"Drinks in the Dark" by Lingwiloke

[nialoke]

B2MeM Challenge: 2016 Memories; 2012 BINGO - Song Lyrics/I18: So here’s to drinks in the dark at the end of my road - Florence and the Machine - Shake it Out

Format: Vignette/Ficlet

Genre: Angst, Friendship

Rating: Teens

Warnings: drunkeness, mentions of death, suicidal ideation

Characters: Celebrimbor, Orodreth

Pairings: N/A

Creators' Notes (optional): This grew out of something I started for "We're sorry, Celebrimbor" month last year, which required you to write about a happy moment in Celebrimbor's life. Needless to say I rather failed at "happy" and what came out now is not even that much about Celebrimbor anymore... But what stayed was the idea of Orodreth and Celebrimbor as unlikely friends, which I've grown very fond of.

Summary: Orodreth has been crowned king of Nargothrond. He's not taking it particularly well.



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Extracts from Erestor's Library Catalogue, by Himring

[hhimring]

Originally posted by hhimring at Extracts from Erestor's Library Catalogue, by Himring (B2MeM 2015)

B2MeM Challenge: B2MeM 2016 Memories and B2MeM 2015 Marketplace: "Any kind of fanwork - story, art, craft - show us or tell us about a book/scroll/manuscript from Elrond’s library. Title, description, summary, cover, binding, endpapers, the art of book-binding, illumination or anything related, or a story about one particular book, be it its creation, history, content, or just playing a major role in any kind of story. It doesn’t have to be a complete work/book either. Anything goes here, provided it centers around anything that has to do with the Library of Rivendell." - the_winterwitch
Format: catalogue, WIP
Genre: meta
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Erestor
Pairing: Rivendell's librarian/books
Summary:
Erestor tries hard to keep track of Rivendell's growing number of books. It can be a bit of a struggle, especially in March...
Creator's Notes:
Please help by submitting any books or literary works you invent for B2MeM 2015 fanworks in the comments to this post (with link to the post, if possible). They don't have to be invented for a Rivendell book prompt to be included, but it would be appreciated if you mentioned briefly how the work ended up in the Rivendell library, if your fanwork itself doesn't already make it obvious!
ETA 2016: I never finished this--but I thought I'd re-post: partly as a rec list for last year's B2MeM stories and partly to throw it open more widely. If  in a fic of yours you invented a book or manuscript contained in the Rivendell library, whether it was for B2MeM 2015 or not, you are invited to let me know in the comments. (Not sure whether I can manage any Erestor snark for new accessions...)

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Elrond was a Poet, by Kaylee Arafinwiel

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2016 Memories; 2007 Alphabet – like an evil Elrond
Format: Poem – Pantoum
Genre: Um…character study, I think.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mention of the attack of the Havens of Sirion, though nothing graphic.
Characters: Eärendil, Elwing, Elros, Elrond
Pairings: Eärendil/Elwing
Creators' Notes (optional): This pantoum is rather longer than usual, since it’s based off the ‘Song of Eärendil’. It may be found in Elrond’s Library – on a shelf so high no hobbit can reach it! (That’s what makes him evil. *nods* Hiding poetry from a poem-loving hobbit! Oh well, maybe Aragorn will be kind and fetch it for him? I had a terrible time thinking of a way to make Elrond evil, believe you me. :P )
Summary: Elrond, hearing the Song of Eärendil sung by Bilbo in the Hall of Fire, retired to his rooms afterward and took up his own pen. This is what came out.

"Eärendil was a mariner
that tarried in Arvernien;
he built a boat of timber felled
in Nimbrethil to journey in…”

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Comfort in Music - by Larner

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2009 Cue 6: "Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable." Leonard Bernstein, American composer.
Format: drabble
Genre: general
Rating: PG
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Frodo Baggins, Ossë and Uinen, Goldberry
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Two of Ulmo's vassals take thought for Frodo Baggins.

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Hearing the Tree's Call for Help - by Larner

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2009 Cue 7: A tree speaks.
Format: drabble
Genre: general
Rating: PG
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Amandil, Isildur, Anárion, Nimloth
Pairings: n/a
Summary: Isildur responds to the White Tree's peril.

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Faking Well Poorly by Mysterious Jedi

[mysterious-jedi.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:2016 Memories and 2015 Bingo
Format:ficlet
Genre:family
Rating:General
Warnings:none
Characters:Estel, Elladan, Elrohir, and Elrond
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional):Meant to be kind of angsty, but came out kind of goofy instead.
Summary: Estel is sick and trying to hide it.


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March 16 Prompts

[independence1776]

Here are today’s prompts:

• In the "Tale of the Years" Tolkien tells us about what happens to certain characters each day of March 3019. We challenge you to write about the character(s) he does NOT mention: “Debate of the commanders. Frodo from the Morgai looks out over the camp to Mount Doom."


• P: Like a pink Pippin


• Now men awoke and listened to Felagund as he harped and sang, and each thought that he was in some fair dream, until he saw that his fellows were awake also beside him; but they did not speak or stir while Felagund still played, because of the beauty of the music and the wonder of the song. Wisdom was in the words of the Elven-king, and the hearts grew wiser that hearkened to him; for the things of which he sang, of the making of Arda, and the bliss of Aman beyond the shadows of the Sea, came as clear visions before their eyes, and his Elvish speech was interpreted in each mind according to its measure.


• Are you an adventurous person? Think or write briefly about the greatest adventure in your life. Write a story, poem or create an artwork where the characters share an unexpected adventure.


• What are your limits? What some things that you can't do? Won't do? Write down at least two of each and consider how you discovered these limits. Write a story, poem or create an artwork where a character discovers his or her limits, manages to respect his or her limits, or is pushed over his or her limits.


• “A gentle breeze brushed the hilltop, combing the ruins...” Write a story or poem that starts with this line or create a piece of art that reflects this line.


• G51


• "If it be truly the Silmaril which we saw cast into the sea that rises again by the power of the Valar, then let us be glad; for its glory is seen now by many, and is yet secure from all evil."


• "But in the midst of the land was a mountain tall and steep, and it was named the Meneltarma, the Pillar of Heaven, and upon it was a high place that was hallowed to Eru Ilúvatar, and it was open and unroofed, and no other temple or fane was there in the land of the Númenóreans."


• "`What?' cried Gimli, startled out of his silence. 'A corslet of Moria-silver? That was a kingly gift!'
  
  'Yes,' said Gandalf. 'I never told him, but its worth was greater than the value of the whole Shire and everything in it.'
  
  Frodo said nothing, but he put his hand under his tunic and touched the rings of his mail-shirt. He felt staggered to think that he had been walking about with the price of the Shire under his jacket. Had Bilbo known? He felt no doubt that Bilbo knew quite well. It was indeed a kingly gift."

For more prompts, check out the 2016:prompts tag.

Andreth Mourns Aegnor by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

I have only one more Canon Couple to go!

B2MeM Challenge: 2016 Memories; 2012 BINGO, "Canon Couples", O-68
Format: Poetry, Dribble
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Aegnor, Andreth
Pairings: Aegnor/Andreth
Creators' Notes (optional): I began some of these dribbles for the "Canon Couples" card in 2012, and decided to see how many more of them I could complete this year.
This one was difficult. I had to research them, because I only barely knew the bones of their story. It was in reading her conversation with Finrod, and seeing the rather bleak view of death and the fate of Men that she held even then, that I began to see my way with this. I still feel a bit shaky on First Age ground, and hope that I got it right.
Summary: Andreth mourns the Elf she had grown to love.

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Remembering 10 Years of Back to Middle-earth Month: Discussion Post 2009

[dreamflower]

(My apologies for missing the date for this post. I will be posting 2010 on schedule.)



Discussion post for 2009

This is the first year groups coordinated for the Silmarillion Writers Guild back to Middle-earth Month 2009

For 2009's B2MeM, SWG and MPTT challenged our authors and artists with a daily prompt to take their creativity in new directions:

Often, as creators of Tolkien-based writing and artwork, when we are asked to consider what influences us, we think first of favorite characters, favorite scenes, or the quote that--the first time we read it--made our hearts lurch and imaginations begin to whirl. Each day through the month of March, we will post a prompt on our homepage, LiveJournal community, and Yahoo! group--but we are changing directions a bit from the usual fiction and art challenge. This time, we will start with our lives and experiences as writers or artists and create a Tolkien-themed work based on these.

The goal is not to create full stories or even complete works but rather to explore how our writing and artwork is influenced by the experiences, opinions, and emotions that we bring with us from our non-fannish lives. We encourage all of our fellow Tolkien fans to join us in expanding our creative horizons this month!

Did you participate in the SWG's Creativity Challenge? Did you make posts or write stories for it? If you did, please share your experience with us here in the comments. Give us links, share your anecdotes and memories.

Did you miss out on it, but find yourself curious about it? Check out the comments and ask questions and join in the discussions! And if you check out previous works, be sure to let the creator know how you liked them.