Tolkien scholars...
Was Aragorn ever called "Estel" by anyone? For some reason I have that in my head, but don't know where it came from, lol. Also, does "estel" mean "hope?"
I was looking up Elrond and Aragorn's "I give hope to men...." "....I keep none for myself" in the appendices because I heard that it was what Aragorn's mother told him shortly before she died. Or at least, it was close. She said "Onen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim," which is then translated "I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself."
I thought it was a nice use of that quote, and am very curious about the word "Estel," for it is what Arwen cries at Aragorn's death.
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03/04/2004 5:21:51 PM PST
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Penny1
(Oscar needs a Best Ensemble Acting Category.If they'd had one,LOTR would have been 12 for 12-JSiegel)
To: Penny1
Yup! He was Estel as a kid in Rivendell when his real name and heritage was hidden.
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posted on
03/04/2004 5:22:40 PM PST
by
JenB
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