August 2013 Newsletter Posted!
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silwritersguildMy apologies for the lateness of this announcement, but I have family in-town from overseas and have been a bit busy as a result. Our August 2013 newsletter is posted on the website:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/news/newsletter.php
We're in the midst of a busy time here at the SWG! August is, as it has always been, our annual Akallabeth in August challenge. During this time, we encourage our members to read and write stories related to the Second Age. As we have in years past, we've compiled a list in the newsletter of all of the Second Age stories we could find on the archive. As in years past, if you have written a Second Age story and do not see it on the list, please let us know so that we can add it. Putting this list together is a big task every year, and we often miss a few stories. Also, don't miss our 2009 Akallabeth in August collection that journeys through the whole Second Age through story, poetry, and art: http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/akallabeth-in-august/
And, of course, if you've ever wanted to try your hand at Second Age fiction (or if you love the Second Age and want to show it some more love!), we encourage you to take the leap this month. Many of our authors have in the past (including me!) and produced some really wonderful Second Age stories for our archive.
We are also in the middle of the Season of Writing Dangerously, and it is not too late to sign up, if you'd like to set a creative goal for yourself this season. And, in July, the archive participated in the International Day of Femslash, and the stories created for that event are available to read on the archive.
In this month's newsletter, we have quite a few goodies. Oshun's biography this month is on Denethor of the Nandor, an intriguing character so beloved by his people that they refused to take a new king after he died. Yet, like many Silm characters, Tolkien left large swaths of Denethor's life unexplored, and this month's biography is full of possible story ideas as a result. For the podfic this month, grey_gazania has recorded selections from Elleth's lovely ficlet collection "Many Journeys." And, of course, we have a list of stories added and updated during July, interesting articles from other sites, and announcements from groups outside of the SWG.
Many thanks go to those who create the content for the newsletter--Oshun, grey_gazania, Rhapsody, Russandol, and Angelica.
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/news/newsletter.php
We're in the midst of a busy time here at the SWG! August is, as it has always been, our annual Akallabeth in August challenge. During this time, we encourage our members to read and write stories related to the Second Age. As we have in years past, we've compiled a list in the newsletter of all of the Second Age stories we could find on the archive. As in years past, if you have written a Second Age story and do not see it on the list, please let us know so that we can add it. Putting this list together is a big task every year, and we often miss a few stories. Also, don't miss our 2009 Akallabeth in August collection that journeys through the whole Second Age through story, poetry, and art: http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/akallabeth-in-august/
And, of course, if you've ever wanted to try your hand at Second Age fiction (or if you love the Second Age and want to show it some more love!), we encourage you to take the leap this month. Many of our authors have in the past (including me!) and produced some really wonderful Second Age stories for our archive.
We are also in the middle of the Season of Writing Dangerously, and it is not too late to sign up, if you'd like to set a creative goal for yourself this season. And, in July, the archive participated in the International Day of Femslash, and the stories created for that event are available to read on the archive.
In this month's newsletter, we have quite a few goodies. Oshun's biography this month is on Denethor of the Nandor, an intriguing character so beloved by his people that they refused to take a new king after he died. Yet, like many Silm characters, Tolkien left large swaths of Denethor's life unexplored, and this month's biography is full of possible story ideas as a result. For the podfic this month, grey_gazania has recorded selections from Elleth's lovely ficlet collection "Many Journeys." And, of course, we have a list of stories added and updated during July, interesting articles from other sites, and announcements from groups outside of the SWG.
Many thanks go to those who create the content for the newsletter--Oshun, grey_gazania, Rhapsody, Russandol, and Angelica.
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Date: 2013-08-10 01:38 pm (UTC)Here's the link to this weeks encourangement doodle: http://j-flattermann.livejournal.com/362786.html (http://j-flattermann.livejournal.com/362786.html)
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Date: 2013-08-11 01:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-11 01:39 pm (UTC)Will post it where it should have gone to in the first place. Thanks for poking me. I hadn't realised that I had posted it here.