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Nerdanel's Own Forge by Kaylee Arafinwiel
Title: Nerdanel's Own Forge
Author: Kaylee Arafinwiel
Summary: Nerdanel muses on her fellow smiths, and her lost older brother Varyano (OC)
A/N: Apologies to JRR Tolkien and Elizabeth Bishop!
"The art of forging is extremely hard to master."
"The coals too red, the heat of Aulë’s fire intense!"
“A nis, to forge?” Disbelief - they say I court disaster.
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B2MEM updates.
So my cards are Adjectival ABC, Color Burst - Green, Echoes In The Water , Landscape, Language of Flowers, Of The Sea, Shirish, Snippets of Verse, Talents and Skills, and Third Age Locations.
So far, numbers are G48, N42, I20, O72, and B12. I haven't begun work on day 5 yet, but will add links as necessary.
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Long time, no post...sorry! B2MEM excitement, and non-fandom not so happy stuff.
Here I am! B2MEM is soon to be upon us, and once again, as back in 2012, it's a Bingo Card game! I'm excited to participate. I'm going to try not to claim cards I already tried last time (this year, only ten can officially be "claimed"), though I'm going to try and write for the previous cards as well. I just won't be able to use unclaimed cards ( Read more... ) -
A non-fandom post. (International cooking project: help/advice requested)
https://dayzeroproject.com/user/kayleearafinwiel85/list/145856
So I'm working on this list. One of the ideas to work on is cooking something from every country in the world. My friend and co-author AfricanDaisy has started on that challenge, and I was ( Read more... ) -
Encounter at the Temple, by KayleeArafinwiel
Author: Kaylee Arafinwiel
Title: Encounter at the Temple
Rating: PG
Theme: Hearts and Flowers
Elements: Water Lilies
Author's Notes: The Greenwood Temple is an invention of Emma’s and mine.
Summary: Returning from the War of the Last Alliance without his father, a young warrior sneaks off alone, and tries to take stock of his feelings now he’s fallen ( Read more... ) -
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Author: Kaylee Arafinwiel
Title: Encounter at the Temple
Rating: PG
Theme: Hearts and Flowers
Elements: Water Lilies
Author's Notes: The Greenwood Temple is an invention of Emma’s and mine.
Summary: Returning from the War of the Last Alliance without his father, a young warrior sneaks off alone, and tries to take stock of his feelings now he’s ( Read more... ) -
Adventures with MyBlueRose
So it's been quite a day. I don't often blog about Real Life, but today it crossed paths with Tolkien fandom, so here goes.
I've not often had the good luck to meet one of my fandom friends offline, and that's what I did today. I hope that
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Elwing and the Albatross (Vocalisations - Call), by Kaylee Arafinwiel
B2MeM Prompt and Category: Then Aragorn took the crown and held it up and said:
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta!
And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: ‘Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, ( Read more... ) -
Tolkien Weekly "Vocalising - Cry" Lessons Learned
Title: Lessons Learned
Author: Kaylee Arafinwiel
Characters: Elwing, seabirds
Summary: Elwing begins to bridge the gap at last.
Rating: PG
Warning:
Book/Source: The Silmarillion
A/N: I disclaim the albatross’ line, which I expect many of my generation (and perhaps older, or younger) will recognise from a very non-Tolkien source…
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Tolkien Weekly "Vocalising - Whisper" Learning to Listen
Title: Learning to Listen
Author: Kaylee Arafinwiel
Characters: Elwing, albatross
Summary: The albatross begins teaching her pupil.
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Book/Source: Silmarillion
A/N: Elwing gasped, falling to her knees. “You do speak!”
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