OK - I've missed a few but I'm catching up - so 2 for the price of one here!
post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create...
Hmm - hard to keep to three without feeling I’m insulting lots of people by not choosing theirs!
I think I have to choose
ningloreth’s wonderful website
Eryn Carantaur. It is a beautiful site, with fascinating info about things in her stories, such as pieces of furniture and recipes for some of the food. But primarily it is a site full of wonderful stories - she writes mysteries and who-done-its which star Legolas/Éowyn in a romance that works and makes sense. An excellent place to bury yourself for a day or two - or a week or two.
Then I must recommend
speakr2customrs’ story
Cloak of Mist which was written for a “Watchers’ Diaries’ ficathon of stories that were loosely based on the idea of Slayers, and Watchers, as per Buffy, but set in different periods of history.
Here is the Summary;
The Isle of Man, 1014 AD, a mixed Celtic and Viking community. In the aftermath of the slaughter at the Battle of Clontarf, with the islanders mourning their dead and anxious for the missing, a new Slayer must face a horde of undead Vikings to free the island from a dreadful curse. Rating: PG.
And then I think Haleth (
galantha_nivala)’s stories, particularly those of Haleth The Seeker - which are fascinating tales in
the first of which “A scholarly elf and a less than respectable woman traipse across Middle Earth in pursuit of a powerful artifact.”
And now for another one -
In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing.
I was absolutely blown away by the art of Jay Johnstone when I first saw it at Tolkien 2012.
Here is a link to his website - go and be amazed - and
an interview in which he explains his work.
I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful husband who bought me prints of Gandalf and Théoden for my birthday and Christmas last year, and I am inordinately fond of them.
Tomorrow I owe the Winterwitch a picture of some cookie cutters...