Ramblings about Tolkien, and writing

[ainu_laire]

I've been meaning to do a post about this for a while, but haven't got to it until now.

So, Tolkien and capitalization has always been something that has confused the ever-loving heck out of me. Until finally, FINALLY, I found a post that explained it, from the Barrow Down forums by a poster who calls himself Legolas:

When referring to the race (

Comments

[harrowcatliz]

It really sounds like the good Professor needed a patient beta reader!

[inzilbeth_liz]

Good examples. You've explained this very well.

[shirebound]

Tolkien varies so much here that I have given up

So did I! But this is all very interesting, and I'm going to bookmark your post for future reference.

[lilybaggins]

Oh, I hate to bug you, Janet, but you sent me a message a long time ago referring to the post I made on capitalization. And I lost it! I looked for it and lost it. Do you have it saved anywhere by any chance?

[shirebound]

I sure do! :)

http://lilybaggins.livejournal.com/334694.html

[lilybaggins]

oh, thank you so much! I will repost it this weekend, I think.

[nefhiriel]

That's very helpful information. Thankie! :DDD

[suzll]

"I doubt the majority of my f-list will have any interest in it; it is a crossover between book-verse LOTR and Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

FALSE.

Though, I suppose I am not the majority of your f-list...STILL I AM SO EXCITED TO READ THAT, BUFFY+LOTR CAN NEVER BE BAD.

That's so interesting with the capitalization...kudos to you for all your research!! I will probably wind up referring back to this when I finally get the free time to write fic...:P