I found out from lindahoyland's test that you could actually get Tolkien as an answer on the writer quiz. I went back, determined to run everything I had through the engine till it told me I had a winner.

I got LeGuin twice more, then Neil Gaiman 4 times in a row. *G*

I finally got my Tolkien badge - for Slouching Toward Gondolin!


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Go look at your blog/journal. Find the last Fandom-related thing you posted. The characters in that post are now your team-mates in the Zombie Apocalypse. How fucked are you?

My last tagged Fandom post was about the quality of the big screen Two Towers. The only character-related mention by name was the big screen bluray edition of gollum's butt ( Read more... )

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/6635779265233744574/Golden-Compass-Daemon

( Independent Soul )

Friday Five--August 27, 2010

1. Has anyone ever spoiled a book/movie/etc. for you?Yes. Usually I don't care, since both Chris and I are the type who, if a book is really slow to get into, sometimes flip to the end to see if it looks worth the trip. And there have actually been a few movies I would never have gone to see without knowing where we ( Read more... )

Book meme! Ganked from _grayswandir_1. Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

as seen all over my CSI group... I intend to field test most of these - purely to protect my friends list, you understand....

( top ten trivia facts about Faramir )

1. Using one adjective, describe your current living space.
cluttered

2. Using two adjectives, describe your current employer.
volunteer and freelance (webwork and promotions)

3. Using three adjectives, describe your favorite hobby/pasttime.
high-speed, interactive, mythic (fiction)

4. Using four adjectives, describe your typical day. ( Read more... )

I found this link to Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age at Cruisedirectors. Skipping over the invention of the guillotin, it says "The Marquis de Sade, imprisoned for much of his life, wrote the novel Justine". As a new writer, I intend to take this as a good sign....

-- fileg, the Pollyanna of Polyamory...