grundyscribbling

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

Challenge #2 - Pets of Fandom - Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

( I need a new kitten icon; two cats and a puppy within.... )

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Posted by AliceNWonder000137

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8730

After his release from the Halls of Mandos, Melkor seduces many of the Noldor with honeyed words and accusations against the Valar. The Two Trees are ruined and the Sun and Moon arise. One of these elves, Ardana the Astrologer, leads her people to return the skies to their original form, nothing but stars. But she must destroy the Sun and Moon to accomplish that from her holds in the south of Middle Earth.
This is a non-canon story that is inspired by an MERP RPG series that was a gift from my aunt. Most of the characters and settings were from the series and some quotes and songs are taken from Tolkien's writing. It also ties in with the Wars in Beleriand and two my other two stories, The Dark Mage of Rhudaur and The Thieves of Tharbad. The story is designed to span three ages.

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8730

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Posted by SWG Moderators

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/429

We get together from time to time on the SWG Discord and produce spontaneous fanworks based on randomly chosen prompts. This collection includes drabbles, ficlets, and other flash fanworks produced as part of our instadrabbling sessions beginning in 2019 through 2025.

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/429

independence1776

( Cutting for spoilers )

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Posted by LadySternchen

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8922

A little fluffy snowy ficlet.

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Posted by elennalore

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8921

Maedhros stands at the battlements of Himring and faces Thangorodrim.

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Posted by LadySternchen

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8920

As a very young elfling, Mablung's heart chooses its companion, and Mablung stays true to this love until the end of his life in Middle-Earth.

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8920

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Fandom: Tolkien
Rating: T
Characters: Sons of Feanor, Elrond, Feanor, Daeron, various others
Warnings: n/a
Summary: After years in Lórien, Maglor and Maedhros are ready to return to their family and to make something new with their lives--but to move forward, all of Fëanor's sons must decide how, or if, they can ever reconcile with their father.
Note: This fic is a direct sequel to High in the Clean Blue Air.

Prologue / Previous Chapter

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Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Level Up - Vienna Teng

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Posted by LadySternchen

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8919

Ingwë, Finwë, Elwë and Olwë each make decisions that change their lives -and Elvish history- forever.
(Written for the Teitho-challenge ‘crossroads’ an eternity ago)

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8919

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Posted by LadySternchen

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It is a night of joy and anticipation for the royal family of Eglador, for Galadhon and his wife are about to welcome their second child. So while all the family is busy preparing for the new baby's arrival, it falls upon the king himself to put his daughter to bed- his daughter who is adamant that she is not tired at all.(A friendly nod here to all my German-speaking readers: this story was heavily inspired by one of my favourite children's books "Valerie und die Gute-Nacht-Schaukel" by Mira Lobe. If you know, you know. If not, it is really worth checking out)

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8918

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Posted by Himring

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Stories about Maedhros and the tribe of Bor:
I Maedhros remembers his encounter with Bor's tribe and the early days of their alliance.
IIa, IIb: After the loss of the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, Bor's granddaughter leads the survivors of her people back into the East.

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/1620

jedibuttercup

Challenge #1 - The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

( Giving this a try again.... )

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jedibuttercup

2007 - 100 Books (avg. 408.57 pages)
2008 - 80 Books (avg. 385.50 pages)
2009 - 67 Books (avg. 338.03 pages)
2010 - 129 Books (avg. 378.75 pages)
2011 - 133 Books (avg. 375.98 pages)
2012 - 144 Books (avg. 398.92 pages)
2013 - 130 Books (avg. 397.36 pages)
2014 - 130 Books (avg. 391.13 pages)
2015 - 122 Books (avg. 364.18 pages)
2016 - 100 Books (avg. 433.06 pages)

2017 - 104 Books (avg. 413.24 pages)
2018 - 108 Books (avg. 377.99 pages)
2019 - 125 Books (avg. 389.52 pages)
2020 - 266 Books (avg. 306.32 pages)
2021 - 255 Books (avg. 312.65 pages)
2022 - 251 books (avg. 328.91 pages)
2023 - 240 books (avg. 337.88 pages)
2024 - 236 books (avg. 399.28 pages)
2025 - 273 books (avg. 336.71 pages)

Starting my reading list for 2025! Another year of my most OCD New Year's Resolution. :)

I set a new high-water mark for total book count this year, but 2024 remains my record for total pagecount (at 94,231); this year's books were generally shorter, for a total of 91,921 pages. That's 250 pages per day. Probably still too much, but I tend to read/watch more in exhausting RL years, and 2025 was definitely that for me.

The rough genre counts bear that out, lots of distraction material: 78 narrative non-fiction; 25 post-apocalyptic fiction; 39 mystery or thriller; 32 LitRPG; 23 Jane Austen variations; 35 other scifi; 21 other fantasy; 5 poetry collections; and only 15 historical or literary fiction.

In other stats for 2025: 8 were re-reads; and 10 were graphic novels. 127 were ebooks, the rest physical, 32 of which were borrowed from the library. 7 were YA. And my work book club completed its third year and planned for a fourth! So, on to Year Twenty of book tracking! I record books here as I start them, and remove them if I don't finish.

Books for 2026: 4 including 1 rereads, 2 nonfiction, 0 poetry collections, 0 ya, 2 ebooks, and 1 graphic novels. Library count: 1.

( Books Read in 2026 )

jedibuttercup

[Past: 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25]

As usual, I rounded all TV episodes (however viewed) up to the nearest half-hour mark and most movies to two hours total, then added in repeats. As with 2024, I watched more documentaries and "reality" shows than narrative fiction, many of them on my propped-up smartphone while doing repetitive tasks (blame the ADHD for that; I've found it actually helps). And I saw twelve movies in theaters, a high-water mark in post-pandemic times.

For posterity's sake: that adds up to 1985.5 hours of screentime (5.44 hrs/day). Anyway, on to my nineteenth year of tracking: started off as usual with a New Year's watch party with the BFF followed by a bunch of true crime for background noise while doing chorse and packing up the Christmas decorations. We'll see how it goes from here!

( Bookmark Post: TV and Movies Watched in 2026 )

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Posted by Elrond's Library

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8915

Fingon dances in the new year. Maedhros watches, and yearns.

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Fandom: Tolkien
Rating: T
Characters: Maedhros, Gandalf, Elrond, various others
Warnings: n/a
Summary: Maedhros is sent back to Middle-earth, in the company of the Maia Olórin.

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Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Young Volcanoes - Fall Out Boy

elennalore

I continued the SWG 30-Day Character Study!

Day 16 of SWG 30-Day Character Study. My character is Mairon | Sauron | Annatar.

Today's prompt: Down Memory Lane, Part Three. Imagine your character keeping a box of little mementoes that are important to them. Write a list, make a sketch, or create a fanwork where these mementoes feature.

I drew Annatar's box of memories he kept locked in his room in Ost-in-Edhil. The list of items:

- a collection of Celebrimbor's notes, and notes and diagrams they have made together
- an unused love potion (it wasn't needed, after all)
- Celebrimbor's handkerchief
- a ring and a bracelet Celebrimbor gave to Annatar as a gift
- an amethyst rock from Mordor
- a vial of molten lava from Sauron's forge in Mordor, sealed with magic
- a lock of Melkor's hair he gave to Mairon as a keepsake before sending him away

A box of little mementoes

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Posted by aSymphonyofDeadMen

https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/8914

On the day I became a god the darkness of the night sky shone as bright as the future ahead of me - swallowing whole what shan't have been for alms were a currency owned by the rich...
...or a gift too many during the crossing of the Helcaraxë.

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jedibuttercup - Snowflake Challenge #2 - Pets of Fandom
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hhimring - Northmen and Wainriders (Third Age)
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A Short History of the Easterlings

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