CAPSLOCK TIEMS!
Nov. 16th, 2013 04:27 pmI.
I MEAN.
I JUST.
I AM WRITING THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR THE TEMPERED STEEL*, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE PLOTBUNNY THAT CRAWLED OUT OF ANGBAND. 30 CHAPTERS, 111889 WORDS, 6½ YEARS, IT IS DONE. I DON'T. I CAN'T EVEN. I MEAN. I ACTUALLY FINISHED WRITING A FRICKIN' NOVEL. (TRILOGY.)
HOLD ME, SWEET SUMMER CHILD.
Ahem. Thank you, move on, nothing to see here. I DID IT. AHAHAHAHAHAH.
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* In case anyone who's not already on board seriously wants to know what these occasional bouts of authorial excitement have meant, here's the bloody thing in all its miserable glory. (Also available in Russian BE STILL MY WRITERLY HEART.)
Interest in Tolkien fanfic (First Age) and tolerance for absurdly complicated Quenya names required. Background knowledge of The Silmarillion might be helpful. Mostly unbeta'd except for Part One. Heed the warnings. I'm not responsible for anything. Except that I am.
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Date: 2013-11-16 11:16 pm (UTC)CONGRATULATIONS!
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Date: 2013-11-18 12:00 pm (UTC)Thank you! \o/
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Date: 2013-11-17 07:53 am (UTC)Das ist echt klasse! Ich wünschte, ich hätte das Durchhaltevermögen auch endlich was Längeres zu schreiben.
Mein Schwachpunkt ist immer der Plot. Ich bin toll mit Charakteren und super mit Beschreibungen und World Building und ich glaub ich hab einen recht guten Stil. Aber ich bin GANZ GANZ mies wenns um gute Plots geht.
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Date: 2013-11-17 07:17 pm (UTC)Bei meinen eigenen Sachen habe ich bisher auch noch keinen Plot zu irgendeinem brauchbaren Ende führen können. Und ich habe bei weitem nicht dein Händchen für Charaktere oder Beschreibungen. Kommt vielleicht noch. Oder halt nicht. Vorläufig bin ich erst mal froh, dass ich WENIGSTENS mit einem vorgegebenen Plot die Geschichte an einen Punkt gebracht habe, an der man das Buch zuklappen kann...
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Date: 2013-11-17 05:29 pm (UTC)and
wow!
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aaaaah!
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congratulations!!!!!!!
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Date: 2013-11-18 12:03 pm (UTC)und
ach, naja...
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schon.
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danke!!!!
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Date: 2013-11-18 07:50 pm (UTC)Die Sekretärin meinte, dass ich mich auf frühestens März nächsten Jahres einstellen soll.
DAS SCHEIß TEIL WAR WEIHNACHTEN LETZTEN JAHRES FERTIG!?!?!??!!!!!
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Date: 2013-11-19 09:45 am (UTC)Das tut mir sehr Leid für dich. Man kann ihm ja auch schlecht Druck machen. :(
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Date: 2013-11-21 11:37 pm (UTC)But I do think you chose a good point to stop. And you managed to tie up one part very neatly at the last moment--although Fumella's going to find that no mean challenge for her skills!
I'm glad that Varnacanyo is going to be around, when Findekano and Macalaure are not...
P.S. Oh--and before that I had shared your Non-Angsty Maedhros on Tumblr (with credits) by way of an advertisement that you were about to finish TTS. I hope that's ok. Although Tumblr being Tumblr, I never know whether anyone actually goes and reads anything I rec.
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Date: 2013-11-22 06:16 pm (UTC)Yes, Fúmella will have a lot of hard work to do, but nobody said that becoming a master poet should be simple! ;)
Don't worry about not commenting on the contents; you've been such a faithful reviewer all this time!
As for the PS -- that's fine. I'm actually quite proud of this monster (otherwise I wouldn't have linked to it here, either), so I'm comfortable with recs - even on Tumblr ;). I'm also reasonably content with Happy Maedhros, so all is well! Thanks for the rec, whether it leads to new readers or no.