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 Chapter 21 is now up on AO3!

 I wanted to make a post about this wonderful author and what she meant to my siblings and I growing up - particularly her Mog books - but then I remembered this article that was published in The Guardian about a year and a half ago, and it sums her up far better than I could ever try to:

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/28/how-to-live-well-judith-kerr-reasons-to-be-cheerful

 

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Hi, fellow Tolkien fans!

We are thrilled to announce that signups for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2019 are now officially open.

Sign up as an artist here

Sign up as an author here

Sign up as a pinch hitter here

A summary of key changes from last year's event can be found here; the full FAQs can be found here.

(Don’t forget that the signup itself is not an obligation; if you’re an author and you think you might like to create a treat, but know you can’t commit to a full collaboration, sign up anyway so we can give you access to the gallery, and write a treat for one of our amazingly talented artists!)

Please spread the word among your fellow artists and writers, whichever corner of the Tolkien fandom you come from!  We can’t wait to have you along for the ride - whether you prefer bookverse, movieverse, gameverse, apocryphal HoME canon, or Tolkien's works set outside the Middle-earth cycle.

Good luck in your creative endeavours!

Mods Raiyana and Narya

 Chapter 16 is now up on AO3 and Faerie.

(Trying to get better at actually linking on here when I post something...)

This one took a while...sorry!  A lot of it's been drafted for weeks but trying to get all my disparate scenes into a sensible order has been a challenge (some stuff has hopped a chapter or two down the line, some stuff has made its way in here from later chapters).

Completed another table for the One Sentence Only challenge!

16 one-sentence microfics under the cut, featuring various characters from the legendarium and a few OCs.    Nothing rated above Teen.  Warning for one allusion to gore.

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B2MeM Prompt, Card and Number: 'Tra-la-la-lally?' - 97. Glorfindel (N42)
Format: Short Story
Genre: General; Friendship
Rating: PG
Warnings: One mild reference to gore and violence (flashback)
Characters: Maglor, Glorfindel
Pairings: None
Creator’s Notes (optional): In my 'verse Glorfindel is Lalwen's son, hence Maglor referring to him as "cousin" and "kinsman." I think this stands alone, but effectively it's a missing scene from a longer fic I haven't posted yet, about what Maglor is up to in the Third Age.
Summary: Maglor and Glorfindel sit by the fire in a cave outside Rivendell. They talk, tease and remember.

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Posting this from my phone but it isn't ideal for DW, or commenting on fics.

I'm going on holiday at the end of the week anyway so will be dropping off the radar for a bit, until I'm back home and can fix my computer. In the meantime, I hope you all stay safe and well in this crazy weather, and may the muses be kind!

 Happy to answer these on here as well, just ask me in the comments - original question list included below the cut.  (I've already answered 11 and 12, and will cross post my answers to 30 and 32 in due course.)
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 Day 2 - Rec At Least 3 Fanworks You Didn't Create

I've seen lots of recs for fics in response to this challenge (and found some wonderful new things to read! :D ) so I've decided to go for an art theme:

JRR Tolkien and Bilbo Baggins, by bunn.

A beautiful painting of the two of them in Oxford.  I can smell the wet stone and feel the night air on my face just from looking at it.

Miriel Weaving, by Alystraea.

Every time I look at this gorgeous piece, I spot a new detail.

In Which Beruthiel's Cats Explore Middle-earth, by Lynndyre.

Adorable sketches of kitties causing chaos.  Never fails to make me smile.

Day 5 - Promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them

Faerie.  

Faerie is my fandom home.  I was never comfortable on ff.net; I used lotrfanfiction.com when that was still around, but after that site went out with a whimper, most of my favourite writers reconvened over at Faerie.  It's fan-owned and run, it's super-friendly and supportive, and the shout box function makes it feel like a cosy, Tolkien-themed coffee shop.

Innumerable Stars

Innumerable Stars is a Tolkien fandom gift exchange for all works by Tolkien or associated with Middle-earth.  I participated for the first time this year after not being very active in fandom at all for about five years, and had such a great experience.  It's very welcoming, very well-organised, and I love that it's open to fanworks based on Tolkien's non-ME writings as well as the games, films etc. associated with Middle-earth.  The minimum requirements aren't scary (500 words for fic) so even if I'm time poor, I'll definitely be participating again this year.

One Sentence Only

A multi-fandom, prompt-based community; members create one sentence stories in response to prompt tables.  Again, this is great for me and anyone else with a demanding, unpredictable schedule.  If I'm working late in a hotel in the middle of nowhere, I can take a few minutes before bed to respond to one of the prompts, and go to sleep feeling like I've achieved something.

Day 8 - Post self-recs for at least 3 fanworks you created

This doesn't come naturally to me at all; every time I get asked to do something like this, I can hear my Grandma's voice in my head telling me not to show off!

I've gone for short-ish pieces that stand alone and don't require knowledge of any of my other stories.

Nocturne.  A chance encounter by moonlight takes an unwary student by surprise.

Gen.  Maglor; original female character.  1,226 words.  Rated T for one use of mild language (I could probably have got away with G).

I picked this one because I loved writing the setting and the music visualisations, and it because it shows a more mysterious, powerful, otherworldly side to my modern Maglor.  

Because My Land Is Fair.  An adventure on the North Moors goes awry for two young hobbits. Luckily, help is at hand...

Gen.  Fimbrethil; original Entwife characters; original Hobbit characters; Tom Bombadil.  8,653 words.  Rated G.

I wrote this for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2018 to go with bunn's gorgeous artwork (which is embedded in the fic). Essentially, it's Hobbit children meeting Entwives, with a dash of Puck of Pook's Hill thrown in for good measure.  Not quite as fluffy as it sounds.

Comfort and Joy.  It's the festive season in Gondolin, and Voronwë finds himself intrigued by the Captain of the Guard of the Secret Way.

M/M.  Elemmakil/Voronwë.  2,354 words.  Rated M for sexual content.

Written for Sultry in September 2018.  I'd never considered this pairing before I got my prompt, but I loved writing them together and will probably tell more of their story in future.  

I will come back to Day 2 tomorrow :)