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One Character, One Word, One Sentence: Sam Gamgee
Over at the Brothers of Gondor board, Illwynd told us about a game she'd been playing with her local group of Tolkien geeks. You choose a character, and you get a set of one-word prompts, and then you write one sentence about the character for each prompt. Roh_wyn provided ten prompts for the first round. It sounded like fun, so to stretch myself, I chose the ( Read more... ) -
"The Look"
This is especially for sealover_astara and lilan14, though others may get the reference:
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Happy Belated Birthday, Elizabeth B!
Ack! Sorry I missed your birthday, elizabeth_hoot/elizabethfanfic! I hope it was happy!
To make it up to you, what would you like for an LOTR birthday drabble? -
Hope in Middle-Earth: A Response to "The Busybody" (CMEM-08)
Argh. Celebrating Middle-Earth Month is half over already, and I haven't posted yet! I thought the worst of busy season was over, but then we got unexpectedly smacked with a huge work increase at what I expected to be a slowish time, and the result is that my job's been eating me alive again ( Read more... ) -
"First Footing: Gondor" (drabble)
This drabble comes from a discussion that lilan14 and I had earlier this week. We were talking about the song "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears," which is about Annie Moore, a fifteen-year-old Irish immigrant to the United States and the first person to pass through Ellis Island. This got us thinking about the first Númenorean exiles to arrive in Middle- ( Read more... ) -
Join the Club!
Eek! Gotta get posting, or I'll break my resolution already. While I get something composed, here's something fun...
Are you annoyed at the lack of good fanfiction these days? Tired of wading through mountains of bad stuff to get to the few hidden gems? Now there's a club... and you even get a membership card!
Brilliant work, illwynd! I am so ( Read more... ) -
The Noble Steward's Chronicles, vol. 5!
Goodness, a lot of February has gone by and I haven't posted. I'd better hurry if I don't want to break my resolution so soon.
Meanwhile, in case anyone on my flist hasn't heard about it yet, the Brothers of Gondor board is going to sponsor a fifth volume of our irregular zine devoted to fanfiction about Denethor. The wonderful roh-wyn has agreed to ( Read more... ) -
Look at my lovely birthday presents!
I'd like to thank everyone who sent me good wishes for my birthday. I especially want to show off the wonderful "birthday presents" that my talented friends have written! Go read them!
First, roh_wyn wrote a story in verse about Faramir's naming, with an intriguing idea about who chose his name and why ( Read more... ) -
Éowyn's Motivation
sistermagpie recently asked me...
What would you say to the charge that Eowyn only goes into battle to prove herself to Aragorn, whom she was pining after, or that she went into battle for self-pity?I don't believe there is any currency to the idea that Éowyn goes into battle to "prove herself" to Aragorn. In the first place, the issues between them have ( Read more... ) -
A Resolution
I made a resolution back around New Year's, but I didn't officially post it here. I'm going to do that now, so that I commit myself to it:
I resolve to post something in this journal--a drabble, fanfic, essay, or random thought--at least once per month.