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My love of Tolkien began in childhood, but only recently have I discovered the world of fanfiction and the opportunities it gives to those of us who are creative and love the world the Professor made. 
The stories I write tend to be angst, but I've had a bit of fun with fluff, romance and comedy, too. While canon is important to me, I do like to play with it and have got a fanon of my own.
I am active on other websites, including fanfiction.net and LiveJournal, and have created two websites of my own to indulge my love of quality anfiction and to celebrate those writers whose talent and skill deserves to be recognised.
On the Archives of Excellence, great stories from a variety of fandoms is listed and linked, though I will host stuff from time to time. Every month, there is a writing challenge open to all writers. I run it through fanfiction.net, but if I find people with no account there wanting to take part, I can set up the poll somewhere else.
The Golden Quill Awards is an 
annual event to celebrate great writers from different fandoms. I'm hoping to generate interest in this so that the competition will grow in the coming years. Awards are offered by genre rather than fandom to give everyone a chance to win.
Given my personal bias, it's not surprising that LOTR/Silmarillion fanfiction dominates those sites - for now - so I've joined this one to slake my thirst for quality Tolkien fanfiction.
Faces of Darkness by StarLight [7  ] When someone wants to destroy Mirkwood, Aragorn and Legolas are caught in an intricate web of lies, treachery, and deceit. Injured and far away from help, they can count only on each other to survive. |
Category: Third Age - Pre LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Legolas, Original Character, Thranduil | Genres: Action, Angst, Drama, Crime | Language: English | Rating: T | Warnings: None | Chapters: 14 | Published: 11/20/07 | Updated: 04/20/10 | Words: 49716 | Completed: Yes | Read: 110720 |
Date: 12/11/09 Title: Chapter 1: The Box
Exciting beginning! The battle scene is good. Merzak's motivation is interesting... I wonder what the truth of the story is?
| "Nothing More..." by Calenlass Greenleaf [5 ] “Nothing more than a scratch,” they always claimed when they came back. Of course, everyone knows better. Written for OAA Prompt number 109—scratch. 500 words. |
Category: Third Age - Pre LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Legolas | Genres: Angst, Humour | Language: English | Rating: K+ | Warnings: None | Chapters: 1 | Published: 09/02/08 | Updated: 09/02/08 | Words: 474 | Completed: Yes | Read: 2781 |
Date: 12/05/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
This is a lovely vignette, Cal. I love the way they interact with each other. It's all very believable.
If I was to nitpick, I'd have put a divider between the part where the others are worried about Elrond's reaction and the shift to his point of view, but that's only a matter of opinion. It works perfectly well as it is.
I'm adding you to my author favourites.
| "What I Live For" by Calenlass Greenleaf [4 ] ‘Everyone lives for something. No life is pointless.’ Aragorn POV—in first person (Actually, if you think about it, this could be any ranger’s POV). Written for OAA prompt 114—Free. |
Category: Third Age - Pre LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn, Original Character | Genres: Angst | Language: English | Rating: T | Warnings: None | Chapters: 1 | Published: 09/02/08 | Updated: 09/02/08 | Words: 490 | Completed: Yes | Read: 1701 |
Date: 12/05/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
For our travels in solitude give us much time to think, to ponder the shortcomings and longcomings of life.
What a great line! I love it! This is a wonderfully philosophical ficlet, and really well written. I like the insight you've given us into Aragorn's thoughts and feelings, and the way you have answered questions we might ask him ourselves if we ever got the chance to talk to him. Great stuff!
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at least once in [there] their lifetime—