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Back For Good
Oh my, I have been away too long yet again! But it’s one of my New Year’s resolutions not to let that happen anymore ... at least not to this annoying extent. Last year, too much work & stress finally took their toll, and I got the necessary body-to-brain warning in a pretty hard blow, but I’ll skip the unpleasant details of that episode. I’m glad ( Read more... ) -
meeting Elves
What is it like to actually meet Elves? I've always found them imposing and awe-inspiring in LotR, but also somewhat unreachable and utterly strange... which makes it very difficult to envision them in writing. But of course I've also wondered about Sam's first impressions of them, after all the years that he spent listening to Bilbo's stories, ( Read more... ) -
and the winner is...
This entry is already way overdue, but now that the Mithril Awards for 2005 are out, I have to say how totally delighted I am that Frayach's Endurance Beyond Hope won in the "Best Fourth Age or Beyond" category. If there's anyone here who hasn't read this thoroughly beautiful and amazing story yet (unlikely as that may be ;), drop whatever you're ( Read more... ) -
Happy new year!
A happy and fulfilled new year to all my friends, and to anyone who might wander by. :) I thought I should start 2007 with a story post - in the hope that I'll be around on LJ more often than I was during the last (very hectic & exciting :) year. So, my very best to you all, and I hope you'll enjoy reading.
Love,
Cara
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new start, new story
Oh boy, I've been away from here for a very long time... Meanwhile, I've moved to a new home and a new office, and my life has been full of distractions (some pleasant, and some less so). Still, none of that means that I've forgotten the hobbits, I just haven't had a chance to focus on writing until recently. So, after this rueful preamble, here's ( Read more... ) -
second story
Somewhat delayed by Brokeback Mountain and other excitements, here's the next story in my new series. It's the quote below that had me thinking:
‘Step forward, Sam!’ said Merry; and Sam stood up with a face scarlet up to the ears. ‘Here's our collector of information! And he collected a lot, I can tell you, before he was finally caught. After ( Read more... ) -
two shirts
I *finally* got to see Brokeback Mountain - and I don't suppose I can really describe what a wonderful and moving experience that was. (And not just for me. Pretty much everyone in the theater seemed to be sniffling and sobbing.) Besides, others here have already posted eloquent reviews and essays that made me all the more impatient to see this ( Read more... ) -
can't shut up...
Yes, I know, I'm a person of extremes... first I leave this LJ lifeless and empty for months, and now I can't shut up. If unabashed recs of newly released LOTR soundtracks disgust you, read no further. ;)
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new Shire map
For the longest time, I've been fretting about the lack of a complete, usable map of the Shire that I want around every time I work on a story. Neither Fonstad's nor Strachey's maps are completely correct, while Tolkien's own map in LOTR is fairly small and lacks some place names that appear in the text. There's a larger online map available at the ( Read more... ) -
That Fate Them Bore - first story of a new series
Below follows the first piece in a new series that I've been working on for a while. It's titled after a line from Aragorn's song of Beren and Lúthien, That Fate Them Bore, starts with Frodo's decision to take the Ring out of the Shire and will lead all the way up to Rivendell... or so I hope, anyways! :) The first five stories are done (except for ( Read more... )