Admin Post: Happy 13th Birthday, SWG!

[dawn_felagund]

Now that the SWG is officially a teenager (and legally able to sign up for social media under the U.S. COPPA law), we have decided it is old enough to have its own Discord server. So, as a birthday gift to the Silmarillion fandom that has given us a reason to exist for 13 wonderful years now, we are thrilled to announce that the SWG is now on Discord!

We are hoping to use our Discord for collaborative and community events about our members and friends in the Tolkienfic fandom. For our first event, we’d like to invite Silmfic writers and fans to our 13th birthday party on Thursday, August 2, at 1 PM EST, on the SWG Discord for virtual cake, camaraderie, and instadrabbling.

What is instadrabbling? Instadrabbling is when a bunch of writers get together, someone chooses four words at random, and each writer creates and shares a drabble using those four words. (A traditional drabble is exactly 100 words, but as this is all in good fun, all flash fanworks are welcome, including art.) Repeat as many times as wanted with as many sets of words as wanted! Everyone is welcome, whether you want to write, make art, join in the discussion, or just listen in.

If you want to attend, please join our Discord server. (If you’re new to Discord, check out this starter guide, although I found it pretty intuitive to sign up and join my first server with zero experience.) We have a Common Room open for discussion, so please do feel free to start chatting with and saying hi to your fellow Silmarillion fans before the party! If you have an idea for a community event or project that you’d like to see us host or that you’d like to host yourself, please reach out--we welcome comments on this post or can be reached at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.

Finally, a huge thank you to the Silmarillion fandom, who have given us 13 joyful years of living in Middle-earth among some of the coolest Tolkien fans on Arda.

Comments

[grundyscribbling]

Fingers crossed I'll be able to join the party Thursday! (I've successfully joined the Discord, but much will depend on my work schedule.)

[dawn_felagund]

I know the start time is awful for anyone who works in the U.S.! I'm hoping to stick around long enough for at least the East Coasters to get off of work (and of course, the party can continue without me! ^_^)

I hope you can be there too!

[independence1776]

I've read the starter guide and joined. I hope I'll be able to attend the party! (I don't see why I shouldn't be able to, but you never know.)

[dawn_felagund]

I hope you can too! ^_^

[rhapsody]

I never realised that the SWG is sharing its birthday with our wedding day :) For us 19 years and steadily going ahead for many happy years. Of course I am wishing the SWG the same, with lots of joy, creativity, fun, fan geekish moments, lovely reviews, more awesome stories... and that the awesome mod team keeps on doing what they do so very well: running the SWG.

I do have to pass for the event (evemn though I am no longer active in the Fandom), because I have to get up very early in the morning. So no late nighter for me. I do wish everyone oodles of fun!

Much love from me.

[dawn_felagund]

So much love right back at you! I'm glad to see you on Discord, even if you can only join us rarely. :)

The SWG does not have a precise birthday; Bobby asked me this as well this afternoon. Over a few days at the end of July, Uli and I recruited people to join. So I always consider the last few days of July as our birthday. (We do, however, have a firm begetting day--March 15--because that is when I set up the Yahoo! Group and LJ.)

I am hoping this is just the first of many events like this! So hopefully you can pop in sometime, even if just for a little while. I miss you so much!

[jenni_blog]

Happy Belated Birthday, SWG! I can't believe I missed the August 2nd party. :(