Written for the LOTR Community Challenges

Rating: PG 13

Theme: "Send It In a Letter "

Elements: An Anonymous Letter

Author's Notes: For years, Bilbo was plagued by the Sackville-Bagginses, who wanted to get Bag End, his home, off him.

Summary: A flurry of anonymous letters prompts Bilbo to discover who sent them - and put a stop to it.

( The Haunting of Bag End )

Written for LOTR Community Challenges.

Rating: PG-13

Theme: Letters

Elements: Letter of condolence

Author's Notes: Features my own fanon, with ideas borrowed from Jay of Lasgalen.

Summary: Thranduil struggles with the wording of a letter to Elrond after Celebrían sails to Valinor.

( In Deepest Sympathy )

To my great glee, my new community has taken off. I've already got five new members and expect to be adding more soon. I've had joining requests from outside my friends list, and have been delighted to add those good people. I'm really looking forward to having more people involved in it ( Read more... )

I should have done this ages ago. In fact, if you think about it, I'm doing it backwards. I just want to drum up more business, really, so I'm doing a lot of attention-seeking by contacting friends and inviting them to my new community, the Archives of Excellence. Affiliated to the site of the same name, the idea is to attract those writers who don ( Read more... )

My Richard is very good to me, bless him. He got up at six am to make me some breakfast, then got my lunch ready. By seven am I was out the door and walking to work. I was twenty minutes early. Now I'm known for my tardiness - it's in my nature, but I've learned that if you want to impress an employer, showing up on time is how it's done ( Read more... )

Back in the 1930s, when the Nazis took power, they had this idea that workers would be more productive if they were happy, so they sent them off on subsidized cruises. They didn't get the uptake they hoped for because the people didn't want to be indoctrinated by evil people in a floating tub they couldn't escape from ( Read more... )

Congratulations are in order for Ragnelle, whose story, First Sorrow, has won the Archives of Excellence January writing challenge, Before the Beginning. Here's your icon!


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Well it looks like my pleas have borne some fruit - the number of voters has leapt from seven to twelve, and we're now neck and neck in the polls. I need more votes to decide the winner, so I'll call it tomorrow, as originally planned.

Good luck, entrants!

Disclaimer: All characters and settings belong to the Tolkien Estate and interested parties. I make no money from this - it's just a bit of fun.

Summary: When Éomer and Éowyn return from Gondor, they find hope mingled with sorrow as they prepare for Théoden's funeral - and Éowyn's wedding.

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I just wanted to say thanks to the people who have been kind enough to point out my flaws as a writer over the years. I've been working hard to improve, and the people who have told me where I've got it wrong and how to put it right are the ones responsible for making me better at my craft.

Telling me my ending is flat is a bit helpful; I know ( Read more... )