Guest Blog: J. R. R. Tolkien (excerpt from "On Fairy Stories")

[alanajoli]

I have been a bad blogger this week, and for that I apologize. On the up side, not blogging has meant I did more fiction writing, and I finished "Don't Let Go" last night (clocking 6447 words yesterday for a grand total just over my total word-count limit; I'm hoping Dylan will have suggestions on cutting it down the hair it needs to be cut

Comments

[sartorias]

How I love thqt excerpt!

[alanajoli]

It was tough to pick one to use, so I'm glad you liked it! I remembered less of this essay than I had thought--when I first read it, I was fresh off of reading Saving the Appearances by Barfield, and I thought the pieces were very similar at the time. I noticed the emphasis on sub-creation more this time through--which makes me think I need to read the whole thing more thoroughly again (not just while looking for an excerpt!).

[sartorias]

I think it's worth rereading and pondering, oh yes.