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Questions I Would Have Asked.
Day 3 of Tolkien Week – yesterday, I shared a post about writing an entire language. I’m glad you are still with me – I have a ‘thing’ about meeting the authors I admire. I stalk them (well, follow)...
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Tolkien The Poet
Day 4 of Tolkien Week – and we are still going strong! The day before yesterday, I wrote about philology and no, it is not contagious. Did you know that Tolkien wrote poetry? So what, you say, anyone...
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Learning from the Great Author
Day 5 of Tolkien Week – and we are still going strong! Even though the old professor is no longer teaching at Oxford, his work is there for those of us who want to learn the craft to glean some...
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Tolkien the Rapper
Day 6 of Tolkien Week – and I’m worried about Tolkien Fatigue – and I am not referring to five pages describing a forest (weird forest that it was). So this is a short one, because I really want to...
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Final Day of Tolkien Week
Day 7 of Tolkien Week – it has been quiet a celebration. Hope you enjoyed getting close to the Old Professor. I did, but now it’s time for a shower. This post remains one of my personal favorites and...
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The Paolini Empire Reawakens
It was confirmed over the summer: Christopher Paolini is writing a new Inheritance novel. I somehow missed the news while a depressing Presidential election held my limited attention. I’m not sure why:...
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Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien.
Today is the old professor’s birthday. He wrote novels that inspired a generation and more to pick up a book and get lost in its tale. He encouraged young people to read in general and learn to love...
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A Son’s Journey Begins…
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Not my usual elfwriter blog post,...
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Happy Hobbit Day 2017
I’m sure you had this one in your calendar, right? According to wise scholars and the blissfully lost, both Bilbo Baggins and his nephew, Frodo, celebrate their birthdays on this very day. So, we...
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In Awe of George R.R. Martin & his Peer
I wrote this post last month but realized that, with the entire GoT community enthralled with Season 8 on HBO, it might not be a great time to exalt a book by the creator. Neither is it the first time...
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