Thrihyrne

It's a rare, three-day holiday weekend, even for we essential employees. OMG. I can't tell you all how much I've been looking forward to this; I've not had a holiday since New Year's.

At any rate, I've already started the weekend off with a fabulous IM chat with elfscribe5, and I'm nearly finished with part one of my two-part (I think) Wraeththu Challenge fic, and there's a good chance I'll get to hold sexyscholar in my arms as well by the time the weekend is over. We'll see; she's within a 3-hour driving distance, but that's still up in the air, logistics and all.

I also have at last a recent pic of me with my shorter hair (I'm the one with red hair):
( thev with younger sister and brother and mom )

While chatting with Elfscribe, it rekindled a thought I'd had which was to post my thoughts of what are my top 5 of my own Tolkien fics, and why. I've not written much of anything within the Ardaverse in recent years, having been engrossed in Harry Potter, which has now been claimed by Wraeththu. Not that the styles are at all similar, but there's something about the mythos between Wraeththu and Tolkien which has really made me consider going back to Tolkien fanfic. What's also been lovely — not to mention totally unexpected — is that there are many Wraeththu fans who came from Tolkien and/or are still involved, and a couple of them had even read my Tolkien fic in the past! I'd not have imagined such a delightful circle, but fandom can be that way.

So I reread a couple of my Tolkien fics and was delightfully surprised to see that I was writing some innovative stuff five years ago when I first began writing fanfic. If any of you are interested in my navel-gazing and self-indulgent thoughts on perhaps my top five recommended Tolkien fics, ( please keep reading. Otherwise, have a fabulous weekend. )

For those enjoying a holiday weekend (as I sure am!!!), my best to you. Now I need to stop sitting on my laurels and go off to write. ♥