tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post1077515730722171339..comments2023-12-19T15:31:07.056+10:00Comments on Fullness of Joy: Home, Honeysuckles, and War - Snippets of StoriesJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-58523742193460045782014-03-05T22:28:22.200+10:002014-03-05T22:28:22.200+10:00Bound and Freed, thank you very much! Welcome to &...Bound and Freed, thank you very much! Welcome to 'Fullness of Joy' - I am glad you enjoyed these snippets. I was pretty excited to find your blog too. God bless!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-23221778032006062302014-03-05T22:27:35.575+10:002014-03-05T22:27:35.575+10:00Thank you so much, Sarah Elizabeth. And thank you ...Thank you so much, Sarah Elizabeth. And thank you for the tag! Sometime, I shall try to do it, if I get the time ;). It was sweet of you to add me in the list :). God bless!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-74172339445457216252014-03-05T22:26:48.960+10:002014-03-05T22:26:48.960+10:00Emily, BY GEORGE, I I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS!!! Haha, ...Emily, BY GEORGE, I I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS!!! Haha, thank you, dearest Em <3 You put a huge smile on my face reading your sweet comments... (always a joy to have you on Fullness of Joy!!). Hmm, interesting that you should say I have derived inspiration from Tolkien since he <i>IS</i> my favourite author alongside Lewis, Sutcliff, Gaskall and Patricia St. John and I have been so immersed in his books and stories the past two years, no wonder it has robbed off here and there, different genres though his works and mine are in! I never thought of this scene with Ernest that way - but as you said, yes, I can definitely see Pippen or Merry think something like that as they hide in the thickets (and Sam too!). I guess Tolkien drew from his war experiences, and they all somehow blend together. Hmm.<br /><br />Aww, I am glad you enjoyed these snippets. Your sweet encouragement means so much to me! God bless, dearest. Please keep me in your prayers, as you are in mine <3.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-91363981307577231472014-03-05T22:22:21.208+10:002014-03-05T22:22:21.208+10:00Morgan, thank you so much for your sweet comment a...Morgan, thank you so much for your sweet comment and your encouraging words. I am so glad you liked the bits you've read for my novel :). As for that particular snippet, I have to confess I got inspired by a quotation I found in a history/autobiographical journal where the author was speaking of Poland 'Blitz Boy', but it was mostly for inspiration and I did write that scene... <3 :)<br /><br />God bless!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-86772298574947145242014-02-19T08:41:06.006+10:002014-02-19T08:41:06.006+10:00Wow, Joy! Nice work! This is the first time I ha...Wow, Joy! Nice work! This is the first time I have heard of you, and I love the way you write. I am so glad I found you! Keep writing! <br /> Esther Brooksmith (wisdomcreates)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15010043354045249021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-4690869387222800082014-02-18T05:49:42.622+10:002014-02-18T05:49:42.622+10:00Awesome snippets!
By the way, I've awarded yo...Awesome snippets!<br /><br />By the way, I've awarded you at my blog! (sarah-plainandaverage.blogspot.com)Sarah Cnossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095719269691352787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-10795020239106790752014-02-11T01:46:34.921+10:002014-02-11T01:46:34.921+10:00BY GEORGE. You can write, girl. My gingersnaps, yo...BY GEORGE. You can write, girl. My gingersnaps, you can write.<br /><br />I loved all of these bits, and Ernest particularly has my interest piqued more than ever.<br /><br />I find it fascinating, for I can tell you have derived much inspiration from Tolkien regarding style, and you wield that inspiration quite marvelously; or so it seems to me. "Ernest obediently crawled into the hollow of the bushes, brushing off the thistles and briers tangled in his yellow scarf. Poor scarf. His sister would be as mad as a hornet, or as mad as the flying bullets above his head." < This certainly reminded me of something Pippin or Merry or Sam would have thought in the midst of a battle, and I love how it can lighten a scene without robbing it of the emotional drama; rather, instead, adding to it.<br /><br />All I can say is, bravo! Three cheers! I was getting excited reading these snippets. I want to read this book. Muchly. Very very muchly.<br />::hugs::<br />- em -Emily Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13276243287071282744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-30038791863864702822014-02-10T23:31:59.474+10:002014-02-10T23:31:59.474+10:00Goodness, girl! You write so well! I loved readin...Goodness, girl! You write so well! I loved reading all you snippets and really liked: <br />"I think of Poland and the stakes of freedom for the people of that nation and the way we play this chess game so selfishly. How fine these Poles are, so sensitive in their music, so fine in thought, so hard in battle! God knows that I—we all— do not wish for war. But one thing I do know... neither security, nor peace even is worth this sacrifice of truth... or our freedom"- you wrote that?!?<br />Wow! I love learning about WW2 and reading anything concerning it, can't wait to read your bookMorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833817596667651651noreply@blogger.com