| 23 Nov 2002 |  Liz Street |  Loading...Hey lou, just wanted to pop by and say keep up the good work!! Haven't talked in a while and I miss our literary chats! lol. Do you remember how the Citadel had it's beginning? I'm proud to say I had a (tiny) hand in it!! *Glows with pride* Love from me, x x x  Louise Boucher replies: " Hey Liz. I do remember your hand in starting the whole thing, I guess that you would hardly recognise it as the same story now (although some of the characters that we created do appear in the middle section but I've got rid of the whole 'world inside a mountain' thing, sorry but I found that shortly after her introduction the plot moves right away from Saphia and I can't really have the most important character suddenly becoming absent). You are still on my dedications list if it is ever finished and published (some hope at the moment with all this silly uni. work I have to do)! Louise." | |
| 1 Mar 2003 | Philip Pyke | Loading... Hiya from Slapdash! I remember enjoying "Plug In..." when you stuck it up on Slapdash so i'll read some of your work  Keep it up Louise Boucher replies: " Thanks Phil. Will hopefully have the next Plug in chapter up in a few days - just have to do a little more revising on it but I'm feeling inspired so it sould nto take long." | |
| 20 Mar 2003 | Kurt | Loading... Shw mai...or at least I think that is how you spell. Welsh can be difficult at times. But hello anyway, I am an american studunt going to school in Carmarthen, and was suprized to see a writer so near where I am staying. I stumbled upon this site and started to read your work. I went through the prologue and the first chapter. Very interesting. The names were a bit difficult at first but started to flow a little bit easier near the end. I would of liked more information on Haidans (sp?) year long trip, it just kinda happened. Maybe you should add some diologue with the young King. Good start though, happy writing! Cheers Louise Boucher replies: " I'm not acctually Welsh and I don't know the language too well so as far as I know you must be right! I don't think there are many elfwood members in this part of the world, although people are not always exact with their location so there might be. The Dragonian names are based on Celtic names to an extent, and I've borrowed some Welsh pronounciations so your location might help a little in understanding them. Haydain's trip is slightly awkward since it has to happen at this point in the story, I can't really move it because after the first chapter Haydain has responsibilites that mean he can not leave Estelisyn, but it's real effects are felt much later in the story. For now it's just a part of his education and should show how he is different from the other Dragonians since he is much more sympathetic to the Midgardians and acctually knows something about their culture. I'm planning to revise this story soon so I'll see if I can add more details.
Update - well acctually I don't need to have Haydain go to see the Midgardians afterall! Check out the new version  " | |
| 25 Mar 2003 |  Becca Lusher | Loading... Ah a student in Wales, that's where i'm heading come september, so it is a small world after all, lol so i guess that's why we create new ones, *hmm theory developing*. Anyways just posting with promise to read more when next i fly by, am very impressed so far and am enjoying immensely but stupid headache leads to nil concentration!!Will leave lots of helpful(ish) comments on return, promise!(well i reckon they're helpful, they're probably not lol) Congrats on Mod's choice, haven't read that bit yet 'cause i thought i'd read rest of 'Citadel' first. Now i'm waffling so i will go, toodles. Louise Boucher replies: " Wales is great. Unfortunatly I graduate in a few months and will have to leave, can't see me finding a job in Aber.
I find most comments helpful as long as the person explains why they like/dislike something. You do not have to write one of the really long ones - those are from comment trades with another writer.
Probably not a good idea to stare at the computer screan for too long if you have a headache.
Glad you are enjoying it so far.'The Citadel' is a few years old now and has some really bad spelling and grammer errors, although I'm going to rewrite it soon. 'Therathiel' is far more recent and is much better indication of how I write now.Anyway enjoy and I look forward to your comments.
Update - fresh new Citadel with extra spelling and grammer errors!" | |
| 18 Apr 2003 |  Steph Salt | Loading... Hi Luoise I hope you are well and have a lovely Easter? I'm just visiting everyone to tell them about the new forum for EWUK is here at http://members.lycos.nl/dutchsky/forum/index.php please call by and sign in. If Lycos start charging I will seriuosly start thinking of closing EWUK or offering my position to someone else!
I was going to leave comments in every gallery but now I'm strapped for time, my brother called just after I made my first post sorry! | |
| 27 May 2003 |  Claire 'Freddie' Casey | Loading... The first chapter of your epic is really well written. I could almost smell the cool freshness of the spring breeze when the window was opened. Louise Boucher replies: " Thank you. I really wanted to start the novel with images of newness and purity in the world (although not so much in the Dragonians who are a dying race after all) so that gradually the decline can be seen." | |
| 13 Jul 2003 | Sean | Loading... Hi, i'm by no means a critic or writer but i am an avid reader.. On your openning page you challenged us to tell you the meaning of "what walks on four legs in the morning" well i cant say what it means to everyone but i can tell you what i gleaned from the story... It would be the life of a man and the lost opportunity for love and "the necklace" the diminishing opportunities and days of youth... I enjoyed your site very much and the story was a very easy read i thoroughly enjoyed it good luck hope to see more...  Louise Boucher replies: " I really enjoy reading responses to that story and an glad that so many people have found meaning in it. I think I would agree with your reading because the story reflected my own ideas about youth and age at the time it was written (when I was 17 or so). Seeing love in there is intresting as well and is something I see more and include in my writing because I am in love. I used to write about tortured or very unconventional love but I think I'm getting softer and soppier now!
Update - very not in love right now, writing getting much darker but I like it!" | |
| 29 Aug 2004 | Anonymous | Loading... Sent you a message in Elftown. Tell me which stories you want my comment on, and I'll get to it as soon as possible. Net access is a bit shaky for me at the time, so you may have to bear with me for a week or so. | |
| 7 Jun 2005 | Becca Lusher | Loading... Hi! Finally got back here after... two years absence ^_^ I shall go and read now. Sorry if I'm not all that helpful, I shall try to be, but it feels like ages since I last commented somewhere on an elfwood story. Let's see how we go *trots off* Louise Boucher replies: "Good to see you! So far you have pointed out some useful things and sorted out my dreadful spellings! Because our styles are a bit different I'm interested in seeing which ideas I could combine or adapt to make the story appealing to more people or just generally better. Whatever comes into your head when you read is good enough for me - within reason anyway! " | |
| 24 Nov 2006 | Louise Boucher | Loading... Funny, to find someone with the same name.... | |
