yes, another meme

[batyatoon]

Seen several places, ganked from bookelfe:

Give me the title of a story I've never written, and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you any or all of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got posted, the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage, and possibly a short excerpt as well.

Have at, friends. :D

Comments

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I really loved your short story "R'fuah Shleima." The poignance of Jewish Tolkien-elves facing the need to go West was just lovely.

[batyatoon]

I wrote that one as a birthday present for Ben a few years back. The trouble with that was, of course, the need to find somebody other than Ben who could translate "Hamavdil" into Quenyan for me. I still cherish a hope of getting that one verse set to music sometime.

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

*laughing out loud uncontrollably*

You know where I am right now, yes? Also, I don't know very much Quenya.

[batyatoon]

Yes. Yes, I do. *cheerful*

[batshua]

Also, I don't know very much Quenya.

Clearly, we need to remedy this! :>

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

He sang me the real song he wrote about Jewish Tolkien-elves. I really hadn't known it existed; I came up with the idea completely independently.

Would you write me a story as a birthday present someday?

[batyatoon]

Oh man, really? *laughing* You see why I had to reference it?

Maybe I will! :D

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Absolutely I see why. I was just mystified before he explained and sang it for me. :)

I just finished a birthday, so you've got all the way till next January 14th to write something for me!

[orawnzva.livejournal.com]

You're aware that I've already written that (http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/lyrics/Starlight-WovenBranches.txt) song (http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/music/Starlight-WovenBranches.mp3), right? Let me know if you want to hear it live while you conveniently have me under your roof.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I did hear it in the car today from you, and it's beautlful! Not quite that song, a different aspect of Jewish Tolkien elves, but definitely Jewish Tolkien elves nonetheless.