"Take counsel with yourself, beloved, and ask whether you would indeed have me wait until I wither and fall from my high seat unmanned and witless. Nay, lady, I am the last of the Númenoreans and the latest King of the Eldar Days; and to me has been given not only a span thrice that of Men of Middle-earth, but also the grace to go at my will ( Read more... )

This year (well, last year, technically, now!) I chickened out of yuletide again, but did pitch in to the very enjoyable and low-stress 3fan_holidays run by the estimable celandineb . I was assigned an LoTR fic (on the exchange's general theme of "celebration") to write for thrihyrne , who specified that she loves both Dwarves and the Rohirrim - I don't write Dwarves a great deal apart ( Read more... )

For those who enjoy LoTR genfic, particularly Hobbits, Aragorn and Arwen; torn_eledhwen wrote me this absolutely gorgeous piece for the 3fan_holidays exchange, and now that reveals have taken place I'm at liberty to pimp it - so I will, because I think it's lovely, and I'm so touched that she wrote such a lovely thing for me. Enjoy, and if you like it, do tell the author so ( Read more... )

Well... [gulps], after another round of tweaking, and complete rewrites of the first few chapters (thank you again, green_maia for the re-beta!):

the eight-years-in-the-making Epic LoTR Beta Fic, Amid the Powers and Chances of the World, is Beta no more - I decided it's Really Finished and switched its status at the Henneth-Annun Story Archive to General, ( Read more... )

Possibly prodded by celandineb 's comfort movies meme, or by the fact that having FINISHED the Epic Beta Fic the other week I have a bit more space in the bit of my head reserved for LoTR....

I spent a happy few hours last night wallowing in a rewatch of Fellowship of the Ring. Blimey, I haven't watched the EE straight through for years. (I got to the point ( Read more... )

If anyone's looking for fic to give themselves chills with this week, may I shamelessly pimp this wonderfully thoughtful, atmospheric and downright scary piece by Thundera Tiger over on lotr_community ?

" Hollow. Believe it or not, there are some forests that even Legolas cannot abide. And there are some caverns that even Gimli cannot endure. A gapfiller for the ( Read more... )

... as I cycled down the hill, there was this guy sitting on the wall by the bus stop, whose face looked so familiar that I was convinced I knew him. I shot by too quickly to wave or anything, which was just as well, because as I trundled on down I was trying to place him, and then I realised:

I'd never met him (I don't think; he's obviously from ( Read more... )

[Cross-posted from the Henneth-Annun mailing list, in case it looks familiar]

With head well and truly in Middle-earth, a question (well, two linked ones, really) which started off as a very minor plot aside for the next chapter of my Endless LoTR Beta Fic but has now seriously wormed its way under my skin:

( see what you think... )