B2MeM 2013:: Day Three: Wildcard Day
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b2memIt's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
Throughout the month, we will offer weekly wildcard days, days when there are no new prompts but instead a simple, Tolkien-related task, for those who wish to participate. We hope wildcard days will give you a chance to refresh your muses, read, catch up on your WiPs, and breathe! :)
Our first wildcard day task: Step out your front door.
B2MeM is an event for the entire Tolkien fandom. Just look at what's been posted so far! All three major books are represented and characters ranging from Bilbo to Balrogs, Finrod to Faramir. Because of our diversity, though, we may not all know each other and we may define ourselves more by the communities from which we come rather than viewing B2MeM as itself a community. So, today, step out from your front door. Say hello and meet someone new. Lean out, take a look down the road, and ponder where it leads.
He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.
To participate, leave a comment here and introduce yourself. Tell us the name you go by, what your passion is in fandom, and anything else about yourself that you want to share. Then, share a link to your favorite of the fanworks that you've created. (If you're new and don't have any fanworks yet, feel free to share a link to your favorite work by another author or artist.) The link you share does not have to be to a B2MeM piece; please make sure you include appropriate ratings and warnings if this won't be apparent when visitors click on the link.
After you've introduced yourself, take a moment to read/view another person's fanwork and leave them a comment to say hi and tell them what you thought.
Throughout the month, we will offer weekly wildcard days, days when there are no new prompts but instead a simple, Tolkien-related task, for those who wish to participate. We hope wildcard days will give you a chance to refresh your muses, read, catch up on your WiPs, and breathe! :)
Our first wildcard day task: Step out your front door.
B2MeM is an event for the entire Tolkien fandom. Just look at what's been posted so far! All three major books are represented and characters ranging from Bilbo to Balrogs, Finrod to Faramir. Because of our diversity, though, we may not all know each other and we may define ourselves more by the communities from which we come rather than viewing B2MeM as itself a community. So, today, step out from your front door. Say hello and meet someone new. Lean out, take a look down the road, and ponder where it leads.
He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary.
To participate, leave a comment here and introduce yourself. Tell us the name you go by, what your passion is in fandom, and anything else about yourself that you want to share. Then, share a link to your favorite of the fanworks that you've created. (If you're new and don't have any fanworks yet, feel free to share a link to your favorite work by another author or artist.) The link you share does not have to be to a B2MeM piece; please make sure you include appropriate ratings and warnings if this won't be apparent when visitors click on the link.
After you've introduced yourself, take a moment to read/view another person's fanwork and leave them a comment to say hi and tell them what you thought.
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Date: 2013-03-03 11:28 pm (UTC)I used to be a pretty active Silmarillion writer back in 2003-2007. Then I went on a long break, from which I have only just returned.
Most of my writing tends to be ironic, so either humour or angst with odd echoes. I have done my share of slashing, although nothing very explicit, but I have written gen and het, too.
I tend to gravitate to... second-tier First-Age Elves? By which I mean, not the assorted royals, but the notable heroes who serve them. My main setting was Gondolin, with all those heroic (and unheroic) captains, but the fic I am going to recommend is set in Doriath, and revolves around a rather clueless Beleg: here (http://archiveofourown.org/works/690253) it is, at AO3.
And yes, it is humour, and slash -- or at least potential slash.
I feel I should mention that, while I write humour, I do take the craft of writing seriously. Too seriously for my own good, really.
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Date: 2013-03-04 06:10 am (UTC)I somewhat relate. =D
Another fabulous recommendation.
Date: 2013-03-05 01:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-05 10:25 am (UTC)(And thanks!)
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Date: 2013-03-05 07:29 am (UTC)no subject
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