January 2015 Newsletter Posted
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silwritersguildThe newsletter is a bit late thanks to the holidays but, at last, it has been posted on our website here:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/news/january2015.php
We have some site news this month: the ending of the (re)reading (with hearty thanks and congrats to our intrepid hostesses, Lyra and Indy!), updates to our guidelines on Tumblr, and the ongoing HASA rescue project. There is also a ton going on in the fandom outside of our group, from challenges and events to classes and conferences. Check out Around the World and Web for these announcements, as well as a collection of featured articles and videos.
This month, we introduce a new challenge that's a little different. The "First Lines" challenge gives writers a list of potential first lines. Create a story using that first line and post it to our archive. We are also revisiting the "Just Say It with a Gift!" challenge, that looks at Arda's gift-giving customs.
If you're looking for a story to read, check out the list of stories added and updated on the archive last month. We had quite a rush at the end of the month and are edging very close to the milestone 2,000 stories!
A final [sentimental!] note from me: the SWG will turn ten this year. It will be a big year for me--I will hopefully and FINALLY finish my MA this year--and I cannot believe that the little Silmfic writer's group I started is turning ten and has come this far. Thank you to all of you who have supported the SWG throughout the years and have made us one of the finest Tolkien fan fiction sites on the Web. I wish all of you the best for a happy 2015 and raise my glass to ten more years!
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/news/january2015.php
We have some site news this month: the ending of the (re)reading (with hearty thanks and congrats to our intrepid hostesses, Lyra and Indy!), updates to our guidelines on Tumblr, and the ongoing HASA rescue project. There is also a ton going on in the fandom outside of our group, from challenges and events to classes and conferences. Check out Around the World and Web for these announcements, as well as a collection of featured articles and videos.
This month, we introduce a new challenge that's a little different. The "First Lines" challenge gives writers a list of potential first lines. Create a story using that first line and post it to our archive. We are also revisiting the "Just Say It with a Gift!" challenge, that looks at Arda's gift-giving customs.
If you're looking for a story to read, check out the list of stories added and updated on the archive last month. We had quite a rush at the end of the month and are edging very close to the milestone 2,000 stories!
A final [sentimental!] note from me: the SWG will turn ten this year. It will be a big year for me--I will hopefully and FINALLY finish my MA this year--and I cannot believe that the little Silmfic writer's group I started is turning ten and has come this far. Thank you to all of you who have supported the SWG throughout the years and have made us one of the finest Tolkien fan fiction sites on the Web. I wish all of you the best for a happy 2015 and raise my glass to ten more years!
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Date: 2015-01-04 01:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-01-04 09:21 pm (UTC)Happy birthday to the SWG and thank you for it.
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Date: 2015-01-04 09:37 pm (UTC)Thanks ... and you're welcome! :D It's hard to believe it's been 10 years. It's gone fast!
Tolkien Links
Date: 2015-01-05 02:44 am (UTC)Meanwhile, I come bearing links for next month:
http:// historytoday.com /lynn-forest-hill/ inspiration-tolkiens-ring
http:// morgan-leigh .tumblr.com /post/ 106560329936/ i-went-to-tolkiens-public-lectures-they-were
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Date: 2015-01-05 07:36 pm (UTC)I really like this challenge - the hard part is going to be keeping myself from trying to write a fic for each first line. :P
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Date: 2015-01-13 12:20 am (UTC)*faints*
Congrats, Dawn, for creating the BEST Tolkien fanfic site on the Web! You're amazing. And I know SWG will be around for another ten years.
The new challenges sound awesome. And I definitely need to read more stories and get more involved in general. :)
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Date: 2015-01-27 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-27 12:10 am (UTC)I've decided to do my "Mythmoot mathoms" using the first lines from this month's challenge. Or ... in short, I don't have your discipline, it seems! :D
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Date: 2015-01-27 12:51 am (UTC)I plan to do what I can to make sure we have another ten-and-then-some in us! Things are looking up and we have new positive stuff to look forward to on the horizon--that is a good sign!