Ok. Yesterday I got sad. Then I got upset. Then I created a community.

Geocities are closing the curtains on the 26th of October. It means a lot of fics getting lost into dead cyberspace..

Please unite as a Fellowship! We only have 2 weeks left!

My desperate last-minute-attempt to store the fics may be found here: ( Read more... )

I love humour.
I love humourous stories.
I love humourous stories about the cast and characters of the LOTR.
I love humourous fictious stories about the cast and characters of the LOTR having sex with each other.
I especially love humourous fictious stories about same sex cast and characters of the LOTR having sex with each other ( Read more... )

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When the cats away the mouse will play ... but there's also no last minute notification that deadlines are approaching. :-) Nominations for the MOME Awards closed on September 14 but due to an unexpected computer hiatus it came and went without a word of warning from your friendly organizer. We've received ( Read more... )

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The third annual Men of Middle Earth Awards is now underway. Come join us in awarding excellence and celebrating the extensive variety in the LOTR slash community.

Awards are presented to both new and classic stories based on story length and pairing for both RPS and FPS. Complete nomination guidelines are ( Read more... )

If you like a little variety in your VigBean, you're going to love the first set of wordsontongue submissions. Eighteen (18! *g*) drabbles and ficlets all featuring the gorgeousness that is VigBean. Please stop by and enjoy; we're serving up the VigBean love 24/7.

Hello everyone ( Read more... )

This year's Lotrips Remix challenge sign-up time is extended!

Remix is a great challenge to see what you can do with another writer's story: it doesn't have to be your favorite, just something with potential, something you can work with. Our remix challenge has been running since 2003 and every year since, and it's all been good, some of it ( Read more... )

There are only a couple of days left to sign up for the 2009 VigBean fic exchange. wordsontongue is fun and flexible. You can write anything from drabbles to multi-chapter fics and, if the huge variety of styles and genres from last year's exchange are any indication, there are no limits to where you can let your imagination take you ( Read more... )

If you've ever read a story and thought: "If I were telling it, I would do it differently," or even "I wonder what that other character was thinking?" then this challenge is for you. Just like musical remixes, this project aims to show how differences in vision and style can cast light on stories in a whole new way ( Read more... )

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But we stuck together, Viggo and me.

2009 has been a great year for VigBean lovers. Let's continue the celebration with another year of the wordsontongue fic exchange ( Read more... )