Sometimes on "Mark Reads" I enjoy the comments just as much as I do Mark's review of the day!

Today folks shared a couple of links I thought would be fun to pass on:

The "Eowyn and the Nazgul" art challenge

The Can You Name the Characters From LotR Quiz

(Though I warn you the latter cheats: they include an obscure movie-verse character.)

telperion1 has posted a video that made me smile and cry in a good way.

Maybe it will make you feel better, too.

http://telperion1.livejournal.com/400622.html

Now that I have finished my obligatory exchange stories (one for yuletide and one for the LOTR Community GFIC exchange, I am hoping to maybe come up with a little something new for the season.

I have a couple of bunnies, and I will be feeding them to see if they grow.

In the meantime, here are links to my previous Yule stories--

Shire Yule at ( Read more... )

NPR had an interesting program on the radio about fanfic, the legalities of it, and about fanfic in general. You can listen to it here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92577677

Very fascinating!

pearltook1 asked me to post this link for her, since her flist is so small, she's hoping that it will help to get her message out to more people.

http://pearltook1.livejournal.com/25007.html

Found while googling for something completely unrelated:

http://www.dalerae.com/Toncon04comp.htm

Incredible.