Aearwen's Little Bits - It's A Living

[aearwen2]

I wrote this drabble months ago - and, just as a teaser, should let you know that it has led me into writing a multi-chaptered longer work about Maglor in this modern setting, which I will start posting when it is completed. Just as a teaser, of course...



The tourists listen and then drop coins that will provide him with food and a shelter for the next night into the leather-covered case. It is all he requires.

How long he's been there, playing that lap harp with burn-scarred hands and singing songs that make the tourists gather round to listen over and over again, nobody else in the sleepy little seaside town remembers.

He rarely speaks to anyone, but when he does, his voice is sweet and rich. "Mac" they call him - sometimes "damned hippy" because of his hair.

Mostly they leave him alone.

He prefers that.

Comments

It's a Living

[(Anonymous)]

Aearwen,

I was amazed that you had Maglor last all this long in Arda. I loved how you wrote that they call him "Mac"...lol. But Poor Maglor! Will you ever have him get to Valinor in these drabbles???

Hugs,
Vanime

Re: It's a Living

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

In the drabbles? No. I think I touch on him only this once. And I have yet to pen the last chapter of the novel-length take-off on this, so not sure about then either. We'll both just have to see. If/When you see me starting to post a story called Strange Melodies, you'll know I finished it.

[ruger2.livejournal.com]

This is almost like a condensed intro to "Strange Melodies". I like the way it captures his attitude toward his modern-day situation -- "He rarely speaks to anyone... Mostly they leave him alone. He prefers it that way."

I love "Strange Melodies", and can hardly wait until you finish and post it!

And, your drabbles are great. I admire anyone who can capture so much so suscinctly, and you are a master!

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

They are an acquired taste. For the longest time, I looked down on them as terrible wastes of effort - and then I started writing them (on a dare, actually - I blame mevrian for it all) and discovered that they were quite difficult to do properly. A lot of thinking and editing and careful word choice and tossing out thoughts that just refuse to fit into the 100-word box goes into writing them.

Doing one a day for an extended period of time is an exercise I think every aspiring writer should try at least once.