Yes, it is a day early. Sort of. But I finished it this afternoon and thought, "What the heck?" since it's three days late already. And I have warrant-type things (a.k.a. real work) to do tomorrow morning.
So here is the elusive Chapter Forty-Two, from the PoV of the recalcitrant Carnistir. As it turns out, this chapter is too large for LJ! So it
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Yes, it is. :) Especially a hip-high Elf with a sense that I as a plain ol' Human have never experienced. Tolkien said that little Elves advance faster than little Humans in terms of language ability...but it's hard to walk the line of how far one can go with this and still remain believable to the audience. I was keeping your last comment about this in mind as writing it; visiting thesaurus.com for synonyms and ideas, I was tempted to use certain words and had to slap my own wrist and say, "He's four, Dawn!"
(Was it you who asked me once for the quote about language development in young Elves? I don't think I ever gave it if you did....)
It's such a kid thing to do, and it establishes the bond between Tyelkormo and Carnistir without having to chew up time 'splaining it.I'm glad--and amused!--that this scene was so well-liked overall. It wasn't planned at all but one of those scenes that just "happens" as I'm writing it ( ... )
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Little kids are superlative at reading body language and tones in your voice.
Or in Carni's case, reading auras, or whatever it is that he does! :^P
He's a hard character to write, being as I have little experience--or interest--in small children. Of course, I can blunder my way out of that by whining, "But he's an Elf...."
Teenagers are the opposite. You can hit a teenager over the head with a brick and he'll say "huh?" and he just won't get it.
*ahem*
*looks at Nelyo*
He doesn't get it. ;)
Actually, the plotbunnies are circling around and demanding that Carni's story be fleshed out and that his whole childhood and teenagehood be explored. Can you start a list, Dawn, for what you're going to be writing after you finish your Feany/Nerds romance fic? (Which is causing me to salivate as I think about it, btw.) Would you have room on your agenda for a 'Carni Growing Up' story?Oh, I'm sorry to unleash the ( ... )
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# Maglor's fate (this will either be a short story or--if it's novel-length--will have a lot of original content; maybe novella?)
I am slowly working on, what now feels like, a vignette series that covers Maglor's life. I started on it a year ago, so let me know when you finished this. I would love to see your take on it.
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But I will let you know when I do! :)
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But most of the recipes that I'm finding involve some sort of citrus (orange, lime, or lemon). I found one that does not involve citrus but dates.
One, bizarrely, is made with peanut butter. Not sure how that one works.
I'd say the only problem I'd see is accounting for the citrus, which would depend on the geographical region, of course.
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I'm not even going to name the candy -- I just needed something that would be vaguely "foreign" to some of the characters involved in the scene and that would come in little bite-sized pieces. Stickiness is an added benefit.
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The first recipe I grabbed:
2 tbsp. gelatin
1 tbsp. water
1 med. orange
1 med. lemon
4 tbsp. almonds
3 1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
Icing sugar
Soak gelatin in 1 tablespoon of water and keep aside for about 10 minutes. Extract juice from orange and lemon. Wash the peels and keep aside. Blanche almonds and slice very fine. Combine sugar, water, juices and peels and bring to a boil. Add the gelatin and simmer until it dissolves. Strain the mixture. Cool for about 3 or 4 minutes. When the mixture is about to set, add the almonds. Mix well and pour into a wet bowl. Chill until completely set. Before serving, turn out the jelly onto a plate and cut into 1 inch pieces. Roll the pieces in icing sugar and serve. Makes 20 pieces.
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It looks like, if the flavoring is rosewater rather than lemon-orange, and the gelatin comes from the seaweed, they could make a pretty similar candy right there. Cool. Thanks! I'll just keep the candy description that I have, then.
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