tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post6593750832013643008..comments2024-03-21T17:22:02.012-05:00Comments on Musings of an Elf: Changes, New Adventures, and Lots of FeelsChristine Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-76434016505219773742014-08-04T16:21:33.358-05:002014-08-04T16:21:33.358-05:00No, no, no! I've totally done that too! Or wor...No, no, no! I've totally done that too! Or worse and forget so long it kind of becomes too late to comment at all. XD<br /><br />*giggles* YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME SMILE I LOVE YOU!!! <333<br /><br />I am glad I kept Musings of an Elf. It's kind of my happy place and I don't want to give it up.<br /><br />I'LL still always be Lauri to myself on the internet. XD I like it when people call me that. It'd be so weird if you didn't. o.o So yes, I'll always be your Lauri. ^___^<br /><br />INDEED. Decision making... Just no.<br /><br />(THAT'S SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO GLAD YOU FINALLY GOT TO SEE IT! Nooo, I LOVE discussing and squeeing about movies, especially of the Marvel kind, so please! Keep doing it!)Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-49566535939129838472014-08-03T21:59:18.291-05:002014-08-03T21:59:18.291-05:00*bad Celti sees this post and squeals over it and ...*bad Celti sees this post and squeals over it and then forgets to comment on it till like a week later* <br />*cough*<br /><br />ASLDKJ;ASLDKJFLK YOUR NEW THINGS AND PICTURE AND NAME AND TWITTER BUT YOU KEPT THE LOVERLY BLOG AND BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AND HOBBIT TRAILER WITH PIPPIN SONG AND JUST EVERYTHING AND YES<br />...<br />Er... that was... incoherent. 0.o Ahem.<br /><br />Echoing everrrrrybody else, YESH I loveth your musings blog and am so happy you're keeping it! *hugs it tight*<br /><br />And as I've said, you'll always be Lauri to me, but I'm proud of you for your big steps! ^_^ LOVE YOU. <3<br /><br />Decision making? Pft. That... exists? o.o Eheheh... DON'T ask me about decision making, because that is a non-existent skill as far as Celti is concerned... >.><br /><br />(This is totally irrelevant but I FINALLY SAW THOR TODAY AND ALKSDJFLSKJDFLKSJD I JUST LOVED THAT MOVIE WAY TOO MUCH AND JUST I CAAAAAAAAAAAAAN'T. Ahem. And yes, it's apparently my bad habit to randomly mention movies I'm watching in comments on your blog... XD)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-62760565814119288282014-07-31T15:47:46.171-05:002014-07-31T15:47:46.171-05:00Yes! And she is so originally named "Bunny&qu...Yes! And she is so originally named "Bunny". Hey, I was 7. ;) PANDA BEAR. D'awww!!!<br /><br />That'd be so fun! I inspired you? Awww! What an amazing feeling! ^_^<br />WE ARE SO ALIKE. I started out mine as a prologue as well and I was pretty proud of it. But I've also had no one to look at it yet, so who knows. XD But I'm sure yours is amazing!<br /><br />YES, YES, YES!!! I cannot even tell you how often I do that! Sometimes when I'm writing I'm thinking, "Hey, this is turning out super well!" Then later I go back to read it and wonder what in all the earth I was thinking. And THEN, after some time later, I'm back to liking it. A roller coaster, perfect way of putting it. I never really know if it's good or not because I'm so indecisive. XDChristine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-47911618276036205652014-07-31T15:33:12.262-05:002014-07-31T15:33:12.262-05:00Haha! Awww, a stuffed bunny? I occasionally *coug...Haha! Awww, a stuffed bunny? I occasionally *cough* pull out my *cough* panda bear sometimes. . . :] And yes! Toy Story just makes it worse. <br /><br />I would love to do the story swap! That is, if I get anywhere with it. . . You inspired me! So, today I wrote an awesome prologue for my retelling. At least <i>I</i> think it's awesome. Nobody's had a chance to read it yet, to tell me what they think.<br /><br />Do you ever get the feeling what you are writing right now is beyond fabulous, and then you come back to it a day later and think, "Wow. That's awful." Then come back again and LOVE it?? I hope I'm not the only one. . . My writing feels like a roller coaster. . . O_oSarah Cnossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095719269691352787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-45413882176277513712014-07-31T14:02:31.313-05:002014-07-31T14:02:31.313-05:00You have no idea how happy that makes me. I've...You have no idea how happy that makes me. I've always wanted people to see me as an elf. I'm a silly person, I know.<br /><br />Awww! That means so much! It's so humbling to know people really do enjoy my silly little blog here. ^_^<br /><br />YAY!!! :D<br /><br />I KNOOOOW!!!!!Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-48653442900069097882014-07-31T14:00:20.575-05:002014-07-31T14:00:20.575-05:00I definitely feel the same way. I'd love for o...I definitely feel the same way. I'd love for our entries to win, but I know it will be an amazing read no matter what!<br /><br />I guess Peter Jackson just wanted to make it the same feel as LotR. I don't know why, they're both wonderful books, but they're DIFFERENT. And that's okay. I love having the heavy, serious read of LotR and I love a light read like The Hobbit. There's no need for them to feel exactly the same. I'm just so disappointed in Peter Jackson turning Tolkien's masterpieces into a money scheme.<br />It is so weird how much Bard looks like Orlando Bloom. XD It's going to be weird seeing them interact.Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-77928385098164130452014-07-31T07:30:59.946-05:002014-07-31T07:30:59.946-05:00 As far as I am concerned you are and always will ... As far as I am concerned you are and always will be an Elf. I am convinced.<br /><br /> I am glad you kept this blog. I am attached to it. It feels like you and I like showing up here when I click on your name.<br /><br /> I am following you on twitter now.<br /><br /> AND THE HOBBIT! I WANT WINTER SO BADLY RIGHT NOW!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395502314886308773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-68095361668491959282014-07-30T23:48:31.214-05:002014-07-30T23:48:31.214-05:00Aw, thanks. :)
I know, I can't wait to read t...Aw, thanks. :)<br /><br />I know, I can't wait to read the final product either! Of course we're both crossing our fingers that our stories will be included in the collection of course, though I'd love to read it even if I didn't win, and I'm sure you would too.<br /><br />Exactly, the Hobbit is a book that you can read to your kids, and laugh out loud to. The movie is nothing like that, and I can't help but be extremely disappointed about the bloated dark mess that Peter Jackson has made it into, but I'm still going to see it when it comes out. Martin and Benedict save it for me. Bard is good too, but I find it weird that he looks so much like Orlando Bloom. I am pretty excited to see what they do with the next part of the story, though I'm sure I'll be complaining for at least a month afterwards. :PAndrea Monsmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785160004027759268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-6226933953164672802014-07-30T20:38:31.703-05:002014-07-30T20:38:31.703-05:00Good gracious me! I don't even know how to res...Good gracious me! I don't even know how to respond. You're too sweet, Sarah! <333<br /><br />It's crazy how alike we are! It's hard balancing sentimentality and perfectionism, isn't it? Whenever I give away or store up my toys I always think of Toy Story and it makes it 1000x harder. (I won't tell you I still sleep with a stuffed bunny. Shhh.)<br /><br />I agree, I think it's for the best.<br /><br />Me neither. I'm really, really hoping to get it very soon. Cinderella is another one of my favorite fairytales. But Beauty and the Beast takes top favorite.<br />Oh, I hope you enter! That would be so much fun!! And if you decide to I'd love to do a critique swap of our stories. If you'd want to, of course. But I totally understand about having sporadic writing. I kind of meant to write more of my retelling this month but it just didn't happen. Hopefully next month will be more productive.<br /><br />No, no you need not. Because HOBBIT. <333<br /><br />Awww, thank you! You as well!Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-45757637812091053472014-07-30T20:30:19.836-05:002014-07-30T20:30:19.836-05:00Thank you! ^_^ You are? How fun! There's going...Thank you! ^_^ You are? How fun! There's going so many awesome entries! It's so exciting!<br /><br />I knooow! Such an epic trailer! Let's hope the movie lives up to it.Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-29616129650312663502014-07-30T20:23:31.993-05:002014-07-30T20:23:31.993-05:00Awww, thank you!
Are you serious? That's so fu...Awww, thank you!<br />Are you serious? That's so funny!!! Indecision is quite the crazy thing, isn't it? XD<br />Thank you! That's quite a compliment coming from someone as lovely as you. ^_^<br /><br />Oh, I know. There's going to be some amazing entries, I already know. I cannot wait to see the final product. I have no doubt it's going to be amazing.<br />Hey, 1k is a good start! And there's definitely still plenty of time. It's exciting you're joining in as well!<br />I agree! It's so neat to think about how one story can be told a million different ways.<br /><br />Giiiirl, you just put all my thoughts into words! Yes, yes, and yes. I'm extremely excited about the next Hobbit movie but I have so many complaints. I think the biggest one is how dark a turn Peter Jackson made it take. The LotR films are pretty dark but that fits the LotR story. It's not a children's book after all. It supposed to be dark. But The Hobbit always had a lighter tone I appreciated and Peter Jackson is just stripping it away of that, making it far too depressing. All the hilarious parts in the book he turned into dark, serious scenes. And that really upset me. Plus, as you said, he's stretching it out way, way too far. It could have easily been one movie. I can complain for hours, so I'll stop there, but I absolutely agree with everything you said. Thank goodness for Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch at least! They're perfection. <3 Also Bard. I'm so glad his character wasn't ruined.Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-39168942904109200742014-07-30T20:15:35.311-05:002014-07-30T20:15:35.311-05:00Lolzy! Well, I'm glad I decided to stick with ...Lolzy! Well, I'm glad I decided to stick with Musings of an Elf then. It's such a thrill to know others really do enjoy my blog. ^_^<br />YES! I have noticed that. It's so funny. Great minds think alike, eh? ;)<br /><br />Hahaha! You can call me whatever you wish. Or maybe a conglomeration of both the names. Lauristine? Erm...maybe not.<br />Exactly! It's such a hard debate. I got so accustomed to being called Lauri around the internets it was really hard making the switch. But I think it's for the best.<br /><br />*blushes* My goodness, thank you! ^_^<br /><br />Advertising, yes. They say if you want to get published you really do need to get your name out there, everywhere you can. So you're doing good!<br /><br />It is SO hard keeping under that 20k cap, isn't it? I think (think) I can pack my B&B story into that few words, but if it doesn't win there's a huge possibility I'll end up turning it into a full novel. I almost like it in novella form, but I know there could be so, so much more to it. And I've always wanted to write a B&B retelling anyway, so why not?<br />YES, YES, YES. I still absolutely want to do a story critique swap! So send it my way! And...wait... Quirky characters? HOT AIR BALLOONS? I NEED THIS. Did you know I have an obsession with hot air balloons? I don't know what it is about them, I just love them! SO YES I WANT TO READ IT. Also quirky characters are my favorite. <3<br /><br />PIPPIN'S SONG. I nearly died when I heard it on there. Ah, it was amazing. Although I didn't exactly see any scenes that looked like the book but...maybe it will be good.Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-53337985891275758302014-07-30T18:18:04.569-05:002014-07-30T18:18:04.569-05:00LAUREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So wonderf...LAUREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So wonderful! Your portrait is absolutely gorgeous! I will always think of you as my Elf friend.<br /><br />Love this post. Again, I see so much similarity between you and I. ;D I can totally relate to wanting to start over with a clean and new slate. The feeling is marvelous when you start something new! But I too, am sentimental with my things. For example, when it came time to give away some of my dolls and toys years ago, I was afraid they would feel sad that I would give. . . them. . .away. Heheh, funny, I know, but 'tis true!<br /><br />I understand the pen name dilemma as well. . . If you truly are serious about your writing (and I know you are), it is wise to use your real name. I love knowing more about the authors whose books I'm crazy about! Good choice, m'lady. :]<br /><br />Five Enchanted Roses!! Haven't read the first novel, but I want to. This one sounds fantastic! I'm hoping I can enter, but my writings have been rather sporadic as of late. . . I haven't done much more than fiddle with character names. . . But I can't wait to hear more of your version! (LOVE Beauty and the Beast)<br /><br />THE. HOBBIT. Need I say more? :D<br /><br />Lovely post, my dear. Looking forward to more! Have a blessed week! Sarah Cnossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095719269691352787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-17853403206321779432014-07-30T16:11:58.689-05:002014-07-30T16:11:58.689-05:00I like the changes to your blog. I'm enterin...I like the changes to your blog. I'm entering the Five Enchanted Roses contest too! And that Hobbit trailer...wow. Even though I'm not a dedicated Hobbit fan, that trailer made me pretty excited. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017435396841726782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-52702483513072199972014-07-30T10:33:20.539-05:002014-07-30T10:33:20.539-05:00I love the new design! Your blog looks amazing! I&...I love the new design! Your blog looks amazing! I've been meaning to do a bit of refreshing on my own blog, streamline the design a bit more. We'll see when I ever get around to it. I had the exact same thought process that you did a few months back. I also created a whole new blog, and then deleted it within ten minutes. Crazy huh? Oh and your picture is really lovely, you look very sweet. :)<br /><br />Yay for the five enchanted roses contest! I know so many people who are planning to enter that I have no idea how the people at Rooglewood press are ever going to choose! I have just a little bit over 1K right now on my retelling, but it's mostly planning. I haven't really even started writing the story yet. There's time though. I'm really excited about hearing more about your retelling in the future, if you plan to share about it. It's so amazing how many, and how different retellings can be from each other, considering that we all started with the same basic story. :)<br /><br />I saw the new Hobbit trailer yesterday, and while I'm excited I'm still disappointed. I really think that Peter Jackson went waaaaaay too far with the movies. I mean seriously three or four movies out of one book? I'm not really bothered that much by Taurel and Legolas, but it was originally a children's book, and it's way too dark now, and way too long. I love Martin Freeman as Bilbo, and Benedict Cumberbatch makes an amazing Smaug, but still the movies seem bloated with too much information, and they keep reusing things from The Lord of the Rings. If you listen carefully you can hear that they even recycle a ton of the dialogue! ...Well done ranting now... :PAndrea Monsmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785160004027759268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-25014984346546478412014-07-30T09:19:06.846-05:002014-07-30T09:19:06.846-05:00WHAT? A new blog? To tell you the truth, my heart ...WHAT? A new blog? To tell you the truth, my heart jumped when I heard that. "WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO MUSINGS OF AN ELF?" It yelled. But it's still here. This dear, lovely, wonderful blog is perfect. I love it. I love you. Say, did you ever notice that we have the same background? Your's is pink and mine's blue, but they're still the same. <3 :D<br /><br />I like Christine. Is that your real name? But I like Lauri, too. Ugh, stop having so many nice names! I shan't know what to call you anymore! But I know what you mean. I've been contemplating changing my name so that it matches my real and published name (Kirsten Fichter), but I really am Kiri Liz. That's my nickname, and I'm rather partial to it. So.... *shrugs* I think I may just keep it the way it is. For now. Maybe.<br /><br />AND I LOVE YOUR PICTURE!! Gorgeous! :)<br /><br />Yup, I do Google+ and Twitter.... along with way too many other accounts. Search Kiri Liz and I pop up EVERYWHERE! Can one be too stretched? Like butter scraped over too much bread? Hey, it's advertising, I tell myself. I'm not so popular off-line, so I gotta be everywhere online. *puts thinking cap on* Yes, yes, that makes sense. :)<br /><br />Seriously cannot wait to see what you come up with for the BatB contest! :D I think I may be changing my entry, though. Bonnie Rose may just be too big to fit into 20K. Actually, yesterday I finished a completely new story in 17K that I think I'm going to enter. It's BatB on its head with quirky characters, hot air balloons, and some scientifical (yes, I think that's a word) stuff. If you're still interested in a swap-n-critique-thingummy, *coughs* you may be seeing an email from me in the next couple of weeks.<br /><br />THE HOBBIT TRAILER!!!!!!! How can I express the many ways I love thee??? It's... well, amazing in every way. PIPPIN'S SONG!!!! AHH!! How can we wait until it comes out??? And I won't get to see it until next spring when it comes out on DVD!! *glares at Peter Jackson* I need this movie NOW.Kirsten Fichterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01887462858049277918noreply@blogger.com