I forgot to note down that we had around 30 children visiting us for Hop-tu-Naa, going by how many bags of sweeties we got through ( Read more... )

altariel is on a roll - here is a link to her journal where there are links to some more pieces she has just written. This time more about Faramir's first days with the Ithilien Rangers and about post-war Faramir.

A lovely surprise for my fellow Tolkien fans - altariel has written a new short story for us. What we Leave Behind shows us Faramir and his father at what would be their last New Year together.

Do, do, do go and read it.

A few years ago I joined the photo_scavenger community. A few less years ago I took over posting the weekly prompts. But it isn't really my community - it is for anyone with a camera or a phone!

Each week there is a prompt for a picture (or two or three if you want!), sometimes something 'concrete' like Fruit, sometimes something a little more 'abstract' like ( Read more... )

A toast to The Prof! His works have brought me many friends and helped to bring me a husband as it was something we had in common.

And to celebrate JRRT's birthday I recommend to you

A short Tolkien/Downton Abbey crossover written for me, amongst others, as a birthday fic.

And Grundy's wonderful young Elrond & Elros story Sirion... This is the ( Read more... )

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 )

If you don't know about the snowflake Challenge, and want to, click here.

The Challenge for today is In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created. It can be your favorite fanworks that you've created, or fanworks you feel no one ever saw, or fanworks you say would define you as a creator. Actually I find it quite ( Read more... )

I know it can get kind of quiet in January - and I've seen posts about this on my Friends List. Now it occurs to me that that has only been amongst my Tolkien fandom friends, and so I have decided to spread the word a little to my friends in other fandoms. And, of course, participate myself.


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It was interesting to read about so many different days on my friends list as people did a Day in the life diary on June 12th.

To help us remember, and be able to read others more easily, hobbituk has created a community to post them in next month.

Do go along and join - and join in.

It is now 3 months before WriterConUK. And I would so love to see some more friends there.It is a weekend get-together for fandom types - be you writers, artists, readers, vidders... The icon shows two of the fandoms that usually have a person or two there - but there are also Dr Who fans, Buffy fans, Sherlock fans, Supernatural fans, not to ( Read more... )