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[curiouswombat]

Today was 'reveal' day for the Tolkien BigBang stories - there seem to be twelve in so far and another one or more to come. Every story is a minimum of 20,000 words long - so some really good reading in store I think. The list is Here - the stories are all on the archive associated with the community that organised it - the links take you there.

I think I will also post my story here over the next few days - along with the artwork done for me by ellynn_ithilwen - and if you want to start reading before I start posting here, you can find chapter one HERE.

Today, though, I just want to share another piece of art made for one of my stories.

Last summer I wrote In The Winter Garden for the plot-without-porn challenge. This weekend, along with finishing her own BigBang story (which is an excellent mystery which I would thoroughly recommend!), ningloreth found time to make me a banner for it. I've added it to the story as above at Plot-Without-Porn, and at Twisting the Hellmouth, but just want to put it here, too - to gloat over it...

Those who remember the story, starring Dawn/Tindómë and her small son, Haldirin, and inspired by a photo I took myself, will appreciate how neat this is -

Comments

[kathyh]

What a gorgeous banner!

Thanks for the link to the Tolkien BigBang. I love long stories so I may well give it a whirl.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

So far I have only properly read Ningloreth's but there should be some very good reading there, I think.

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

So much to catch up on, oh dear... Congrats on getting it done and posted! And that is a lovely banner there.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It's a beautiful banner - Haldirin and his mother are just right!

The bigbang stories are going to take me a while, I think.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Lovely banner! And it inspired me to ask for a banner of my own for a fic I'm working on at stark_n_snow for a fic I'm working on, and someone has volunteered. Yay art!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! The art for my bigbang story is beautiful too. I'm so glad it has inspired you to ask, too.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

That's really lovely.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? And really clever as it includes Dawn, her small son, and the 'ghost elfling' as well as the Winter Garden itself, without looking overcrowded.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I'll have to check out the Big Bang stories.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

There looks to be some excellent stories - it's going to take me a good while to work through them.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

That's lovely, how very kind of her to do that for you.

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It's also very clever - it has Dawn/Tindómë, her son, the actual winter garden and the wee 'ghost' all in it without looking cluttered. I am always incredibly impressed with all the different forms of art on my FL - like yours!

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Ellynn's been doing wonderful work with all these banners. Good luck with the story.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Actually this is Ningloreth's one - but Ellynn's are perfect for 'Dust'.

I'm going to post it here, with all her banners and chapter headings, over the next week or two. Fortunately I don't need luck with it - it's all finished!!

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

Gald you like it :-)

Would you mind mentioning to S2C and lilachigh that they're still owed banners from last year's raffle? Neither of them has ever come back to me with a request!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I will indeed remind them.

I love your 'White Ladies' icon by the way.

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I love your 'White Ladies' icon by the way.

Thank you :-) To me, the wagon's the star of the story!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The wagon really is!