Silmarillion Writers&#39; Guild

Thank you! :) I think it's my favorite design yet (of mine, of course! :)

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esteliel.livejournal.com

I have to echo that - I really love the layout, from the header picture to the font and the lovely quote. :)

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Thank you! :) You all are going to give me a big head. For years, I've styled myself as a web designer who was awful with Photoshop. ;)

The design was actually done around that quote. I found it while reading Letters and knew that it had to be used on the birthday webpage. The rest of the design fell into place around it.

ETA: And for the other font addicts out there (not that that's me *ahem* >.>), the fonts are Clerica in the header and Scriptina on the side section.

Edited Date: 2010-08-10 04:28 pm (UTC)

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esteliel.livejournal.com

Thanks! One can never have too many fonts installed... ;)

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I get myself into trouble with that kind of thinking! I've been known to waste entire afternoons downloading fonts! :D

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esteliel.livejournal.com

I'm not quite that bad yet - though I did spend an afternoon at dafont recently when I discovered that my fonts hadn't made the switch to Windows 7 with me. *g*

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pandemonium-213.livejournal.com

What Steel said. The page layout and color scheme are lovely!

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Thank you! :) This one might be called "Gund's Adventures in Photoshop." :) It's probably the first time where I spent more time in PS than actually writing the CSS stylesheet.

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Thank you! :) Now I would be totally lost with Java or pretty much anything that involves actual programming versus just making things look pretty. ;) I have a (very dusty) copy of PHP and MySQL for Dummies on my bookshelf, but that's as far as I've gotten!

Thank you for letting us post your artwork! :) It's beautiful, and I nurture a soft spot for the whole Aegnor/Andreth subplot. The plotrabbits are kickin' right now!

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It's utterly beautiful! The layout is lovely and like everyone else has been saying, I really love the quotation.

One question? Were there no new entries for this day? I have not read every single one yet, but they seem to all be excerpts from already posted work.

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Thank you! :) Nope, nothing new for today, except (I think) Lyra's artwork. Pearl's story is new to SWG but has been written for about a year. New pieces will also be listed separately from the compilation in the Table of Contents.

I know some people are working on them and expect they'll start trickling in in a few weeks.

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I have new three things I'm working on--one which I sent earlier today for a later Theme.

I also notice you are not limiting people to one older work--I was limiting myself to no more than one excerpt per Theme.

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We only guarantee that we will post one per person but, in reality, I try to post as many as I can. That particular rule is more of a CYA to discourage sending 100 excerpts from one author or in case we get 100 excerpts from different authors! (As if!) I didn't post everything that was sent to me--some people sent five or six, so I had to choose from among them--but I tried to choose multiples when they showed different characters or came from different stories. So, if you want to send more than one, by all means, please do! :)

Also, I got the new story! I am so behind in sending acknowledgments of receipt and tokens, it's really kind of sad. Finishing the website and posting all of those excerpts took a lot of time!

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Finishing the website and posting all of those excerpts took a lot of time!

I can't even imagine! Well, the result is stunning and the excerpts are very high quality!

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This was probably the second-fastest website I've done, too. It's a one-column, and those are always the easiest. Multiple columns tend not to play nice. :)

I meant to ask: Did you want me to archive the new story when I post that day's theme? As the HTML will already be done, it is not a problem to do so, and then you can get comments on it right away.

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I meant to ask: Did you want me to archive the new story when I post that day's theme? As the HTML will already be done, it is not a problem to do so, and then you can get comments on it right away.

Yes, please! I wasn't sure how that would work.

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Cool beans--will do!

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It looks good on you! ;^D

I got the story--thanks so much! I have to think about where I think it will fit best, but I'm really looking forward to reading it. (I think that when I put these things together, it is the only time I actually read fanfic anymore, for lack of time, not interest!)

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Certainly! :) And I will archive the story too.

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Awesome, Eli! I agree with Dawn. You look good in a dress. Thanks so much for the Token you gave me!!!

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The page looks great! And the excerpts make a very nice read!

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Thanks, CC! I'm familiar with many of the stories and they're really, really good. This one was definitely a good collection. :)

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I will get to read the stories later. =)

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The link to The Apprentice doesn't work for me...

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Ack--good catch! It was a bad link, but I've fixed it. Here it is in the meanwhile, since I probably won't upload the repaired page till later:

http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=151&index=1

(Amazing story, btw--one of my favorites! :)

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Okay, thank you! =)

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independence1776

Like everyone else said, the website is gorgeous!

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