tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post4373059824571520019..comments2024-03-23T02:45:17.058-04:00Comments on Tales of Goldstone Wood: Your Weekly FairyAnne Elisabeth Stenglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-73467117749061851102012-04-21T22:16:20.521-04:002012-04-21T22:16:20.521-04:00Oh, I loved Ariel! He--she--it? was my favorite ch...Oh, I loved Ariel! He--she--it? was my favorite character from that play. I think what stuck with me most was that image of him working and longing for his freedom. The unattainable seems to pop up in my stories every now and then since I read that.<br /> He made me think of a more serious Puck.<br /><br />Fairy series. What an awesome idea! I'd also be curious to see what you might come up with for a dragon series. :)Rachel6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138745237488029817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-43407655964480024542012-04-11T20:32:30.916-04:002012-04-11T20:32:30.916-04:00Nice!! I have a whole book filled with Shakespeare...Nice!! I have a whole book filled with Shakespeare plays! I really need to get to reading them! :D<br /><br /><br />I have a question! I know that your books are published by Bethany House, and I'm just wondering if you sent your story straight to them or yous sent it through one of the sites they have posted on their site... Thanks! :) Your stories sound really cool and I hope to buy them sometime!! :DJenna K.http://thenarrowpassage.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-66790671489121847642012-04-11T14:55:39.258-04:002012-04-11T14:55:39.258-04:00I can never decide exactly what I think of Rackham...I can never decide exactly what I think of Rackham's style of illustration. I'm always excited when I see his work, but mostly because he's one of the few illustrators I can (sometimes) recognize. His paintings have a very otherworldly look to them, which certainly fits such plays as <i>The Tempest</i> and <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream.</i> <br /><br />Jenny just brought me her copy of <i>The Tempest.</i> I've got to finish those last two hundred pages of <i>Gone with the Wind</i> first, though! I haven't absolutely loved <i>Wind</i>, mostly due to the absolutely scream-worthy characters, but Mitchell's writing is beautiful. Her descriptions of Tara are so vivid. I can see the story's parallel with <i>War and Peace;</i> they're both more "social epics" than romances, I think. (As for characters, I did rather feel like slapping Natasha in W & P. She should totally have married Prince Andrew!)Abigail Hartmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753785611813086527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-53603160518209611452012-04-10T14:44:41.763-04:002012-04-10T14:44:41.763-04:00I love The Tempest! It's probably in my top 5 ...I love The Tempest! It's probably in my top 5 favorite Shakespeare plays, though I've never taken the trouble to sit down and make a hierarchy. It would probably shift around three times a year anyway.<br /><br />There's a character in the theater novel I'm currently querying named Ariel, though he's a muse, not a fairy. 2/3 of the way through writing it, I realized that the basic plot even followed that of the Tempest, which was a pretty fun realization. Did I do it subconsciously or not? Hmmmn...LOL<br /><br />Looking forward to this series!Faith Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283912862858368153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-71425135481874196052012-04-10T13:36:25.192-04:002012-04-10T13:36:25.192-04:00Ah, yes. Ariel. One of Shakespeare's (and lite...Ah, yes. Ariel. One of Shakespeare's (and literature's!) most fascinating character.<br />I usually don't like Shakespeare (not that I don't understand it. I do--with clarity. Maybe that's the problem:) but I've always loved The Tempest.<br />PS-I agree that CGI simply can't replace stage magic.Celtic Travelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426556282471558187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-26180346509399113732012-04-10T11:22:54.551-04:002012-04-10T11:22:54.551-04:00I just want to say I finished reading Moonblood. I...I just want to say I finished reading Moonblood. I really enjoyed it. =)<br /><br />I also can't wait to read about more faerie folk in the "weekly fairy" series.Christanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-80002916590945845942012-04-10T10:43:29.191-04:002012-04-10T10:43:29.191-04:00So I was curious at your Rackham suggestion . . ....So I was curious at your Rackham suggestion . . . and I found this page devoted to Arthur Rackham's interpretation of THE TEMPEST.<br /><br />http://www.nouvellegamine.com/2011/11/stormy-weather-arthur-rackhams-tempest.html<br /><br />He had such a fabulous vision of the worlds!Anne Elisabeth Stenglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-25003218336130495252012-04-10T10:11:31.328-04:002012-04-10T10:11:31.328-04:00Nope, not Rackham (though I have featured several ...Nope, not Rackham (though I have featured several of his paintings before). It's by some Pre-Raphaelite, but I can't recall which one at present . . .<br /><br />Gone With the Wind is an excellent epic. I read it for the first time exactly a year ago and was surprised to find it much more of the American War and Peace than the romance novel I expected. Except I actually LIKED most of the main characters in War and Peace . . . :)Anne Elisabeth Stenglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-67421534464831682092012-04-10T09:28:56.783-04:002012-04-10T09:28:56.783-04:00I do so need to read The Tempest, but I don't ...I do so need to read <i>The Tempest</i>, but I don't have a copy kicking around my bookcase. I'll have to borrow my sister's, perhaps when I've finished <i>Gone with the Wind.</i> It sounds like one of Shakespeare's more beautiful works.<br /><br />Is the picture at the top by Arthur Rackham? The style seems familiar. It's beautiful, whoever the artist may be.Abigail Hartmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753785611813086527noreply@blogger.com