B2MeM09: Day Eighteen

[dawn_felagund]

Day Eighteen

Craft a story, poem or artwork where your character is in bed and he or she awakes to a future leader, heir, or current leader standing outside the window, staring into your character's face with a giant smile. What's going on?

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[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Here is my attempt to write today's prompt,again it is a bit long to post here.
http://lindahoyland.livejournal.com/142385.html

[dawn_felagund]

I got a good laugh that Faramir weathered the night in worse shape than the horse that just bore twin foals! Poor guy! A very charming vignette, Linda. :)

[telperion1.livejournal.com]

Dawn,

Instead of writing today's prompts I opted to use one Mercurial Monday's other prompt. The adventure one.

I'm not sure if this is the place to note that, since I'm not actually writing the prompt listed above, so if you'd like me to do something else please let me know.

Anyway, it's a prequel to Where the Stars Are Strange, in which our Haradri girl gets a name and Aragorn makes yet more decisions. :-)

http://telperion-fic.livejournal.com/56430.html

[dawn_felagund]

I never commented on "Where the Stars Are Strange." I read it, was awed by it, and didn't know how to put into words what I felt and so pardoned myself to come back later when I was more coherent. I'm still waiting for that. :) But, in the meanwhile, I do want you to know that it was read and greatly appreciated. :)

The title of this one made me curious right away. The opening quote was magnificent and the way that you work it into the story. I still find it hard to put into words why your writing affects me the way that it does. :) I suppose it's because it's a mixture of so many things that I want in stories and so rarely find (even in published work): characters, cultures, an eloquent style, and a story that truly says something. Not for the first time this month, I have to commend you on a really excellent piece of writing. :)

And linking the Mercurial substitution here is just fine! I've added it under the appropriate prompt on the site and made an HTML comment as well that this is a replacement for Day 18.

[telperion1.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, Dawn, for your kind words. I feel a bit like a broken-record saying that again and again, but it's true that your reviews mean a lot to me. Especially with you reading *so many* stories, I am wowed that mine would bring about a sort of wordlessness. I like wordlessness of this sort. :-) Maybe it's because I've spent the last three days listening to music that puts me in an almost meditative state, thinking about desert mysticism and so much, but thought that won't sort itself into words feels like a high honor to me.

[f-ireworks.livejournal.com]

My answer to today's prompt, featuring Imrahil:

Hope that sustains
http://f-ireworks.livejournal.com/43536.html#cutid1

[dawn_felagund]

*happy sigh* I love the way you use the prompt in this! What a beautiful story (and great choice of poems to open and close it too! :D)

[whitewave16.livejournal.com]

Here are my entries for Days 18-20. Will try to do Day 21 tomorrow.

http://whitewave16.livejournal.com/32457.html

[dawn_felagund]

I think my favorite bit was Manwe's lack of action. Ouch! :D

But goggly heart-eyed Feanor is, as always, priceless!

[independence1776]

Here's mine: http://indy1776.livejournal.com/9402.html

[dawn_felagund]

I think that this prompt has generated some of the most fun stories! I love this--poor Elrond! I share a room with an early-riser too (plus too Golden Retrievers who have no compunctions about clicking back and forth, back and forth on the hardwood floors in the small hours of the morning), so I empathize truly with him! :D

[independence1776]

I used to be an early riser until my senior year of college. I still haven't gotten back to that even two years later, and I'd like to.

That is why my dog sleeps in the hall bathroom-- she's never slept the night through. It's always lick, lick, lick, nibble, get up and lay back down, etc. So I sympathize!

[lanyon.livejournal.com]

fingon and tranquillity (http://community.livejournal.com/100_indecisions/17660.html)