Snowflake challenge catch-up.

[curiouswombat]

OK - I've missed a few but I'm catching up - so 2 for the price of one here!



post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create...

Hmm – hard to keep to three without feeling I’m insulting lots of people by not choosing theirs!

I think I have to choose ningloreth’s wonderful website Eryn Carantaur. It is a beautiful site, with fascinating info about things in her stories, such as pieces of furniture and recipes for some of the food. But primarily it is a site full of wonderful stories – she writes mysteries and who-done-its which star Legolas/Éowyn in a romance that works and makes sense. An excellent place to bury yourself for a day or two – or a week or two.

Then I must recommend speakr2customrs’ story Cloak of Mist which was written for a “Watchers’ Diaries’ ficathon of stories that were loosely based on the idea of Slayers, and Watchers, as per Buffy, but set in different periods of history.

Here is the Summary;
The Isle of Man, 1014 AD, a mixed Celtic and Viking community. In the aftermath of the slaughter at the Battle of Clontarf, with the islanders mourning their dead and anxious for the missing, a new Slayer must face a horde of undead Vikings to free the island from a dreadful curse. Rating: PG.

And then I think Haleth (galantha_nivala)’s stories, particularly those of Haleth The Seeker - which are fascinating tales in the first of which “A scholarly elf and a less than respectable woman traipse across Middle Earth in pursuit of a powerful artifact.”



And now for another one -

In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing.

I was absolutely blown away by the art of Jay Johnstone when I first saw it at Tolkien 2012. Here is a link to his website - go and be amazed - and an interview in which he explains his work.

I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful husband who bought me prints of Gandalf and Théoden for my birthday and Christmas last year, and I am inordinately fond of them.




Tomorrow I owe the Winterwitch a picture of some cookie cutters...

Comments

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of Jay Johnstone before, so thanks for introducing me to his works! Very beautiful and interesting Medieval/Renaissance pastiche, as if Tolkien's stories were part of the Canterbury Tales.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It seemed to me to be a unique way of illustrating the stories - but very 'right'. My friend gillo has one of the manuscript ones - the death of Boromir I think, and it looks wonderful, too.

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

I bookmarked Ningloreth’s site - I've been wanting to read her for ages. Thanks for the post :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They are all so very well written. And Ningloreth is a really nice person, too.