A sweet lady's gift!

[elasg]

A lovely haremite by the name of White Gull wrote a poem for Aratlithiel and my fanfic Autumn's Requiem. It is a lovely piece and she agreed to let me share it with you. So THANK YOU, White Gull! This is the sweetest piece of tribute I could ever imagine.

Comments

[frodoholic]

Oh this is simply touching, what a wonderful and fitting tribute to Autumn's Requiem.

:Dar reaches for her hanky:

[elasg]

I was really touched and very impressed with it. If you have a chance, please head over to the archive and review it for her - or any of her other poems. The poor dear has found out the problem with poetry - hardly anyone reviews it! If you find the time, please do!

[frodoholic]

Done. I even reviewed another poem by White Gull called "Can You Hear Me?"
Oh gawd I was bawling..

[ancalime8301]

Aw, what a beautiful poem! :)

I had to go reread 'Autumn's Requiem' (*guh!*) before I read this, but that's just fine by me. Though I wouldn't recommend reading such things during class... ;)

Btw, if I were to write a harem-type fic, do you know of anyone who would tell me how much it sucks give me constructive criticism? I'm not exactly familiar with writing in that realm of fanfic...

[elasg]

LOL!!! No, not in class. Or at work either. Trust me on that one. Well, I would be glad to give constructive criticism and so would several other of the ladies, I am sure! We are VERY familiar with writing in this realm... and such warm and inviting waters they are too. Heheheheh....

I have to confess, it saddens me that writers have been so attacked for Mary Sues that they shy away from writing any female characters - even to the point of thinking they can't write female characters! That is silly! Most of us ARE girls - and we can't write them? Bull! All you have to do is write realistically what you would really do in the situation you are laying out in the story - not what you WISH you had done but what you honestly would do. Just as you would any other character! It's easy! You'll see!

[ancalime8301]

No, not in class. Or at work either. Well, since I've already committed the class one, I'll have to keep in mind the work one. ;) I just know I really wasn't paying attention to whatever it was we were doing in Grammar... :p

Oh, that's good. :) And yes, it's sad the way so many writers shy away from female characters... though my problem isn't so much as avoiding female characters, it's just not being sure about portraying them in this sort of situation... I'll be honest and say the ficlet in question is already in progress, based in part on real life... :p I've just never written this type of interaction between a male and a female, and that is where I'm feeling very uncertain of myself. But it was begging to be written, so I'm catering to that. ;)

Ah, there's the rub...

[elasg]

Gotcha. Lots of ladies feel the same way. There are also a large contingent that don't feel comfortable sharing something so personal and I can definitely respect that.

Based in part on real life. OK, I am going to give you a BIG pat on the back for that... IMHO the best fic IS based in part on real life. I know there are large sections of fanficdom who eschew the maxim 'write what you know' but it is so bloody true. Even with a writer who is excellent, there MUST be some grain of truth or the tale does not ring true. Maybe not that situation exactly, but some personal experience that you draw on to write your piece - something you have experienced. Yes, you can jazz it up a bit, embellish, *ahem* but the basic experience you are building on rings much truer through the story if YOU lived it first

[julchen11]

I don't know your story but this poem is very touching, another whispering one ... god how beautiful is it! Hmmmm.... Dreamtime has just begun.
*cuddles*