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: 2013-03-04 12:07 am (UTC)I love everything about Tolkien's world, and I try my hand in writing as many races, eras, characters, and pairings as I can. I feel most comfortable with elves and dwarves, although I have written some with Men (still not feeling as though I got a handle on hobbits yet.) I have a fondness for dwarves. Admittedly while liking them I never ventured too deep in researching them until the first Hobbit film was released. Now it seems the dwarves, and particularly Bofur and Kíli, have occupied my mind. In RL I work in health care, but I occasionally take on freelance graphic design projects for book covers. Before studying science I was an art student, and I try to keep all of my passions balanced (doesn't always work out, unfortunately!) I am also deep at work on my own fictional universe which has its own self-contained mythology.
Of my own works I don't know which to recommend, really. I tend to be critical of what I write, and I am surprised whenever I piece I'm iffy on ends up being popular (such as this one (http://archiveofourown.org/works/636729).) But I am still fond of The Cave in the Echoriath (http://iavalir.livejournal.com/6275.html), and it gives a feel for the sort of horror I enjoy writing (my most current horror piece, Kíli's Lover (http://iavalir.livejournal.com/66776.html), is slanted more towards gore (and warnings for death, graphic violence, and abuse.)) I am still proud of the first chapter of Amras and the Elements (http://iavalir.livejournal.com/25940.html) and plan to finish it. Éowyn the Passion Heart (http://iavalir.livejournal.com/19736.html) is perhaps my favorite of my Man-centric stories. A project I have been working on involves a crossover with Doctor Who, in which Curufin is The Doctor. So look out for that if you enjoy some fandom fusion! :)
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Date: 2013-03-04 02:12 am (UTC)All of the stories you link sound so intriguing! Definitely coming back sometime soon. :)
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Date: 2013-03-05 07:30 am (UTC)