Hi, all, I was contacted by someone who really wants to find a First Age story that she read and enjoyed, but unfortunately, she cannot remember the title or...
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MARINA
schnupfi2001
Jan 7, 2007 10:42 pm
boah! that gave me a plot bunny...awesome! Marina ... From: DawnFelagund@... Date: 01/07/07 23:19:11 To: SWG Subject: [SilmarillionWritersGuild] Help...
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dawnfelagund
Jan 8, 2007 1:22 am
... Well even if we don't figure out the name of the story, at least one has gotten inspiration from the mere summary of it! So some good comes of it. ;) Best,...
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MARINA
schnupfi2001
Jan 8, 2007 7:25 am
YES!!! That launched something in my head :) I really had to write that
bunny down.. Marina ... From: DawnFelagund@... Date: 01/08/07 02:23:05 To:...
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ellfine2000
Jan 10, 2007 1:53 am
I've been suffering from a lot of nights where I wake up between 2 and 4AM and lie awake until 6 or 7AM unable to go back to sleep. I'm desperate for something...
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DawnFelagund@...
dawnfelagund
Jan 11, 2007 4:51 pm
Hi, Ellie, I've been wracking my brain to think of stories for you. Unfortunately, the stories/authors whom I usually rec post on one of those sites you've...
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MARINA
schnupfi2001
Jan 11, 2007 5:06 pm
Ellie,..I do not have much Fingolfin fic on my site..but I do have lots of
Gondolin and Nan Elmoth stories of all kinds on my site. If you really want...
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fingolfin65
Jan 17, 2007 3:09 pm
Calling all RP-ers Tolkien characters from any age or persuasion wanted to play in Modern Era Game!!! Dreaming Spires is looking for players…. ABOUT THE GAME...
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DawnFelagund@...
dawnfelagund
Jan 18, 2007 2:39 am
Hi, all, A while back, we discussed doing a reading/discussion of the History of Middle-earth series. I have begun compiling my summaries of the Silm-related...
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dawnfelagund
Jan 20, 2007 10:16 pm
Well, here is our first of the HoMe summaries! I skipped doing a summary of the Foreword for the Silm reading, which I now regret. The Foreword to BoLT1 had...
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rhapsody_the_bard
rhapsody_the...
Jan 20, 2007 10:55 pm
... Hi ... I hope you have more luck this time. I am a bit torn between commenting on LJ or here, I know I don't have the energy right now to discuss it in...
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DawnFelagund@...
dawnfelagund
Jan 22, 2007 4:42 pm
... It's certainly welcome in either place, though I think it's easier to discuss things here than on LJ since only I get notifications of new comments posted...
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dawnfelagund
Jan 24, 2007 1:32 am
Hi, all, For those of you following along with the History of Middle-earth reading, the next bit we will be discussing is posted in our group's files. "The...
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dawnfelagund
Feb 3, 2007 5:37 am
Hi, all, Our newsletter--including new challenges--is now posted in our LiveJournal community! http://community.livejournal.com/silwritersguild/79781.html Best...
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angelica.ramses
Feb 10, 2007 9:50 pm
Hi, Dawn, I've been meaning to write to you since the end of last year but it's been quite a rough time - nothing bad really but, as a friend said, too many...
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DawnFelagund@...
dawnfelagund
Feb 16, 2007 9:08 pm
History of Middle-earth, Volume I: The Book of Lost Tales I "The Cottage of Lost Play" Summary ... "The Cottage of Lost Play" was probably written around...
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dawnfelagund
Feb 24, 2007 10:51 pm
Hi, all, Just a quick note to let you know that HoMe1, "The Music of the Ainur" is next up in the HoMe reading, and a copy is now available on our Yahoo!...
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JunoMagic
juno_magic
Mar 1, 2007 11:34 am
To celebrate the "Back to Middle-earth Month 2007" the writers' workshop "There and Back Again" ( http://community.livejournal.com/there_n_back/ ) presents: ...
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DawnFelagund@...
dawnfelagund
Mar 2, 2007 1:49 am
Hi, all, Our March newsletter and new challenges are posted! You can check them out on our LJ community here: ...
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ennorwen
Mar 12, 2007 9:58 am
Thanks to DawnFelagund who allowed me to post this here - Really - we'd love to have lots 'o First Age Fics to read and write...Please consider...
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ellfine2000
Mar 13, 2007 11:02 pm
Based on the stories you have read/written, what would you say is the most frequent injury sustained by elves in fan fiction and why? Poisoning? Broken bones?...
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hathorsisle
Mar 13, 2007 11:15 pm
Ai Ellie, for some, unknown reason Maedhros gets to have cut hand often, I have no idea why. What a pervy authors ;) Sorry for silliness - interesting...
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heartofoshun@...
heartofoshun
Mar 13, 2007 11:45 pm
Fascinating--when I received this email, I was at that exact moment dealing with injuries received by Maedhros. I had actually spent a great deal of time...
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Tarion Anarore
tarion_anarore
Mar 14, 2007 12:03 am
Hey all, ... I've noticed this too!! It's as though one sick person thought of it, and it just sort of...caught on. Everyone's doing it! I confess to have the...
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Tarion Anarore
tarion_anarore
Mar 14, 2007 12:20 am
Hi Ellie, To start, I will definitely agree with you and Sirielle that Maglor does seem to get a heavy dose of heartache. So does Maedhros, though less in the...
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heartofoshun@...
heartofoshun
Mar 14, 2007 12:32 am
I think Tarion is right about the First Age--no need to dream up gratuitous gore and violence. Plenty of it for everyone. Take Fingon, for example: "At last...
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ellfine2000
Mar 14, 2007 2:01 am
It also seems to me that First Age fics - along with having violent encounters readily available - have much more emotion attached to their life situations and...
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Tarion Anarore
tarion_anarore
Mar 14, 2007 2:37 am
I think that's true too. A lot of Third Age torture fics seem emotionally detached - some elf/elves, maybe even your favorite elf, is/are being beaten,...
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DawnFelagund@...
dawnfelagund
Mar 14, 2007 3:53 pm
Fascinating question, Ellie! :) Most of my stories are set before the Darkening, yet I still manage to injure my Elves on occasion. In "Another Man's Cage,"...
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dawnfelagund
Mar 14, 2007 3:53 pm
... Glad to oblige! :) I did a search of The Silmarillion, LotR, The Hobbit, Tolkien's Letters, and the HoMe for the word "scar." (Oh, how digital books make...
