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I would only ever do this for Short Stuff, just so you know.

The First OneGoldberry watched as Fatty Lumpkin ambled off down the hill and her husband stamped up to the door ( Read more... )

A bit of catch-up here.  The prompt was:  What is a role model to you?  Do role models require certain qualities for you?  How should people relate to their role models?  I give you Brand, relating to some of his...

Essay

"I have to write this…essay, you see," Brand confided to his uncle, as they paced the halls of the Steward's House.  It was two ( Read more... )

The prompt was: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Is it? And ugliness? Is it also relative?  Write a story, poem or create an artwork where the contrast beauty/ugliness plays a central role.

Which sort of caused this nuzgul from the long-dormant Silver Swan to leap out from the undergrowth and fang me.  The resultant piece, which will ( Read more... )

It would be easier to catch up if I didn't keep writing stuff longer than drabbles!  The prompt is:
Imagine this! You are walking in the woods and sudden a tree whispers to you ... What does it say? What is your reaction?

My answer is a little sidebar to Captain My Captain.  In Chapter 28, Elladan, Elrohir and Hethlin take refuge in Fangorn ( Read more... )

A bit out of order here, but Shield Man led to this as a natural progression.  The prompt is as follows:  Consider something that you regret: something that you did and wish you could undo, something you didn't do and wish that you had. Think or write briefly about what you would do if you had a second chance and how you think your life might be ( Read more... )

Which was a choice of the most tedious job you'd ever done or the most dangerous situation you'd ever faced.  So I chose number two, for Andra.  Those of you who read my stuff know just when this happened.

Shield Man
  He got through my guard!  Andrahar thought in astonishment as he stared at the snarling Corsair captain.  The affront almost bit more ( Read more... )

I'm usually vulnerable to at least one Back to Middle Earth prompt, and though I'm a bit behind, here's my entry for day one.   Lacks focus a bit, but it does cover the prompt:

FIREBUG

Report had come that autumn of a rogue boar ravening in the hills of Belfalas.  It was a huge, canny beast that had evaded the attempts of the local huntsmen and ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, when I posted this on there n back, I'd made a mistake, having written that Finduilas wanted to spend time with her youngest son.  Fortunately, my continuity expert Denise warned me of the error.  This takes place sometime after the end of Ultimatums.

Finduilas stuffed the scrap of  parchment into the bottle.  Boromir watched intently ( Read more... )

Those of you English folks are no doubt aware of the low-budget prequel to LOTR that's filming over in your neck of the woods:

http://www.bornofhope.com/index.html

I like the look of the photos so far, aside from the one casting incongruence that has Aragorn's mother looking like Eowyn's.  Little Aragorn is adorable!  The writer/director of the piece ( Read more... )