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Hey guys,
Second version of the check ballots coming up. :-) I've corrected a few
errors authors spotted, both to where stories are placed and to the
names of subcategories itself. If you haven't done so already, authors
should check out where their stories are listed and let me know if you
see any errors. (If I already agreed to make a change, please
double-check that it's made below.)
Here's some quick check-ballot do's and don'ts, to refresh your memory.
--- DO comment if the main category isn't one you selected at all.
--- DON'T comment if you're in your second- or third-choice category.
This isn't an error, though we try to cut down on how often this
happens. There are lots of reason why this could happen. For instance,
there weren't enough stories with your first-choice category and of the
same type. (Remember, WIPs go with WIPs, drabbles with drabbles, etc.)
Or your second- or third-choice category wouldn't have had enough
stories otherwise. Or, if you had several stories competing, we
sometimes moved stories to your second-choice category to avoid having
more than two of your stories competing together.
But if you got put in a category choice you didn't select, this is
probably an error, and we want to fix it. (The one exception is if
*none* of your category choices would work; I would have contacted you
to discuss this with you before.) Let us know.
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On a related note:
--- DON'T comment if you have stories competing against each other.
Lots of authors have multiple stories competing against each other. We
try not to have more than two stories by the same author competing
together, so if you have *three* of your stories together, that we need
to know. But it makes categorization way too difficult not to have *any*
of your stories competing against one another. (Conversely, we won't
move your story if it means three of your stories competing against each
other, even if you request it; it's not fair to the other authors either.)
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--- DO comment if you're in a subcategory with the wrong type of story.
--- DON'T comment if your ficlet is competing against longer stories.
WIPs, poetry, drabbles, non-fiction, and stories all compete against
their same type. We depend on the author to tell us about this when
their story is nominated. If the author made a mistake, or if the
categorizers made a mistake in splitting things up according to their
type, we need to fix that.
This year, non-drabble ficlets were categorized with full-length
stories. Authors could instead choose to compete in "Genres: Ficlets."
This isn't an error, but is the author's choice.
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--- DO comment if you were placed in a subcategory that doesn't match
your selections.
--- DON'T comment if you see a "better" subcategory for your story.
If your story is a friendship piece set in Ithilien, and it's currently
in a Gondor subcat but you'd prefer it to be in the one for friendship
fics, don't ask for this change. We try to place stories in
subcategories based on the author's selections -- but when the author
has selected more than one character, story setting, etc., it's up to
the caegorizer which one it goes into. We don't usually make these swaps
because there are too many things affected by moving stories. We want to
keep the categorization flexible for those stories that really *need* to
be moved.
And if you didn't mention *any* characters, settings, etc., we have to
assume you are leaving this decision with us. In this case we usually
don't make swaps either.
Also, sometimes there will be a category "broader" than what you
selected. Maybe there weren't enough stories set in the Shire for a
subcat, but there were also stories in Bree or travelling toward
Rivendell. So we put together an "Eriador" subcat to cover all that.
This isn't an error, though the subcategory name may not be what you expect.
But if you did make choices and still find yourself in a subcategory you
think is inappropriate, let us know. It's possible the categorizers made
an error in how they entered data into the website, and in this case
we'll look into it to see if the swap is possible.
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In many cases, the easiest way to get into a category/subcategory you
like is to use the form more effectively, to tell us more about your
story, back during the nomination season. Which doesn't help you this
year, but learning how categorizing works can help you if you expect to
compete in the future. This is something every MEFA author has had to
learn how to do (including yours truly!). You can't change this
information now, but I can help you learn how to make better choices in
the future, so next year you will be in a subcategory you are happier
with. Please check out the following FAQs for some basic information on
how we use the information you tell us:
www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQcategories#cat_2
www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQcategories#cat_6
If you have questions about this, please ask. I will explain as best I
can, even if I don't agree to move your story.
Now! Here is version two of the check-ballots.
Marta
***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***
Walking the Line - Book One (360): callerofcrows
Roast Mutton Revisited (744): Dreamflower
Lake of Fire (2): Marta
While Hope Lasts (657): MP Brennan
Greet The Dawn (409): Neoinean
To Risk It All (621): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Genres: Adventure: Elvish Lands***
The Warrior and the Oliphaunt Trainer (482): chaotic_binky
Osse's Gift (827): elfscribe
Interrupted Journeys: Journeys In Mirkwood (126): elliska
Trouble (528): Erviniae
The Shadow of Light (604): j_dav (JDE)
Of Lúthien and Huan (31): Moreth
In the Woods of Ossiriand (258): Perelleth
Hunted (488): Silivren Tinu
***SubCategory: Genres: Adventure: Gondor or Rohan***
The Horn of the Kine (276): Dwimordene
The Scout and the Rider (295): MedeaSmyke
Gamesmanship (603): Raksha the Demon
Where Was Imrahil When Grond Hit the Gate? (405): stefaniab
The Hunt (674): Tanaqui
Hunting (492): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***
Sea of Pearls (464): chaotic_binky
Judgement (580): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
The Pilgrimage (205): j_dav (JDE)
Mine (684): Nath
The Final Sense (87): nau_tika
He Dreams Of Love With Men (456): Pink Siamese
Janet Goes to Hobbitland (338): Pink Siamese
He is Mine Now (600): rosethorn59
Elrond and Estel: Fixing Ada (353): Sivan Shemesh
His Special Child (782): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Angst***
Flawless (772): Feta
The Last Temptation of Legolas Thranduilion (97): Jael
Angainor (541): Larner
The Song in the Darkness (392): Mirach
Boiling Point (752): Sivan Shemesh
Fairy Tale: The Elfling Who Cried 'Orcs' (354): Sivan Shemesh
The Eagles Are Coming (491): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Gondor***
My Sword Trembles - Book Three - 'My Sword' series (193): agape4gondor
The Steward's House (548): alex_quine
Yet Another Thing That Never Happened to Daeron Greyvale (447): dancingkatz
Ellesar & Eldarion: I want to be an Elf! (355): Sivan Shemesh
Promise Me (751): Sivan Shemesh
Beyond the Measure of Dreams (454): Skye Rutherford (Skye)
***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***
The Letter (706): Antane
McHobbits (53): Midnight
The Wisdom and Folly of Chaos and Confusion (762): rosethorn59
Just a Simple Mistake (356): Sivan Shemesh
Leaving You Behind (613): Sivan Shemesh
The Quiet Hobbit (110): the_arc5
***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***
A Mother's Lament (277): agape4gondor
A Golden Flower (439): Celeritas
Worth Two in the Hand (690): Dwimordene
Early To Bed (359): Erviniae
Standard Bearer (79): Nancy Brooke
Spoiling Nice Fish (306): Narya
A Trickle of Green Ribbon (172): Nieriel Raina
Morndel (709): Nieriel Raina
That which remains (540): Vilwarin
Taking Stock (255): Virtuella
The Measure of a Man (23): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***
Death of a Heart (78): cactuskim
The Palantir (767): dancingkatz
What Dawn May Bring (459): Jedi Sapphire
In Defiance of the Dark (781): Larner
Hands (500): NeumeIndil
A Song That Was (331): Nieriel Raina
Alias (750): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn***
What Shall I Call You? (302): Beloved of Aragorn
No Longer Merely A King (796): Larner
A Day at the Houses (550): Linda Hoyland
No Hope for Myself (438): Linda Hoyland
The Grace Given to Me (400): Mirach
Splintered Reflection (99): MP Brennan
Forever Changed (435): Nieriel Raina
Gifts from the Heart (727): Silivren Tinu
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Dunedain or Rohirrim Drabbles***
Stirrup Cup (28): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Stereotypes Tryptich (11): Larner
The Hands of a Healer (357): Linda Hoyland
Feasts of the Mind (479): Ribby
For Arwen (62): Súlriel
Taking The Reins (810): Tanaqui
Touched by Frost (808): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Elrond and Family***
Fireflies (582): Calenlass Greenleaf
The Advice of A Child (693): Calenlass Greenleaf
DECEPTIONS: The Last Council of the Wise (183): Fiondil
Sea Foam, Star Shine (401): MP Brennan
The Memory of Moments (190): Peredhil lover
Across The Sea (576): StarSpray
The Gift of Iluvatar (731): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Final Partings***
Decision Point (450): Gwynnyd
The Sun In His Hands (826): jastaelf
Requiem (627): KyMahalei
A Shieldmaiden's Mourning (526): NeumeIndil
Follow the Sun (84): Nieriel Raina
Cold Haven (206): viv
The Friend I Leave Behind (460): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Friendship***
To Wait for Sun's Returning (632): Dreamflower
Trust in the Right (746): Dreamflower
Hard Sailing (749): Dwimordene/Isabeau of Greenlea CoAuthors
Concerning Sam (652): Kara's Aunty
Hidden Within (142): Keiliss
Country Comforts (16): Marta
What's For Dinner? (367): Nieriel Raina
For the King who has Everything (39): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***
Freedom (738): Aranel Took
Satisfaction (765): dancingkatz
Where Light in Darkness Dwells (102): Dreamflower
No Common Soldier (436): Linda Hoyland
The Folly of These Days (683): Nancy Brooke
Nothing Gold Can Stay? (430): Starlight
Force Majeure (682): Tanaqui
Homage (807): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Pippin***
A Moment of Reflection (321): Budgielover
Jest in Time (814): Cathleen
First Sight (766): dancingkatz
Misfit (768): dancingkatz
Back Again (521): maaya
Changes (48): Pearl Took
Sparks of Hope (112): the_arc5
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Steward's Family***
Advice (281): Dwimordene
Brothers in Arms (473): Galadriel
Each Moment, Without End (57): illwynd
Speak All the Words (692): juno_magic
A Blade For The Battle (379): Linaewen
Catharsis (1): Marta
An Honorable Calling (507): Pearl Took
Banners (463): The Little Dwarf
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***
Nightingales and Starlight (640): Clodia
She Who Weeps (71): Dwimordene
The Thrall (805): Ithilwen
When You Smile (588): Keiliss
Storm-tossed (637): Levade
Living Motion (294): Nancy Brooke
Listening (244): rhyselle
Field of Flowers (136): tuxedo_elf
***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***
Apples (647): 20thcenturyvole
Strategy Meeting (215): AmandaK
Womens Work (217): AmandaK
CSI Goes Deep (a.k.a. The Inappropriate CSI Crossover) (643): Arduinna
Through the Rain Curtain (111): Eledhwen
The Blades of Eru (489): Ilada'Jefiv
A Man In Full (30): Jael
Forsaken Knowledge (208): Rhapsody
***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***
The Kindness of Strangers (397): Aiwendiel
Token (242): Febobe
The Other Balrog-Slayer (178): Fiondil
A Fool's Hope (783): GamgeeFest
No Traveler Returns (94): Ignoble Bard
The Departure Observed (650): Larner
Tales of a Dark Continent (230): Morthoron
Among the Lost (417): NeumeIndil
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On (254): SurgicalSteel
The Last Day of Our Acquaintance (269): SurgicalSteel
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Aragorn***
At Hope's Edge (44): Cairistiona
Where You Go (799): Geale
A Night of Storms (462): Linda Hoyland
Eating Stones (362): Marta
The Temptation of Hope (51): Raksha the Demon
Beating Down the Pain (187): rhyselle
Of Orcs, Rangers, and Peach Pie (47): Silivren Tinu
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Drabbles***
The Braided Stream (557): annmarwalk
Late (36): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
October the Third (794): Lindelea
A Fitting End (373): minuial nuwing
Waiting Up (498): NeumeIndil
And Wield A Blade (705): Tanaqui
The Great Gift (699): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Elrond and Family***
The Token (213): Dreamflower
Deception (601): Eressë
Where There Is Smoke (578): Holly
A Choice of Love and Life (56): juno_magic
Song For Tomorrow l & ll (607): Keiliss
The Pain of Remembrance (282): Larner
The Silver Queen (641): MP Brennan
Envinyalë (631): Nath
Glitter (638): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eomer or Eowyn***
Passing (81): Alassante
Always Welcome (384): Khylea
Spring's First Thaw (667): Marta
Slow Journey out of Doubt (72): MedeaSmyke
Berzerkergang (506): NeumeIndil
At Peace (13): Starlight
Saruman's Task (299): WendWriter
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Friendship***
This Present Darkness (663): Lamiel
Elven Strength (441): Legolass
Dies Irae (222): Linda Hoyland
Out of the Depths (437): Linda Hoyland
And by the Love of Him Also (659): Nightdew
Stranger at the Feast (3): Raksha the Demon
Worth the Pain (382): Silivren Tinu
Penance (761): Valante
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor***
Light Fingers (90): Aeärwen
The Archivist (764): dancingkatz
No More than an Elf (262): Jedi Sapphire
Failure of Duty (177): Larner
The Guardsman Comes Home (12): Larner
Allegiance (10): Starlight
Examination (228): SurgicalSteel
Unsent (165): SurgicalSteel
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: House of Finwë***
Mirror of Lies (164): Alassante
Shadow-folk (711): Ellie
By Stars' Light (220): Erfan Starled
CONTEST: Power Play (300): Fiondil
Breath of Forgiveness (290): Ignoble Bard
I Hate You (120): Oshun
The Burden of Truth (63): Rhapsody
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***
Elladaniel (93): Aeärwen
Echoes of Shattered Glass (403): Epilachna
Bridges (505): freeflow
Falling Shadow (710): Jedi Sapphire
Adventures of an Eored: Sins of the Father (14): Katzilla
Esquire of the King (301): Lady Roisin
Face of the Enemy (427): Linaewen
The Rescue (486): Lindelea
Broken Spirit (735): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***
In The Dark (91): Aeärwen
You Take My Heart (264): Aeärwen
Blame It On the Rain (591): Fimbrethiel
REBUKE: Animadversions (182): Fiondil
The Last Message (335): hareatic (aka Hare)
Like a Bird in the Sky (726): Silivren Tinu
Nana's Tree (461): White Wolf
***SubCategory Genres: Ficlets: General***
I Will Take It (194): agape4gondor
My Opinion of an Elf (660): Dis Thrainsdotter
Paradise Lost (124): elea24
The Portent (649): Ennorwen
Crows (524): ErinRua
Mr. Frodo's Waiting (617): Linaewen
Till Fire Purge All Things New (15): pandemonium_213
Unweaving the Rainbow (418): pandemonium_213
A Thief Called Death (577): Shire cat
VALINOR VIRUS (322): shirebound
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Elven Lands***
Apples (372): Aglarien
Tinkling Bells (412): Ainu Laire
The Last Word (293): Alassante
Footnote to the Akallabêth (618): Clotho123
Wretched and Accursed (614): Ennorwen
Courage, Honesty and Strength (804): Esteliel
A Singular Occasion (615): minuial nuwing
Three Wishes (642): Noliel
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Elven Lands Fixed-Length Ficlets***
Forth to War (116): Dawn Felagund
Love by Moonlight (318): Dawn Felagund
Family Resemblance (671): Marta
Past Deeds (266): Marta
Fit for a King (612): minuial nuwing
Old Friends (611): minuial nuwing
Rites of Spring (54): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Family Fixed-Length Ficlet***
Of Boring Books and Shining Stars (513): Calenlass Greenleaf
The Sleigh Bed (105): grey_wonderer
Fealty (672): Marta
Leaf and Twig (265): Marta
Sailing Lessons (445): rhyselle
The Cake (189): rhyselle
Tethering Fire (147): viv
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: General Fixed-Length Ficlets***
Behold your King (822): Cairistiona
Keeping Watch (342): Cairistiona
Healing Time (820): Gwynnyd
Heroes (32): Marta
Wishing (468): Marta
Beauty For All To See (739): Mysterious Jedi
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Gondor or Rohan***
Duplicity (596): agape4gondor
Quickbeam (426): agape4gondor
Outlander (45): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
The Fortunate Few (83): elea24
The Eyes Of The World (229): Gogol
Primary Sources (471): Jay of Lasgalen
What If... Frodo and Boromir... (623): Ladyhawk Baggins
Bull's-Eye (366): MedeaSmyke
House of Imrahil (446): MedeaSmyke
On a Field of Battle (73): viv
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Gondor or Rohan Fixed-Length Ficlets***
A Horn of Special Magnificence (688): agape4gondor
Telling Tales (33): Avon
Oft Hope is Born, Where All is Forlorn (434): Jay of Lasgalen
Hope Stirs (380): Linaewen
Love Letters (525): Marta
Voyeurism (681): Marta
Seeds Under Stone (533): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Men of the North***
The Pit (305): agape4gondor
Together (515): Aranel Laerien
Eclipsed (393): Calenlass Greenleaf
And she smiled (233): Ellynn
More Than Meets the Eye (19): Linda Hoyland
Searching (504): Marethiel
Memories of battle (234): Ragnelle
***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***
Where the Shadows Lie (724): Clotho123
Shattered Stone (465): MCat711
Death in Darkness (150): rhyselle
A Shadow of Things that Might Be (7): Tanaqui
A Mirkwood Solstice (493): Thundera Tiger
The Turning of Angwë (537): WendWriter
***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***
Those Singing Silmarils (345): Alassante
Bring Me That Horizon (272): annmarwalk
Hair (271): annmarwalk
Kill It Before It Multiplies (324): Beruthiel's Cat
The Long Race (34): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Batty Does Barad-dûr (157): Eiranae
Sam's Tale (252): Ignoble Bard
Sporting Woods (9): Ignoble Bard
Forgiveness (449): Lady Bluejay
Eau de Olórin (49): pandemonium_213
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Aragorn or Legolas***
Unmasked (774): annmarwalk
An Unexpected Feast (389): Cairistiona
Embers (410): Evergreene
Let Them Eat Cake (466): Jaiden_S
A Chapter of Accidents (620): Jedi Sapphire
A Short Tale of a Tiny Elf (522): KyMahalei
Healing the Healer (55): Linda Hoyland
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Children***
All in a Day's Work (812): Cathleen
Partners in Crime (813): Cathleen
The Ever-Present Past (37): grey_wonderer
There Once Was (508): hareatic (aka Hare)
Just Desserts (429): Larner
Do you Believe in Ghosts? (270): Oshun
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Drabbles***
Fifteenth (559): annmarwalk
The Lady's Gift (712): Imhiriel
Winter In Imladris (259): Jay of Lasgalen
Swamp King (82): MedeaSmyke
Like Father, Like Sons (673): Tanaqui
Single Godlike Male Seeks Companion (420): viv
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Elven Legends***
An Elf Lord in Peril (458): Jedi Sapphire
Wicked Smart (512): LadyMSM
A Matter of Cultural Differences (65): Lissa
Gathering the Heroes (416): Moreth
A Letter to Fingon (118): Oshun
The Scented Pleasure Garden (125): whitewave
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Family***
A Matter of Perspective (653): Cathleen
This Little Piggy Went to Market (815): Cathleen
Staying (778): dancingkatz
To Light the Solstice Fire (606): elfscribe
Pink (452): Lady Roisin
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better (676): Marta
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Minas Tirith***
Chef's Surprise (775): annmarwalk
Stag and Star (773): annmarwalk
Hunting the Dragon (74): Linda Hoyland
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (758): Lindelea
Where Do Babies Come From? (86): nau_tika
Worse Than The Witch King (713): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody***
Odd Tales with Questionable Outcomes - Pulling Up Stakes (523):
grey_wonderer
Monty Python's 'The Hobbit' (231): Morthoron
Sacrifices of Friendship (280): Peredhil lover
Employee Review (101): Raksha the Demon
In the King's Shoes (288): rosethorn59
The Dark Foe Wears Feanaro (402): whitewave
***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***
By the Light of Roses (317): Dawn Felagund
"He Clasped Her Fast, Both Flesh and Bone" (Vol. 6 of 8 of "The
Adventures of Frodo Gardner") (719): Dreamdeer
"Where Many Paths and Errands Meet" (Vol. 1. of 8 of "The Adventures of
Frodo Gardner") (714): Dreamdeer
Interrupted Journeys Part Four: Journeys of Discovery (625): elliska
Stirrings of Shadow (406): Fiondil
A Time to Reap (553): Linda Hoyland
***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***
Lost Out of Time II, The Coming Together (314): brindlemom2(Gilnaur)
Elegy for Númenor (202): elfscribe
Heart of Rhûn (425): Formegil
Distractions (320): GamgeeFest
The Fire Within (122): NeumeIndil
Ónen i Estel Edain (371): StarSpray
***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***
A Beggar of Distinction (340): Alassante
Rider of Rohan (341): Beruthiel's Cat
Glorfindel and the Master of the Forest (481): chaotic_binky
There and Back Again -- A Mystery (179): Eiranae
Whispers on the Wind (428): Jaiden_S
Mask of Virtue (387): Linda Hoyland
Red Striped Roses (499): NeumeIndil
***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***
Twenty-Two Words You Never Thought Tolkien Would Provide (636): Darth Fingon
Essay: The Least of My Brothers (106): Elanor
Exile, Wyrd and the Anglo-Saxon Warrior Ideal in The Wanderer and
Tolkien's Quenta Silmarillion (609): Esteliel
The Stars that Varda Made (77): kitt_otter
Isildur (411): Marta
Beleg Cúthalion (119): Oshun
Elwing the White (584): Oshun
Fingon The Valiant (819): Oshun
***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***
Seven Falls (135): Dawn Felagund
Thirty Moments of the Ring (517): harrowcatliz
My Anchor (363): Lady Bluejay
The Storm of War (184): Midnight
The Way Home (104): Primsong
If I were a wood elf... (138): Robinka
I Hate You, Goldberry (146): viv
The Gift of the Evenstar (514): White Gull
***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***
I am Naked in the Dark, Sam (569): Baillie From Bree
The Gifting (568): Baillie From Bree
Trickles of Fear (741): Dreamflower
An Autumn Ride (As Seen by Peregrin) (107): Golden
Denial (656): Kara's Aunty
Hope's Endurance (655): Kara's Aunty
Where all his life had fallen into ruin (654): Socrates399
To Him Who Has Passed Beyond (364): Tulip Proudfoot
Tidings of Doom and Gloom (539): Virtuella
***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***
On the Inside (536): dapperscavenger
The Return of Joy (396): Ellie
Strings (211): Faoiltierna
The Outcast (598): j_dav (JDE)
The Truth Behind The Stars (337): j_dav (JDE)
The Dance (24): Larner
Wild Roses (326): Nieriel Raina
The Huntsman and the Lady (285): Súlriel
The Swamp On The Edge Of Forever (415): weepingnaiad
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Drabbles***
A Thief in the Night (558): annmarwalk
Like Calls to Like (685): annmarwalk
Elven-Queen (443): Haarajot
Desire Granted (771): Imhiriel
Crown of Thorns (779): Linda Hoyland
Tucked Away (497): NeumeIndil
The Ice Is Getting Thin (823): Talullah
Love In A Cold Climate (748): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Gondor or Rohan***
Bedazzled (50): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Midsummer in the Year of the Fall of Sauron (253): Cairistiona
Five Memories (52): EdorasLass
Now (304): Geale
Of Pain and Sweetness (800): Geale
Liquid Numbers (4): Isabeau of Greenlea
Lowering The Shield (707): j_dav (JDE)
On the Wings of the Storm (159): Lialathuveril
The Storm (21): Linda Hoyland
First Sight (678): Marta
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Imladris Elves***
Elven Light (399): Ainu Laire
Take My Advice (554): dapperscavenger
Fox in Winter (374): Erfan Starled
Harper's Call (388): Erfan Starled
One Big Love (375): Fimbrethiel
Mithrin I: Seeing You (303): Geale
Tea and Other Pleasures (798): Geale
The Prince & the Gypsy (610): minuial nuwing
The Love of a Lord (732): WendWriter
The Flower King (88): Windsurfbabe
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Incomplete***
Erestor's Secret (564): Aglarien
Ancestress (224): Dreamflower
Drummer (98): Lady Bluejay
Golden Days (329): Lyra
Opiate (246): Robinka
Scourged Hearts (245): weepingnaiad
***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***
His Wealth Shall Flow in Fountains (113): Celeritas
Flights of Fancy (474): Ithilwen
The First Snowfall of the Season (197): Larner
Silver Circlets (818): permilea
Small Heroes, Mighty Deeds (633): PipMer
Eight Elven Cloaks (26): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Drabbles***
Antikythera (484): annmarwalk
In Search of History (792): annmarwalk
It Comes In Pints (261): Jay of Lasgalen
A Feast of Lemons (644): Linda Hoyland
Far From Home (821): Raksha the Demon
A King's Ransom (697): Tanaqui
Sure Thing (700): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Elves and Mortals***
The Gift-giving of Celeborn (370): Dwimordene
Immortal Tears (296): Epilachna
Landfall (140): Keiliss
First Time (75): Lady Bluejay
The Good Broideress (240): pandemonium_213
The Man in the Moon (237): shirebound
The People of the Stars (196): shirebound
Of Rowan and Ruin (25): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Eriador***
Hark! How Blithe the Throstle Sings! (745): Dreamflower
Trotter (29): Dreamflower
Good King of Cats (283): Linda Hoyland
Only Human (565): Linda Hoyland/Raksha the Demon CoAuthors
A Yearling Shoot (579): Peredhil lover
High Hearts and Folly (394): Raksha the Demon
Lord of Misrule (679): Tanaqui
A Matter of Cultural Differences (519): Vilwarin
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gondorians***
A Heart As Wide As the World (776): annmarwalk
"Through Shadows to the Edge of Night" (Vol. 2 of 8, of "The Adventures
of Frodo Gardner") (715): Dreamdeer
Encounter in Ithilien (344): Dreamflower
Fighting Orcs (381): Linaewen
Trees, Nothing More (144): Linaewen
A Sign of Hope (485): Linda Hoyland
Sons Of (80): pipkinsweetgrass
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
Not This Day (662): Elvish Writer
In Empty Lands (408): Larner
Tolog Mellon (289): Nosterineth
Five Voices (336): Rhapsody
Holding Back the Flood (108): shirebound
Road Trip (664): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***
Valinor Awaits (316): brindlemom2(Gilnaur)
Children of Lindórinand (760): Darth Fingon
Peredhel (292): Epilachna
The Truth of the Heart (605): Fimbrethiel
Wildfire (218): j_dav (JDE)
Will Overruled By Fate (40): Oshun
The First Time (192): Red Lasbelin
Prey for the Hunter (148): Súlriel
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***
Haven (590): curiouswombat
Red, Red Wine (626): Jay of Lasgalen
The Clouds Burst (166): Jay of Lasgalen
Bridal Bouquet (483): Linda Hoyland
Reunion (67): Robinka
Times Change, And We Change With Them (546): Tanaqui
Cleaning Up The Mess (153): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Elrond and Family***
En Route (256): Aeärwen
Celebrian's Journal (200): Beruthiel's Cat
Requies (238): Beruthiel's Cat
Reflections (755): Epilachna
Tree Song (5): Isabeau of Greenlea
Shelter From The Storm (68): Jay of Lasgalen
Memories (133): Red Lasbelin
Ada's Jacket (232): WendWriter
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Featuring Glorfindel or Erestor***
By Strength of Hounds (327): Adaneth
Seeing with the Heart (385): Aglarien
Moving On (419): Bodkin
Thankful Heart (599): chloe_amethyst
BLUE: Mid-Summer Memories (180): Fiondil
A Little More Conversation (46): Keiliss
Finding Home (661): Red Lasbelin
The Look of Love (162): Red Lasbelin
Time and Tide (161): tuxedo_elf
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Featuring Mirkwood Elves***
Beyond the Clouded Hills (257): Bodkin
SPRING: Meeting of Minds (181): Fiondil
To Wrap an Elven Princeling (263): Jael
Warriors (442): Jedi Sapphire
Feeling Unloved (287): rosethorn59
Der Erlkönig (248): San Antonio Rose
Facing Death (723): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: House of Finwë***
Victim of the Unlight (69): Alassante
The Journey Back (518): Erin's Daughter
Snowbirds (171): Fiondil
Of Pride And Penalty (128): j_dav (JDE)
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen (127): Robinka
Silence So Loud (383): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Incomplete***
Elrohir's Elf Book - Part One (503): Darth Fingon
Illuminations (35): Dawn Felagund
Passing (38): Lissa
If Death is Kind (801): Naltariel
Mereth Aderthad (440): Oshun
The Sniffles (516): Trinilee Greenleaf
***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***
A Wedding and More (740): Dana
The Family Way (742): Dreamflower
To Have or Have Not (787): Garnet Took
House-Hunting (669): Marta
Repeat (634): Pearl Took
As the Stars Wheeled By (501): SilverMoonLady
Heart's Cord (212): Súlriel
Mrs. Maggot Gives Directions (730): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Bilbo Baggins***
A Boon Companion (219): j_dav (JDE)
What Should Come From a Quest (313): Liliwen
Mathoms (556): Marta
The Road Goes Ever On (666): Marta
Adar Rhîw (188): rhyselle
Elf-root (351): Soledad
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Buckland or Tookland***
Room For Adventure (510): Cathleen
Interlude in Buckland (743): Dreamflower
A Close Call (785): GamgeeFest
Of Pranks and Experiments (495): Lily
The Gift of Sight (496): Lily
Rude Awakening (790): Lindelea
Gifts (365): Pearl Took
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Childhood***
Of Bread and Butter (404): Cathleen
Splish Splash (398): Cathleen
Sums with Sam (511): GamgeeFest
Chicks and Ducks and Sheep better scurry... (422): grey_wonderer
JAM AND PUNISHMENT (346): grey_wonderer
O the Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (168): Lindelea
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Drabbles***
The Toymaster of Buckland (134): annmarwalk
Boquet (472): Fileg
Battle of Bywater, afterwords (793): Lindelea
The Battle of Bywater (791): Lindelea
Always There (59): Midnight
Critical (698): Tanaqui
Proper fourteen-twenty (695): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Frodo or Sam***
Taking the Cake (323): Dreamflower
Sam's Hat (784): GamgeeFest
The Master of Bag End (786): GamgeeFest
Last Comfort (520): Larner
The Gaffer's Farewell (534): Larner
One Wish (145): White Gull
***SubCategory Races: Men: General***
A Bad Habit (777): dancingkatz
The Archivist's Gift (763): dancingkatz
B Like a Bathing Boromir (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
Tattoo (595): Isabeau of Greenlea
In Memorium (757): Lindelea
A Man Alone (544): Marta
From the Ashes (687): Marta
Sacrifice Of One (753): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Races: Men: General Drabbles***
Surpassing All Rumour (527): Elena Tiriel
From the Grey Twilight (630): Imhiriel
Zirak-zigil (677): Jay of Lasgalen
Empty Handed (167): Linda Hoyland
Sight (6): mir_noldoris
Yellow, Sweet, Ensnaring (477): Ribby
Dutiful Daughter (414): Tanaqui
Starved (694): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Men: Gondor Drabbles***
The Treasure Hunter (273): annmarwalk
Pastures Green (824): curiouswombat
Midsummer Fair (629): Imhiriel
The Wave (594): Isabeau of Greenlea
Unprepared (530): Linda Hoyland
Tomorrows (675): Marta
All things will grow with joy (703): Tanaqui
In the Gift Of (806): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Men: Northern Dunedain***
First Impressions (170): Aeärwen
Dedication (307): Beruthiel's Cat
On a Spring Morn (343): Cairistiona
No Longer Dream (545): Dwimordene
Aspects of Aragorn (103): Inzilbeth
My Hands Remember (665): Marethiel
***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***
Survival of the Fittest (156): Eiranae
Defiance (312): Marta
Bird in God's Garden (369): Nancy Brooke
Chosen (115): pandemonium_213
Ulmo's Wife (130): pandemonium_213
Lomendánar (Little Love for the Things of My Love) (311): vulgarweed
***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***
Engaged in Sport (502): aranelgoldenflower
Tonight, We remember the dead (210): chaotic_binky
"For Into Darkness Fell His Star" (Volume 5 of 8, of "The Adventures of
Frodo Gardner") (718): Dreamdeer
"Now Lost, Lost to Those from the East, is Valimar!" (Vol. 7 of 8 of
"The Adventures of Frodo Gardner") (720): Dreamdeer
No Going Back (424): Larner
The Good Soldier (95): Nancy Brooke
Downfallen (129): pandemonium_213
Darkness Reigns in the Light (722): Pearl Took
My Blood, Your Blood (139): Robinka
Bedtime Tales For Little Orcs (433): Tanaqui
***SubCategory Times: First Age and Prior: General***
Wanderlust (368): Clodia
Tree and Star (689): DrummerWench
POWER: Divine Restraint (176): Fiondil
The Wine-Dark Sea (291): Ithilwen
Bright Are the Stars Upon the Margin of the World (175): Kenaz
The Coat of Eärendil (315): Lothithil
The Ice in the North (121): Moreth
Uinens Revenge (279): Oshun
Last Star I See (431): Phyncke
Never Met a Fore Before (123): viv
A Sort Of Homecoming (173): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Drabbles***
Happiness (250): Angelica
Treasure (22): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Grace (770): Imhiriel
Payment Due (825): minuial nuwing
To My Father (132): Oshun
A Needful Taking (704): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Featuring Maedhros or Maglor***
Arkenstone (619): Clotho123
Blood as Warm as A Bird (41): Darth Fingon
Do Not Go Gentle (789): Elleth
The Dark Beneath the Stars (361): Ithilwen
Learning to make a fire (390): Lyra
As Little Might Be Thought (453): Marta
Heresy (668): Marta
A Ponderous Tome (648): Oshun
A Broken Hallelujah (573): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: House of Finwe***
The Coveted (308): Dawn Felagund
Changing Lights (297): Elleth
By Choice or By Blood (413): Ellie
True Journey Is Return (547): Ithilwen
The Journal of Fingolfin (204): j_dav (JDE)
The New World (330): Lyra
Two (298): mir_noldoris
Pass the Peas, Please (309): Phyncke
Prophet Still, If Bird or Devil (574): vladazhael
***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***
Rumors (378): agape4gondor
Longest Night (350): Beruthiel's Cat
With or Without You (334): Beruthiel's Cat
To Sing Of... (64): Darth Fingon
Kin-strife for Christmas (811): Dwimordene
Fell and Fair (809): Elena Tiriel
A Song By The Sea (352): j_dav (JDE)
The Far Side of the World (214): SurgicalSteel
You Can't Take the Sky From Me (154): vladazhael
A Changed Elf (529): weepingnaiad
***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Akallabeth***
Shards of Courage (70): Alassante
Last Alliance (421): Isil Elensar
Hands of Evil, Fingers of Life (201): Lady Roisin
Factions (137): Marta
Forbidden Fruit (423): Raksha the Demon
This Distant Shore (325): Raksha the Demon
Alliance (268): SurgicalSteel
Survivors of the Downfall (358): SurgicalSteel
***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***
Children's Play (235): charli800
Pride of Place (756): Linda Hoyland/Raksha the Demon CoAuthors
A Game Well-Played (469): Marta
Birthright (43): Marta
The Maegd Feorran (89): Nancy Brooke
A Lesson in the Library (114): Pearl Took
***SubCategory: Times: Pre-Ring War: Drabbles***
The Giver and the Gifted (274): annmarwalk
The Hardest Month (788): curiouswombat
The Search and the Song (567): Elen Kortirion
Son of Durin (535): Elena Tiriel
Think Of A World Without Any Harvest (260): Jay of Lasgalen
Little Brother and Little Sister (696): Tanaqui
***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***
Diplomatic Relations (597): Ignoble Bard
West of the Moon, East of the Sun (160): Kenaz
Will the Light Return? (198): Larner
Hands of a Warrior (658): MP Brennan
Watching From Afar (759): Nath
The Swan of Dol Amroth (310): Phyncke
Between Shadow and Sun (639): Raksha the Demon
The Unforgotten (227): Rianiel
Et omnia vanitas (149): Robinka
A Sight Beyond (152): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Drabbles***
Not all the birds are to be trusted (542): Altariel
The Power Behind the Throne (17): Altariel
At the Bridge of Mitheithel (691): Imhiriel
Legolas shall be for the Elves (817): Imhiriel
Feasts of the Body (478): Ribby
Wake again to health and hope (702): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Fellowship***
A Malady in Meduseld (386): agape4gondor
An Ill-Considered Action (328): Cathleen
Darkness (243): Claudia
Rest in Lothlórien (803): Esteliel
The River (61): Indigo Bunting
The Weather Outside is Frightful (249): Radbooks
The Fading Flower (563): Silivren Tinu
Bill's Journey (587): StarLight9
Beyond the Mountain Passes (18): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***
Solving Old Mysteries (92): Aeärwen
"I Will Not Say the Day is Done, Nor Bid the Stars Farewell" (Vol. 4 of
8 of "The Adventures of Frodo Gardner") (717): Dreamdeer
"In Mordor Where the Shadows Are" (Vol 3 of 8, of "The Adventures of
Frodo Gardner") (716): Dreamdeer
Loss of the Light (221): Larner
The Calling of The Soul (333): Lintalome (Amaranth)
Fire and Ice (555): Marta
Fire and Ice (802): Naltariel
Like Breathing (58): Neoinean
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Aragorn***
The Days of Wine and Roses (226): aranelgoldenflower
Helpless (585): Firefly-Maj
Little Monkey (487): Isil Elensar
From the Ashes (670): Larner
Surprise (586): StarLight9
Song of the Sea (624): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***
The Age of Men (467): Altariel
Tea Party (562): annmarwalk
Tomb (708): Fileg
Morning-After Bliss (444): Haarajot
Where the Heart is (543): Imhiriel
As seen by the Little People (747): Tanaqui
Over Hill and Under Hill (701): Tanaqui
No Two Luckier Men (769): Vistula the Dunadan
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***
And So It Ends (455): Bodkin
The Ernil i Pheriannath Takes a Bath (20): grey_wonderer
Wallowing (158): Isabeau of Greenlea
Forbearance (207): j_dav (JDE)
By the River (286): Linda Hoyland
Strong And Of Good Courage (432): Linda Hoyland
A Bird in the Hand (42): Marta
Diplomacy (680): Marta
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: The Shire***
Keep Alive the Memory (195): Celeritas
Full Circle (561): Claudia
"From the Ashes a Fire Shall be Woken" (Vol. 8 of 8 of "The Adventures
of Frodo Gardner") (721): Dreamdeer
Amends (275): Dwimordene
Reading Between the Lines (494): Marta
Home (754): NorthernTrash-x
Chrysalids (395): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***
A Time of Harvest, September 22nd, 1915 (589): Elen Kortirion
The Well (131): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
Chance's Strange Arithmetic (816): Ithilwen
As The Night The Day (278): Jael
Walking Down Narrow Streets (27): Marta
About Time (737): WoodElf
Second version of the check ballots coming up. :-) I've corrected a few
errors authors spotted, both to where stories are placed and to the
names of subcategories itself. If you haven't done so already, authors
should check out where their stories are listed and let me know if you
see any errors. (If I already agreed to make a change, please
double-check that it's made below.)
Here's some quick check-ballot do's and don'ts, to refresh your memory.
--- DO comment if the main category isn't one you selected at all.
--- DON'T comment if you're in your second- or third-choice category.
This isn't an error, though we try to cut down on how often this
happens. There are lots of reason why this could happen. For instance,
there weren't enough stories with your first-choice category and of the
same type. (Remember, WIPs go with WIPs, drabbles with drabbles, etc.)
Or your second- or third-choice category wouldn't have had enough
stories otherwise. Or, if you had several stories competing, we
sometimes moved stories to your second-choice category to avoid having
more than two of your stories competing together.
But if you got put in a category choice you didn't select, this is
probably an error, and we want to fix it. (The one exception is if
*none* of your category choices would work; I would have contacted you
to discuss this with you before.) Let us know.
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On a related note:
--- DON'T comment if you have stories competing against each other.
Lots of authors have multiple stories competing against each other. We
try not to have more than two stories by the same author competing
together, so if you have *three* of your stories together, that we need
to know. But it makes categorization way too difficult not to have *any*
of your stories competing against one another. (Conversely, we won't
move your story if it means three of your stories competing against each
other, even if you request it; it's not fair to the other authors either.)
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--- DO comment if you're in a subcategory with the wrong type of story.
--- DON'T comment if your ficlet is competing against longer stories.
WIPs, poetry, drabbles, non-fiction, and stories all compete against
their same type. We depend on the author to tell us about this when
their story is nominated. If the author made a mistake, or if the
categorizers made a mistake in splitting things up according to their
type, we need to fix that.
This year, non-drabble ficlets were categorized with full-length
stories. Authors could instead choose to compete in "Genres: Ficlets."
This isn't an error, but is the author's choice.
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--- DO comment if you were placed in a subcategory that doesn't match
your selections.
--- DON'T comment if you see a "better" subcategory for your story.
If your story is a friendship piece set in Ithilien, and it's currently
in a Gondor subcat but you'd prefer it to be in the one for friendship
fics, don't ask for this change. We try to place stories in
subcategories based on the author's selections -- but when the author
has selected more than one character, story setting, etc., it's up to
the caegorizer which one it goes into. We don't usually make these swaps
because there are too many things affected by moving stories. We want to
keep the categorization flexible for those stories that really *need* to
be moved.
And if you didn't mention *any* characters, settings, etc., we have to
assume you are leaving this decision with us. In this case we usually
don't make swaps either.
Also, sometimes there will be a category "broader" than what you
selected. Maybe there weren't enough stories set in the Shire for a
subcat, but there were also stories in Bree or travelling toward
Rivendell. So we put together an "Eriador" subcat to cover all that.
This isn't an error, though the subcategory name may not be what you expect.
But if you did make choices and still find yourself in a subcategory you
think is inappropriate, let us know. It's possible the categorizers made
an error in how they entered data into the website, and in this case
we'll look into it to see if the swap is possible.
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In many cases, the easiest way to get into a category/subcategory you
like is to use the form more effectively, to tell us more about your
story, back during the nomination season. Which doesn't help you this
year, but learning how categorizing works can help you if you expect to
compete in the future. This is something every MEFA author has had to
learn how to do (including yours truly!). You can't change this
information now, but I can help you learn how to make better choices in
the future, so next year you will be in a subcategory you are happier
with. Please check out the following FAQs for some basic information on
how we use the information you tell us:
www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQcategories#cat_2
www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQcategories#cat_6
If you have questions about this, please ask. I will explain as best I
can, even if I don't agree to move your story.
Now! Here is version two of the check-ballots.
Marta
***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***
Walking the Line - Book One (360): callerofcrows
Roast Mutton Revisited (744): Dreamflower
Lake of Fire (2): Marta
While Hope Lasts (657): MP Brennan
Greet The Dawn (409): Neoinean
To Risk It All (621): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Genres: Adventure: Elvish Lands***
The Warrior and the Oliphaunt Trainer (482): chaotic_binky
Osse's Gift (827): elfscribe
Interrupted Journeys: Journeys In Mirkwood (126): elliska
Trouble (528): Erviniae
The Shadow of Light (604): j_dav (JDE)
Of Lúthien and Huan (31): Moreth
In the Woods of Ossiriand (258): Perelleth
Hunted (488): Silivren Tinu
***SubCategory: Genres: Adventure: Gondor or Rohan***
The Horn of the Kine (276): Dwimordene
The Scout and the Rider (295): MedeaSmyke
Gamesmanship (603): Raksha the Demon
Where Was Imrahil When Grond Hit the Gate? (405): stefaniab
The Hunt (674): Tanaqui
Hunting (492): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***
Sea of Pearls (464): chaotic_binky
Judgement (580): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
The Pilgrimage (205): j_dav (JDE)
Mine (684): Nath
The Final Sense (87): nau_tika
He Dreams Of Love With Men (456): Pink Siamese
Janet Goes to Hobbitland (338): Pink Siamese
He is Mine Now (600): rosethorn59
Elrond and Estel: Fixing Ada (353): Sivan Shemesh
His Special Child (782): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Angst***
Flawless (772): Feta
The Last Temptation of Legolas Thranduilion (97): Jael
Angainor (541): Larner
The Song in the Darkness (392): Mirach
Boiling Point (752): Sivan Shemesh
Fairy Tale: The Elfling Who Cried 'Orcs' (354): Sivan Shemesh
The Eagles Are Coming (491): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Gondor***
My Sword Trembles - Book Three - 'My Sword' series (193): agape4gondor
The Steward's House (548): alex_quine
Yet Another Thing That Never Happened to Daeron Greyvale (447): dancingkatz
Ellesar & Eldarion: I want to be an Elf! (355): Sivan Shemesh
Promise Me (751): Sivan Shemesh
Beyond the Measure of Dreams (454): Skye Rutherford (Skye)
***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***
The Letter (706): Antane
McHobbits (53): Midnight
The Wisdom and Folly of Chaos and Confusion (762): rosethorn59
Just a Simple Mistake (356): Sivan Shemesh
Leaving You Behind (613): Sivan Shemesh
The Quiet Hobbit (110): the_arc5
***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***
A Mother's Lament (277): agape4gondor
A Golden Flower (439): Celeritas
Worth Two in the Hand (690): Dwimordene
Early To Bed (359): Erviniae
Standard Bearer (79): Nancy Brooke
Spoiling Nice Fish (306): Narya
A Trickle of Green Ribbon (172): Nieriel Raina
Morndel (709): Nieriel Raina
That which remains (540): Vilwarin
Taking Stock (255): Virtuella
The Measure of a Man (23): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***
Death of a Heart (78): cactuskim
The Palantir (767): dancingkatz
What Dawn May Bring (459): Jedi Sapphire
In Defiance of the Dark (781): Larner
Hands (500): NeumeIndil
A Song That Was (331): Nieriel Raina
Alias (750): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn***
What Shall I Call You? (302): Beloved of Aragorn
No Longer Merely A King (796): Larner
A Day at the Houses (550): Linda Hoyland
No Hope for Myself (438): Linda Hoyland
The Grace Given to Me (400): Mirach
Splintered Reflection (99): MP Brennan
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***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Dunedain or Rohirrim Drabbles***
Stirrup Cup (28): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Stereotypes Tryptich (11): Larner
The Hands of a Healer (357): Linda Hoyland
Feasts of the Mind (479): Ribby
For Arwen (62): Súlriel
Taking The Reins (810): Tanaqui
Touched by Frost (808): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Elrond and Family***
Fireflies (582): Calenlass Greenleaf
The Advice of A Child (693): Calenlass Greenleaf
DECEPTIONS: The Last Council of the Wise (183): Fiondil
Sea Foam, Star Shine (401): MP Brennan
The Memory of Moments (190): Peredhil lover
Across The Sea (576): StarSpray
The Gift of Iluvatar (731): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Final Partings***
Decision Point (450): Gwynnyd
The Sun In His Hands (826): jastaelf
Requiem (627): KyMahalei
A Shieldmaiden's Mourning (526): NeumeIndil
Follow the Sun (84): Nieriel Raina
Cold Haven (206): viv
The Friend I Leave Behind (460): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Friendship***
To Wait for Sun's Returning (632): Dreamflower
Trust in the Right (746): Dreamflower
Hard Sailing (749): Dwimordene/Isabeau of Greenlea CoAuthors
Concerning Sam (652): Kara's Aunty
Hidden Within (142): Keiliss
Country Comforts (16): Marta
What's For Dinner? (367): Nieriel Raina
For the King who has Everything (39): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***
Freedom (738): Aranel Took
Satisfaction (765): dancingkatz
Where Light in Darkness Dwells (102): Dreamflower
No Common Soldier (436): Linda Hoyland
The Folly of These Days (683): Nancy Brooke
Nothing Gold Can Stay? (430): Starlight
Force Majeure (682): Tanaqui
Homage (807): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Pippin***
A Moment of Reflection (321): Budgielover
Jest in Time (814): Cathleen
First Sight (766): dancingkatz
Misfit (768): dancingkatz
Back Again (521): maaya
Changes (48): Pearl Took
Sparks of Hope (112): the_arc5
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Steward's Family***
Advice (281): Dwimordene
Brothers in Arms (473): Galadriel
Each Moment, Without End (57): illwynd
Speak All the Words (692): juno_magic
A Blade For The Battle (379): Linaewen
Catharsis (1): Marta
An Honorable Calling (507): Pearl Took
Banners (463): The Little Dwarf
***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***
Nightingales and Starlight (640): Clodia
She Who Weeps (71): Dwimordene
The Thrall (805): Ithilwen
When You Smile (588): Keiliss
Storm-tossed (637): Levade
Living Motion (294): Nancy Brooke
Listening (244): rhyselle
Field of Flowers (136): tuxedo_elf
***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***
Apples (647): 20thcenturyvole
Strategy Meeting (215): AmandaK
Womens Work (217): AmandaK
CSI Goes Deep (a.k.a. The Inappropriate CSI Crossover) (643): Arduinna
Through the Rain Curtain (111): Eledhwen
The Blades of Eru (489): Ilada'Jefiv
A Man In Full (30): Jael
Forsaken Knowledge (208): Rhapsody
***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***
The Kindness of Strangers (397): Aiwendiel
Token (242): Febobe
The Other Balrog-Slayer (178): Fiondil
A Fool's Hope (783): GamgeeFest
No Traveler Returns (94): Ignoble Bard
The Departure Observed (650): Larner
Tales of a Dark Continent (230): Morthoron
Among the Lost (417): NeumeIndil
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On (254): SurgicalSteel
The Last Day of Our Acquaintance (269): SurgicalSteel
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Aragorn***
At Hope's Edge (44): Cairistiona
Where You Go (799): Geale
A Night of Storms (462): Linda Hoyland
Eating Stones (362): Marta
The Temptation of Hope (51): Raksha the Demon
Beating Down the Pain (187): rhyselle
Of Orcs, Rangers, and Peach Pie (47): Silivren Tinu
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Drabbles***
The Braided Stream (557): annmarwalk
Late (36): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
October the Third (794): Lindelea
A Fitting End (373): minuial nuwing
Waiting Up (498): NeumeIndil
And Wield A Blade (705): Tanaqui
The Great Gift (699): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Elrond and Family***
The Token (213): Dreamflower
Deception (601): Eressë
Where There Is Smoke (578): Holly
A Choice of Love and Life (56): juno_magic
Song For Tomorrow l & ll (607): Keiliss
The Pain of Remembrance (282): Larner
The Silver Queen (641): MP Brennan
Envinyalë (631): Nath
Glitter (638): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eomer or Eowyn***
Passing (81): Alassante
Always Welcome (384): Khylea
Spring's First Thaw (667): Marta
Slow Journey out of Doubt (72): MedeaSmyke
Berzerkergang (506): NeumeIndil
At Peace (13): Starlight
Saruman's Task (299): WendWriter
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Friendship***
This Present Darkness (663): Lamiel
Elven Strength (441): Legolass
Dies Irae (222): Linda Hoyland
Out of the Depths (437): Linda Hoyland
And by the Love of Him Also (659): Nightdew
Stranger at the Feast (3): Raksha the Demon
Worth the Pain (382): Silivren Tinu
Penance (761): Valante
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor***
Light Fingers (90): Aeärwen
The Archivist (764): dancingkatz
No More than an Elf (262): Jedi Sapphire
Failure of Duty (177): Larner
The Guardsman Comes Home (12): Larner
Allegiance (10): Starlight
Examination (228): SurgicalSteel
Unsent (165): SurgicalSteel
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: House of Finwë***
Mirror of Lies (164): Alassante
Shadow-folk (711): Ellie
By Stars' Light (220): Erfan Starled
CONTEST: Power Play (300): Fiondil
Breath of Forgiveness (290): Ignoble Bard
I Hate You (120): Oshun
The Burden of Truth (63): Rhapsody
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***
Elladaniel (93): Aeärwen
Echoes of Shattered Glass (403): Epilachna
Bridges (505): freeflow
Falling Shadow (710): Jedi Sapphire
Adventures of an Eored: Sins of the Father (14): Katzilla
Esquire of the King (301): Lady Roisin
Face of the Enemy (427): Linaewen
The Rescue (486): Lindelea
Broken Spirit (735): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***
In The Dark (91): Aeärwen
You Take My Heart (264): Aeärwen
Blame It On the Rain (591): Fimbrethiel
REBUKE: Animadversions (182): Fiondil
The Last Message (335): hareatic (aka Hare)
Like a Bird in the Sky (726): Silivren Tinu
Nana's Tree (461): White Wolf
***SubCategory Genres: Ficlets: General***
I Will Take It (194): agape4gondor
My Opinion of an Elf (660): Dis Thrainsdotter
Paradise Lost (124): elea24
The Portent (649): Ennorwen
Crows (524): ErinRua
Mr. Frodo's Waiting (617): Linaewen
Till Fire Purge All Things New (15): pandemonium_213
Unweaving the Rainbow (418): pandemonium_213
A Thief Called Death (577): Shire cat
VALINOR VIRUS (322): shirebound
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Elven Lands***
Apples (372): Aglarien
Tinkling Bells (412): Ainu Laire
The Last Word (293): Alassante
Footnote to the Akallabêth (618): Clotho123
Wretched and Accursed (614): Ennorwen
Courage, Honesty and Strength (804): Esteliel
A Singular Occasion (615): minuial nuwing
Three Wishes (642): Noliel
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Elven Lands Fixed-Length Ficlets***
Forth to War (116): Dawn Felagund
Love by Moonlight (318): Dawn Felagund
Family Resemblance (671): Marta
Past Deeds (266): Marta
Fit for a King (612): minuial nuwing
Old Friends (611): minuial nuwing
Rites of Spring (54): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Family Fixed-Length Ficlet***
Of Boring Books and Shining Stars (513): Calenlass Greenleaf
The Sleigh Bed (105): grey_wonderer
Fealty (672): Marta
Leaf and Twig (265): Marta
Sailing Lessons (445): rhyselle
The Cake (189): rhyselle
Tethering Fire (147): viv
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: General Fixed-Length Ficlets***
Behold your King (822): Cairistiona
Keeping Watch (342): Cairistiona
Healing Time (820): Gwynnyd
Heroes (32): Marta
Wishing (468): Marta
Beauty For All To See (739): Mysterious Jedi
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Gondor or Rohan***
Duplicity (596): agape4gondor
Quickbeam (426): agape4gondor
Outlander (45): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
The Fortunate Few (83): elea24
The Eyes Of The World (229): Gogol
Primary Sources (471): Jay of Lasgalen
What If... Frodo and Boromir... (623): Ladyhawk Baggins
Bull's-Eye (366): MedeaSmyke
House of Imrahil (446): MedeaSmyke
On a Field of Battle (73): viv
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Gondor or Rohan Fixed-Length Ficlets***
A Horn of Special Magnificence (688): agape4gondor
Telling Tales (33): Avon
Oft Hope is Born, Where All is Forlorn (434): Jay of Lasgalen
Hope Stirs (380): Linaewen
Love Letters (525): Marta
Voyeurism (681): Marta
Seeds Under Stone (533): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlets: Men of the North***
The Pit (305): agape4gondor
Together (515): Aranel Laerien
Eclipsed (393): Calenlass Greenleaf
And she smiled (233): Ellynn
More Than Meets the Eye (19): Linda Hoyland
Searching (504): Marethiel
Memories of battle (234): Ragnelle
***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***
Where the Shadows Lie (724): Clotho123
Shattered Stone (465): MCat711
Death in Darkness (150): rhyselle
A Shadow of Things that Might Be (7): Tanaqui
A Mirkwood Solstice (493): Thundera Tiger
The Turning of Angwë (537): WendWriter
***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***
Those Singing Silmarils (345): Alassante
Bring Me That Horizon (272): annmarwalk
Hair (271): annmarwalk
Kill It Before It Multiplies (324): Beruthiel's Cat
The Long Race (34): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Batty Does Barad-dûr (157): Eiranae
Sam's Tale (252): Ignoble Bard
Sporting Woods (9): Ignoble Bard
Forgiveness (449): Lady Bluejay
Eau de Olórin (49): pandemonium_213
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Aragorn or Legolas***
Unmasked (774): annmarwalk
An Unexpected Feast (389): Cairistiona
Embers (410): Evergreene
Let Them Eat Cake (466): Jaiden_S
A Chapter of Accidents (620): Jedi Sapphire
A Short Tale of a Tiny Elf (522): KyMahalei
Healing the Healer (55): Linda Hoyland
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Children***
All in a Day's Work (812): Cathleen
Partners in Crime (813): Cathleen
The Ever-Present Past (37): grey_wonderer
There Once Was (508): hareatic (aka Hare)
Just Desserts (429): Larner
Do you Believe in Ghosts? (270): Oshun
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Drabbles***
Fifteenth (559): annmarwalk
The Lady's Gift (712): Imhiriel
Winter In Imladris (259): Jay of Lasgalen
Swamp King (82): MedeaSmyke
Like Father, Like Sons (673): Tanaqui
Single Godlike Male Seeks Companion (420): viv
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Elven Legends***
An Elf Lord in Peril (458): Jedi Sapphire
Wicked Smart (512): LadyMSM
A Matter of Cultural Differences (65): Lissa
Gathering the Heroes (416): Moreth
A Letter to Fingon (118): Oshun
The Scented Pleasure Garden (125): whitewave
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Family***
A Matter of Perspective (653): Cathleen
This Little Piggy Went to Market (815): Cathleen
Staying (778): dancingkatz
To Light the Solstice Fire (606): elfscribe
Pink (452): Lady Roisin
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better (676): Marta
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Minas Tirith***
Chef's Surprise (775): annmarwalk
Stag and Star (773): annmarwalk
Hunting the Dragon (74): Linda Hoyland
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (758): Lindelea
Where Do Babies Come From? (86): nau_tika
Worse Than The Witch King (713): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody***
Odd Tales with Questionable Outcomes - Pulling Up Stakes (523):
grey_wonderer
Monty Python's 'The Hobbit' (231): Morthoron
Sacrifices of Friendship (280): Peredhil lover
Employee Review (101): Raksha the Demon
In the King's Shoes (288): rosethorn59
The Dark Foe Wears Feanaro (402): whitewave
***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***
By the Light of Roses (317): Dawn Felagund
"He Clasped Her Fast, Both Flesh and Bone" (Vol. 6 of 8 of "The
Adventures of Frodo Gardner") (719): Dreamdeer
"Where Many Paths and Errands Meet" (Vol. 1. of 8 of "The Adventures of
Frodo Gardner") (714): Dreamdeer
Interrupted Journeys Part Four: Journeys of Discovery (625): elliska
Stirrings of Shadow (406): Fiondil
A Time to Reap (553): Linda Hoyland
***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***
Lost Out of Time II, The Coming Together (314): brindlemom2(Gilnaur)
Elegy for Númenor (202): elfscribe
Heart of Rhûn (425): Formegil
Distractions (320): GamgeeFest
The Fire Within (122): NeumeIndil
Ónen i Estel Edain (371): StarSpray
***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***
A Beggar of Distinction (340): Alassante
Rider of Rohan (341): Beruthiel's Cat
Glorfindel and the Master of the Forest (481): chaotic_binky
There and Back Again -- A Mystery (179): Eiranae
Whispers on the Wind (428): Jaiden_S
Mask of Virtue (387): Linda Hoyland
Red Striped Roses (499): NeumeIndil
***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***
Twenty-Two Words You Never Thought Tolkien Would Provide (636): Darth Fingon
Essay: The Least of My Brothers (106): Elanor
Exile, Wyrd and the Anglo-Saxon Warrior Ideal in The Wanderer and
Tolkien's Quenta Silmarillion (609): Esteliel
The Stars that Varda Made (77): kitt_otter
Isildur (411): Marta
Beleg Cúthalion (119): Oshun
Elwing the White (584): Oshun
Fingon The Valiant (819): Oshun
***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***
Seven Falls (135): Dawn Felagund
Thirty Moments of the Ring (517): harrowcatliz
My Anchor (363): Lady Bluejay
The Storm of War (184): Midnight
The Way Home (104): Primsong
If I were a wood elf... (138): Robinka
I Hate You, Goldberry (146): viv
The Gift of the Evenstar (514): White Gull
***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***
I am Naked in the Dark, Sam (569): Baillie From Bree
The Gifting (568): Baillie From Bree
Trickles of Fear (741): Dreamflower
An Autumn Ride (As Seen by Peregrin) (107): Golden
Denial (656): Kara's Aunty
Hope's Endurance (655): Kara's Aunty
Where all his life had fallen into ruin (654): Socrates399
To Him Who Has Passed Beyond (364): Tulip Proudfoot
Tidings of Doom and Gloom (539): Virtuella
***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***
On the Inside (536): dapperscavenger
The Return of Joy (396): Ellie
Strings (211): Faoiltierna
The Outcast (598): j_dav (JDE)
The Truth Behind The Stars (337): j_dav (JDE)
The Dance (24): Larner
Wild Roses (326): Nieriel Raina
The Huntsman and the Lady (285): Súlriel
The Swamp On The Edge Of Forever (415): weepingnaiad
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Drabbles***
A Thief in the Night (558): annmarwalk
Like Calls to Like (685): annmarwalk
Elven-Queen (443): Haarajot
Desire Granted (771): Imhiriel
Crown of Thorns (779): Linda Hoyland
Tucked Away (497): NeumeIndil
The Ice Is Getting Thin (823): Talullah
Love In A Cold Climate (748): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Gondor or Rohan***
Bedazzled (50): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Midsummer in the Year of the Fall of Sauron (253): Cairistiona
Five Memories (52): EdorasLass
Now (304): Geale
Of Pain and Sweetness (800): Geale
Liquid Numbers (4): Isabeau of Greenlea
Lowering The Shield (707): j_dav (JDE)
On the Wings of the Storm (159): Lialathuveril
The Storm (21): Linda Hoyland
First Sight (678): Marta
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Imladris Elves***
Elven Light (399): Ainu Laire
Take My Advice (554): dapperscavenger
Fox in Winter (374): Erfan Starled
Harper's Call (388): Erfan Starled
One Big Love (375): Fimbrethiel
Mithrin I: Seeing You (303): Geale
Tea and Other Pleasures (798): Geale
The Prince & the Gypsy (610): minuial nuwing
The Love of a Lord (732): WendWriter
The Flower King (88): Windsurfbabe
***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Incomplete***
Erestor's Secret (564): Aglarien
Ancestress (224): Dreamflower
Drummer (98): Lady Bluejay
Golden Days (329): Lyra
Opiate (246): Robinka
Scourged Hearts (245): weepingnaiad
***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***
His Wealth Shall Flow in Fountains (113): Celeritas
Flights of Fancy (474): Ithilwen
The First Snowfall of the Season (197): Larner
Silver Circlets (818): permilea
Small Heroes, Mighty Deeds (633): PipMer
Eight Elven Cloaks (26): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Drabbles***
Antikythera (484): annmarwalk
In Search of History (792): annmarwalk
It Comes In Pints (261): Jay of Lasgalen
A Feast of Lemons (644): Linda Hoyland
Far From Home (821): Raksha the Demon
A King's Ransom (697): Tanaqui
Sure Thing (700): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Elves and Mortals***
The Gift-giving of Celeborn (370): Dwimordene
Immortal Tears (296): Epilachna
Landfall (140): Keiliss
First Time (75): Lady Bluejay
The Good Broideress (240): pandemonium_213
The Man in the Moon (237): shirebound
The People of the Stars (196): shirebound
Of Rowan and Ruin (25): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Eriador***
Hark! How Blithe the Throstle Sings! (745): Dreamflower
Trotter (29): Dreamflower
Good King of Cats (283): Linda Hoyland
Only Human (565): Linda Hoyland/Raksha the Demon CoAuthors
A Yearling Shoot (579): Peredhil lover
High Hearts and Folly (394): Raksha the Demon
Lord of Misrule (679): Tanaqui
A Matter of Cultural Differences (519): Vilwarin
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gondorians***
A Heart As Wide As the World (776): annmarwalk
"Through Shadows to the Edge of Night" (Vol. 2 of 8, of "The Adventures
of Frodo Gardner") (715): Dreamdeer
Encounter in Ithilien (344): Dreamflower
Fighting Orcs (381): Linaewen
Trees, Nothing More (144): Linaewen
A Sign of Hope (485): Linda Hoyland
Sons Of (80): pipkinsweetgrass
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
Not This Day (662): Elvish Writer
In Empty Lands (408): Larner
Tolog Mellon (289): Nosterineth
Five Voices (336): Rhapsody
Holding Back the Flood (108): shirebound
Road Trip (664): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***
Valinor Awaits (316): brindlemom2(Gilnaur)
Children of Lindórinand (760): Darth Fingon
Peredhel (292): Epilachna
The Truth of the Heart (605): Fimbrethiel
Wildfire (218): j_dav (JDE)
Will Overruled By Fate (40): Oshun
The First Time (192): Red Lasbelin
Prey for the Hunter (148): Súlriel
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***
Haven (590): curiouswombat
Red, Red Wine (626): Jay of Lasgalen
The Clouds Burst (166): Jay of Lasgalen
Bridal Bouquet (483): Linda Hoyland
Reunion (67): Robinka
Times Change, And We Change With Them (546): Tanaqui
Cleaning Up The Mess (153): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Elrond and Family***
En Route (256): Aeärwen
Celebrian's Journal (200): Beruthiel's Cat
Requies (238): Beruthiel's Cat
Reflections (755): Epilachna
Tree Song (5): Isabeau of Greenlea
Shelter From The Storm (68): Jay of Lasgalen
Memories (133): Red Lasbelin
Ada's Jacket (232): WendWriter
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Featuring Glorfindel or Erestor***
By Strength of Hounds (327): Adaneth
Seeing with the Heart (385): Aglarien
Moving On (419): Bodkin
Thankful Heart (599): chloe_amethyst
BLUE: Mid-Summer Memories (180): Fiondil
A Little More Conversation (46): Keiliss
Finding Home (661): Red Lasbelin
The Look of Love (162): Red Lasbelin
Time and Tide (161): tuxedo_elf
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Featuring Mirkwood Elves***
Beyond the Clouded Hills (257): Bodkin
SPRING: Meeting of Minds (181): Fiondil
To Wrap an Elven Princeling (263): Jael
Warriors (442): Jedi Sapphire
Feeling Unloved (287): rosethorn59
Der Erlkönig (248): San Antonio Rose
Facing Death (723): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: House of Finwë***
Victim of the Unlight (69): Alassante
The Journey Back (518): Erin's Daughter
Snowbirds (171): Fiondil
Of Pride And Penalty (128): j_dav (JDE)
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen (127): Robinka
Silence So Loud (383): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Incomplete***
Elrohir's Elf Book - Part One (503): Darth Fingon
Illuminations (35): Dawn Felagund
Passing (38): Lissa
If Death is Kind (801): Naltariel
Mereth Aderthad (440): Oshun
The Sniffles (516): Trinilee Greenleaf
***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***
A Wedding and More (740): Dana
The Family Way (742): Dreamflower
To Have or Have Not (787): Garnet Took
House-Hunting (669): Marta
Repeat (634): Pearl Took
As the Stars Wheeled By (501): SilverMoonLady
Heart's Cord (212): Súlriel
Mrs. Maggot Gives Directions (730): Virtuella
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Bilbo Baggins***
A Boon Companion (219): j_dav (JDE)
What Should Come From a Quest (313): Liliwen
Mathoms (556): Marta
The Road Goes Ever On (666): Marta
Adar Rhîw (188): rhyselle
Elf-root (351): Soledad
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Buckland or Tookland***
Room For Adventure (510): Cathleen
Interlude in Buckland (743): Dreamflower
A Close Call (785): GamgeeFest
Of Pranks and Experiments (495): Lily
The Gift of Sight (496): Lily
Rude Awakening (790): Lindelea
Gifts (365): Pearl Took
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Childhood***
Of Bread and Butter (404): Cathleen
Splish Splash (398): Cathleen
Sums with Sam (511): GamgeeFest
Chicks and Ducks and Sheep better scurry... (422): grey_wonderer
JAM AND PUNISHMENT (346): grey_wonderer
O the Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (168): Lindelea
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Drabbles***
The Toymaster of Buckland (134): annmarwalk
Boquet (472): Fileg
Battle of Bywater, afterwords (793): Lindelea
The Battle of Bywater (791): Lindelea
Always There (59): Midnight
Critical (698): Tanaqui
Proper fourteen-twenty (695): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Frodo or Sam***
Taking the Cake (323): Dreamflower
Sam's Hat (784): GamgeeFest
The Master of Bag End (786): GamgeeFest
Last Comfort (520): Larner
The Gaffer's Farewell (534): Larner
One Wish (145): White Gull
***SubCategory Races: Men: General***
A Bad Habit (777): dancingkatz
The Archivist's Gift (763): dancingkatz
B Like a Bathing Boromir (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
Tattoo (595): Isabeau of Greenlea
In Memorium (757): Lindelea
A Man Alone (544): Marta
From the Ashes (687): Marta
Sacrifice Of One (753): Sivan Shemesh
***SubCategory: Races: Men: General Drabbles***
Surpassing All Rumour (527): Elena Tiriel
From the Grey Twilight (630): Imhiriel
Zirak-zigil (677): Jay of Lasgalen
Empty Handed (167): Linda Hoyland
Sight (6): mir_noldoris
Yellow, Sweet, Ensnaring (477): Ribby
Dutiful Daughter (414): Tanaqui
Starved (694): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Men: Gondor Drabbles***
The Treasure Hunter (273): annmarwalk
Pastures Green (824): curiouswombat
Midsummer Fair (629): Imhiriel
The Wave (594): Isabeau of Greenlea
Unprepared (530): Linda Hoyland
Tomorrows (675): Marta
All things will grow with joy (703): Tanaqui
In the Gift Of (806): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Races: Men: Northern Dunedain***
First Impressions (170): Aeärwen
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On a Spring Morn (343): Cairistiona
No Longer Dream (545): Dwimordene
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My Hands Remember (665): Marethiel
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Defiance (312): Marta
Bird in God's Garden (369): Nancy Brooke
Chosen (115): pandemonium_213
Ulmo's Wife (130): pandemonium_213
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***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***
Engaged in Sport (502): aranelgoldenflower
Tonight, We remember the dead (210): chaotic_binky
"For Into Darkness Fell His Star" (Volume 5 of 8, of "The Adventures of
Frodo Gardner") (718): Dreamdeer
"Now Lost, Lost to Those from the East, is Valimar!" (Vol. 7 of 8 of
"The Adventures of Frodo Gardner") (720): Dreamdeer
No Going Back (424): Larner
The Good Soldier (95): Nancy Brooke
Downfallen (129): pandemonium_213
Darkness Reigns in the Light (722): Pearl Took
My Blood, Your Blood (139): Robinka
Bedtime Tales For Little Orcs (433): Tanaqui
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Tree and Star (689): DrummerWench
POWER: Divine Restraint (176): Fiondil
The Wine-Dark Sea (291): Ithilwen
Bright Are the Stars Upon the Margin of the World (175): Kenaz
The Coat of Eärendil (315): Lothithil
The Ice in the North (121): Moreth
Uinens Revenge (279): Oshun
Last Star I See (431): Phyncke
Never Met a Fore Before (123): viv
A Sort Of Homecoming (173): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Drabbles***
Happiness (250): Angelica
Treasure (22): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Grace (770): Imhiriel
Payment Due (825): minuial nuwing
To My Father (132): Oshun
A Needful Taking (704): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Featuring Maedhros or Maglor***
Arkenstone (619): Clotho123
Blood as Warm as A Bird (41): Darth Fingon
Do Not Go Gentle (789): Elleth
The Dark Beneath the Stars (361): Ithilwen
Learning to make a fire (390): Lyra
As Little Might Be Thought (453): Marta
Heresy (668): Marta
A Ponderous Tome (648): Oshun
A Broken Hallelujah (573): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: House of Finwe***
The Coveted (308): Dawn Felagund
Changing Lights (297): Elleth
By Choice or By Blood (413): Ellie
True Journey Is Return (547): Ithilwen
The Journal of Fingolfin (204): j_dav (JDE)
The New World (330): Lyra
Two (298): mir_noldoris
Pass the Peas, Please (309): Phyncke
Prophet Still, If Bird or Devil (574): vladazhael
***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***
Rumors (378): agape4gondor
Longest Night (350): Beruthiel's Cat
With or Without You (334): Beruthiel's Cat
To Sing Of... (64): Darth Fingon
Kin-strife for Christmas (811): Dwimordene
Fell and Fair (809): Elena Tiriel
A Song By The Sea (352): j_dav (JDE)
The Far Side of the World (214): SurgicalSteel
You Can't Take the Sky From Me (154): vladazhael
A Changed Elf (529): weepingnaiad
***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Akallabeth***
Shards of Courage (70): Alassante
Last Alliance (421): Isil Elensar
Hands of Evil, Fingers of Life (201): Lady Roisin
Factions (137): Marta
Forbidden Fruit (423): Raksha the Demon
This Distant Shore (325): Raksha the Demon
Alliance (268): SurgicalSteel
Survivors of the Downfall (358): SurgicalSteel
***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***
Children's Play (235): charli800
Pride of Place (756): Linda Hoyland/Raksha the Demon CoAuthors
A Game Well-Played (469): Marta
Birthright (43): Marta
The Maegd Feorran (89): Nancy Brooke
A Lesson in the Library (114): Pearl Took
***SubCategory: Times: Pre-Ring War: Drabbles***
The Giver and the Gifted (274): annmarwalk
The Hardest Month (788): curiouswombat
The Search and the Song (567): Elen Kortirion
Son of Durin (535): Elena Tiriel
Think Of A World Without Any Harvest (260): Jay of Lasgalen
Little Brother and Little Sister (696): Tanaqui
***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***
Diplomatic Relations (597): Ignoble Bard
West of the Moon, East of the Sun (160): Kenaz
Will the Light Return? (198): Larner
Hands of a Warrior (658): MP Brennan
Watching From Afar (759): Nath
The Swan of Dol Amroth (310): Phyncke
Between Shadow and Sun (639): Raksha the Demon
The Unforgotten (227): Rianiel
Et omnia vanitas (149): Robinka
A Sight Beyond (152): vladazhael
***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Drabbles***
Not all the birds are to be trusted (542): Altariel
The Power Behind the Throne (17): Altariel
At the Bridge of Mitheithel (691): Imhiriel
Legolas shall be for the Elves (817): Imhiriel
Feasts of the Body (478): Ribby
Wake again to health and hope (702): Tanaqui
***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Fellowship***
A Malady in Meduseld (386): agape4gondor
An Ill-Considered Action (328): Cathleen
Darkness (243): Claudia
Rest in Lothlórien (803): Esteliel
The River (61): Indigo Bunting
The Weather Outside is Frightful (249): Radbooks
The Fading Flower (563): Silivren Tinu
Bill's Journey (587): StarLight9
Beyond the Mountain Passes (18): Thundera Tiger
***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***
Solving Old Mysteries (92): Aeärwen
"I Will Not Say the Day is Done, Nor Bid the Stars Farewell" (Vol. 4 of
8 of "The Adventures of Frodo Gardner") (717): Dreamdeer
"In Mordor Where the Shadows Are" (Vol 3 of 8, of "The Adventures of
Frodo Gardner") (716): Dreamdeer
Loss of the Light (221): Larner
The Calling of The Soul (333): Lintalome (Amaranth)
Fire and Ice (555): Marta
Fire and Ice (802): Naltariel
Like Breathing (58): Neoinean
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Aragorn***
The Days of Wine and Roses (226): aranelgoldenflower
Helpless (585): Firefly-Maj
Little Monkey (487): Isil Elensar
From the Ashes (670): Larner
Surprise (586): StarLight9
Song of the Sea (624): White Wolf
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***
The Age of Men (467): Altariel
Tea Party (562): annmarwalk
Tomb (708): Fileg
Morning-After Bliss (444): Haarajot
Where the Heart is (543): Imhiriel
As seen by the Little People (747): Tanaqui
Over Hill and Under Hill (701): Tanaqui
No Two Luckier Men (769): Vistula the Dunadan
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***
And So It Ends (455): Bodkin
The Ernil i Pheriannath Takes a Bath (20): grey_wonderer
Wallowing (158): Isabeau of Greenlea
Forbearance (207): j_dav (JDE)
By the River (286): Linda Hoyland
Strong And Of Good Courage (432): Linda Hoyland
A Bird in the Hand (42): Marta
Diplomacy (680): Marta
***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: The Shire***
Keep Alive the Memory (195): Celeritas
Full Circle (561): Claudia
"From the Ashes a Fire Shall be Woken" (Vol. 8 of 8 of "The Adventures
of Frodo Gardner") (721): Dreamdeer
Amends (275): Dwimordene
Reading Between the Lines (494): Marta
Home (754): NorthernTrash-x
Chrysalids (395): Raksha the Demon
***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***
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The Well (131): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
Chance's Strange Arithmetic (816): Ithilwen
As The Night The Day (278): Jael
Walking Down Narrow Streets (27): Marta
About Time (737): WoodElf
Msg# 10147
Re: 2009 Check-Ballot - Version #2 Posted by Ellin Revenger July 25, 2009 - 15:36:56 Topic ID# 10145I apologize if I'll do something wrong about all those do's and don'ts, but I really feel lost in those categories/subcategories; I felt lost even when I was trying to fill out the form for my story and I asked my liaison to help. She did the best she could, but still I wasn't sure about some things.
So, what troubles me? My story is a ficlet. Now I really don't remember what subcategories were available, but do I remember that I regreted there wasn't something like "general", and I remember saying that to my liaison. And now I see that there is subcategory ficlet-general, while my story is put in ficlet-men of the north. Ok, Halbarad is mentioned in the story, but he is not the leading role, if I can say it that way; the story is about Arwen't thoughts as she finished embroidering Aragorn's banner and giving it to Halbarad. So, I think that the story should be placed to subcategory general: it has a little bit of everything: elves (Arwen), men (Halbarad), romance (Arwen's thoughs about Aragorn), character study (Arwen), and none of it is really dominating.
Greetings from confused user,
Ellynn
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
So, what troubles me? My story is a ficlet. Now I really don't remember what subcategories were available, but do I remember that I regreted there wasn't something like "general", and I remember saying that to my liaison. And now I see that there is subcategory ficlet-general, while my story is put in ficlet-men of the north. Ok, Halbarad is mentioned in the story, but he is not the leading role, if I can say it that way; the story is about Arwen't thoughts as she finished embroidering Aragorn's banner and giving it to Halbarad. So, I think that the story should be placed to subcategory general: it has a little bit of everything: elves (Arwen), men (Halbarad), romance (Arwen's thoughs about Aragorn), character study (Arwen), and none of it is really dominating.
Greetings from confused user,
Ellynn
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Msg# 10148
Re: 2009 Check-Ballot - Version #2 Posted by Marta July 26, 2009 - 20:33:16 Topic ID# 10145Hiya Ellynn,
First, my apologies for not getting back to you more quickly. I haven't
been getting to emails as quickly as I should.
On the "general" subcategory: I think you may be misunderstanding this.
The General subcategory isn't a description like you'd see at some
archives, for stories that have a mix of genres. (I know FF.net has a
"General" genre...) Rather, it's kind of a group for stories that don't
fit into any of the subcategories we were able to offer that year. Maybe
a brief rundown of how the categorizers sort stories will help.
We start by putting stories in their first-choice category. We then sort
those stories into Drabbles, Incompletes, and General (which includes
everything else). If there are around 6-12 stories that becomes the
subcategory. If there are less than that, we try to move stories in, for
instance, stories that had that main category as their *second*-choice
category. Or if there are only a few stories, we may move those stories
into *their* second-choice category. So Genres: Ficlets: General would
initially include all the stories that selected Ficlets as their
first-choice category, and that weren't drabbles or WIPs.
If, on the other hand, there are too *many* stories, we know that we
will need to split them up somehow. So we start looking for common
themes, like the same character or setting or subgenre (which authors
told us when looking at the form). That's what we had to do in Genres:
Ficlets: General. Initially there were sixty-one(!) pieces, not also
drabbles or WIPs, that selected Ficlets as their first choice category.
Obviously we don't want that many pieces to compete against each other,
it would be a mad-house. So I saw that a lot were set in Gondor or
Rohan, and put them together. Still others involved Aragorn, Halbarad,
or other northern Dunedain, so they went into a "Men of the North"
subcategory. And so on. The ones that were left over, that didn't fit
into any of the more refined subcategories I was able to set up, went
into Genres: Ficlets: General. By that time there were ten stories there
- a bit larger than some of the other subcategories but not unreasonably
so, and much better than the initial sixty-one.
(There are other factors that come into play, and Poems and Essays are
handled a bit differently; but that is the bare-bones version of how
categorizing is done.)
***************************
So: to answer your question, I don't think Genres: Ficlets: General
would give you what you're asking for. These aren't stories that involve
a good mix of genres and races, necessarily; rather they just didn't fit
into any of the categories I was able to set up. A few involve hobbits
(there weren't quite enough of those pieces to have their own
subcategory), and some more involve characters and groups that just
aren't that common. I think there's one about Sauron, for instance, and
another about animals.
I've read your ficlet (which is nice, btw!) and my personal opinion is,
if it were my story, I would leave it where it is. I'm not trying to
talk you out of your position, but let me explain my thoughts a bit: the
story is set around one of the more iconic moments in Aragorn-centric
fanfic: Arwen's preparing of his banner. It's a moment that people
interested in Aragorn and the Northern Dunedain like to read about. They
will be the ones attracted to a subcategory on "Men of the North." So
even though Arwen is the main character, I think it deals with her
relationship to the Northern Dunedain as a people, and so it does kind
of fit there. I think it fits there better than any of the other
categories I could put it into.
One thought that occurred to me: if it's the "Men" that you're
uncomfortable with (since Arwen's an Elf), I could rename the
subcategory "Genres: Ficlets: Northern Dunedain." Don't know if that
would work better for you.
If you still feel strongly that this isn't the right subcategory for
you, let me know as well and I will discuss it with the other
categorizers, to see what they think about moving it. (I'm not promising
to move it; I would want their opinions before deciding.)
Thanks,
Marta
P.S. - And thanks for reading all this! Sorry if I went on too long.
Ellin Revenger wrote:
First, my apologies for not getting back to you more quickly. I haven't
been getting to emails as quickly as I should.
On the "general" subcategory: I think you may be misunderstanding this.
The General subcategory isn't a description like you'd see at some
archives, for stories that have a mix of genres. (I know FF.net has a
"General" genre...) Rather, it's kind of a group for stories that don't
fit into any of the subcategories we were able to offer that year. Maybe
a brief rundown of how the categorizers sort stories will help.
We start by putting stories in their first-choice category. We then sort
those stories into Drabbles, Incompletes, and General (which includes
everything else). If there are around 6-12 stories that becomes the
subcategory. If there are less than that, we try to move stories in, for
instance, stories that had that main category as their *second*-choice
category. Or if there are only a few stories, we may move those stories
into *their* second-choice category. So Genres: Ficlets: General would
initially include all the stories that selected Ficlets as their
first-choice category, and that weren't drabbles or WIPs.
If, on the other hand, there are too *many* stories, we know that we
will need to split them up somehow. So we start looking for common
themes, like the same character or setting or subgenre (which authors
told us when looking at the form). That's what we had to do in Genres:
Ficlets: General. Initially there were sixty-one(!) pieces, not also
drabbles or WIPs, that selected Ficlets as their first choice category.
Obviously we don't want that many pieces to compete against each other,
it would be a mad-house. So I saw that a lot were set in Gondor or
Rohan, and put them together. Still others involved Aragorn, Halbarad,
or other northern Dunedain, so they went into a "Men of the North"
subcategory. And so on. The ones that were left over, that didn't fit
into any of the more refined subcategories I was able to set up, went
into Genres: Ficlets: General. By that time there were ten stories there
- a bit larger than some of the other subcategories but not unreasonably
so, and much better than the initial sixty-one.
(There are other factors that come into play, and Poems and Essays are
handled a bit differently; but that is the bare-bones version of how
categorizing is done.)
***************************
So: to answer your question, I don't think Genres: Ficlets: General
would give you what you're asking for. These aren't stories that involve
a good mix of genres and races, necessarily; rather they just didn't fit
into any of the categories I was able to set up. A few involve hobbits
(there weren't quite enough of those pieces to have their own
subcategory), and some more involve characters and groups that just
aren't that common. I think there's one about Sauron, for instance, and
another about animals.
I've read your ficlet (which is nice, btw!) and my personal opinion is,
if it were my story, I would leave it where it is. I'm not trying to
talk you out of your position, but let me explain my thoughts a bit: the
story is set around one of the more iconic moments in Aragorn-centric
fanfic: Arwen's preparing of his banner. It's a moment that people
interested in Aragorn and the Northern Dunedain like to read about. They
will be the ones attracted to a subcategory on "Men of the North." So
even though Arwen is the main character, I think it deals with her
relationship to the Northern Dunedain as a people, and so it does kind
of fit there. I think it fits there better than any of the other
categories I could put it into.
One thought that occurred to me: if it's the "Men" that you're
uncomfortable with (since Arwen's an Elf), I could rename the
subcategory "Genres: Ficlets: Northern Dunedain." Don't know if that
would work better for you.
If you still feel strongly that this isn't the right subcategory for
you, let me know as well and I will discuss it with the other
categorizers, to see what they think about moving it. (I'm not promising
to move it; I would want their opinions before deciding.)
Thanks,
Marta
P.S. - And thanks for reading all this! Sorry if I went on too long.
Ellin Revenger wrote:
>
>
> I apologize if I'll do something wrong about all those do's and don'ts,
> but I really feel lost in those categories/subcategories; I felt lost
> even when I was trying to fill out the form for my story and I asked my
> liaison to help. She did the best she could, but still I wasn't sure
> about some things.
> So, what troubles me? My story is a ficlet. Now I really don't remember
> what subcategories were available, but do I remember that I regreted
> there wasn't something like "general", and I remember saying that to my
> liaison. And now I see that there is subcategory ficlet-general, while
> my story is put in ficlet-men of the north. Ok, Halbarad is mentioned in
> the story, but he is not the leading role, if I can say it that way; the
> story is about Arwen't thoughts as she finished embroidering Aragorn's
> banner and giving it to Halbarad. So, I think that the story should be
> placed to subcategory general: it has a little bit of everything: elves
> (Arwen), men (Halbarad), romance (Arwen's thoughs about Aragorn),
> character study (Arwen), and none of it is really dominating.
> Greetings from confused user,
>
> Ellynn
Msg# 10150
Re: 2009 Check-Ballot - Version #2 Posted by Ellin Revenger July 27, 2009 - 3:21:26 Topic ID# 10145Hello,
and thanks for the very detailed answer. *hug*
I understand what you write about categorization, and I understand that it is a huge and difficult task to do.
Well, it is interesting to see how it's possible to interprete the same story in different ways. It reminds me of high school and literature classes. :) But I am still troubled about categorization of my story. You can say I'm grumbling (nitpicking? is that the right word?), but... yes, it describes a moment important for Aragorn, yes, it mentions Halbarad and Grey Company; but it's Arwen who is in the leading role (Halbarad is not even an equal in this case), it's Arwen who's emotions are described, it's Arwen's POV, not Halbarad's, it is her optimism and faith we see. I would never call this "Dunedain-story". After all, if I had wanted to write it from Halbarad's (or anyone of the Dunedain) POV, I would've done so.
Please, don't rename the category because of me; your suggestion (Northern Dunedain) still means Men, and I really don't want to be the reason for renaming the category.
I know you can't promise anything, I'm just asking you (and other categorizers) to think about it one more time, please.
Thanks for your time, bye,
Ellynn
I've read your ficlet (which is nice, btw!) and my personal opinion is,
if it were my story, I would leave it where it is. I'm not trying to
talk you out of your position, but let me explain my thoughts a bit: the
story is set around one of the more iconic moments in Aragorn-centric
fanfic: Arwen's preparing of his banner. It's a moment that people
interested in Aragorn and the Northern Dunedain like to read about. They
will be the ones attracted to a subcategory on "Men of the North." So
even though Arwen is the main character, I think it deals with her
relationship to the Northern Dunedain as a people, and so it does kind
of fit there. I think it fits there better than any of the other
categories I could put it into.
One thought that occurred to me: if it's the "Men" that you're
uncomfortable with (since Arwen's an Elf), I could rename the
subcategory "Genres: Ficlets: Northern Dunedain." Don't know if that
would work better for you.
If you still feel strongly that this isn't the right subcategory for
you, let me know as well and I will discuss it with the other
categorizers, to see what they think about moving it. (I'm not promising
to move it; I would want their opinions before deciding.)
Thanks,
Marta
P.S. - And thanks for reading all this! Sorry if I went on too long.
Ellin Revenger wrote:
and thanks for the very detailed answer. *hug*
I understand what you write about categorization, and I understand that it is a huge and difficult task to do.
Well, it is interesting to see how it's possible to interprete the same story in different ways. It reminds me of high school and literature classes. :) But I am still troubled about categorization of my story. You can say I'm grumbling (nitpicking? is that the right word?), but... yes, it describes a moment important for Aragorn, yes, it mentions Halbarad and Grey Company; but it's Arwen who is in the leading role (Halbarad is not even an equal in this case), it's Arwen who's emotions are described, it's Arwen's POV, not Halbarad's, it is her optimism and faith we see. I would never call this "Dunedain-story". After all, if I had wanted to write it from Halbarad's (or anyone of the Dunedain) POV, I would've done so.
Please, don't rename the category because of me; your suggestion (Northern Dunedain) still means Men, and I really don't want to be the reason for renaming the category.
I know you can't promise anything, I'm just asking you (and other categorizers) to think about it one more time, please.
Thanks for your time, bye,
Ellynn
I've read your ficlet (which is nice, btw!) and my personal opinion is,
if it were my story, I would leave it where it is. I'm not trying to
talk you out of your position, but let me explain my thoughts a bit: the
story is set around one of the more iconic moments in Aragorn-centric
fanfic: Arwen's preparing of his banner. It's a moment that people
interested in Aragorn and the Northern Dunedain like to read about. They
will be the ones attracted to a subcategory on "Men of the North." So
even though Arwen is the main character, I think it deals with her
relationship to the Northern Dunedain as a people, and so it does kind
of fit there. I think it fits there better than any of the other
categories I could put it into.
One thought that occurred to me: if it's the "Men" that you're
uncomfortable with (since Arwen's an Elf), I could rename the
subcategory "Genres: Ficlets: Northern Dunedain." Don't know if that
would work better for you.
If you still feel strongly that this isn't the right subcategory for
you, let me know as well and I will discuss it with the other
categorizers, to see what they think about moving it. (I'm not promising
to move it; I would want their opinions before deciding.)
Thanks,
Marta
P.S. - And thanks for reading all this! Sorry if I went on too long.
Ellin Revenger wrote:
>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> I apologize if I'll do something wrong about all those do's and don'ts,
> but I really feel lost in those categories/subcateg ories; I felt lost
> even when I was trying to fill out the form for my story and I asked my
> liaison to help. She did the best she could, but still I wasn't sure
> about some things.
> So, what troubles me? My story is a ficlet. Now I really don't remember
> what subcategories were available, but do I remember that I regreted
> there wasn't something like "general", and I remember saying that to my
> liaison. And now I see that there is subcategory ficlet-general, while
> my story is put in ficlet-men of the north. Ok, Halbarad is mentioned in
> the story, but he is not the leading role, if I can say it that way; the
> story is about Arwen't thoughts as she finished embroidering Aragorn's
> banner and giving it to Halbarad. So, I think that the story should be
> placed to subcategory general: it has a little bit of everything: elves
> (Arwen), men (Halbarad), romance (Arwen's thoughs about Aragorn),
> character study (Arwen), and none of it is really dominating.
> Greetings from confused user,
>
> Ellynn
Msg# 10151
Re: 2009 Check-Ballot - Version #2 Posted by Marta July 27, 2009 - 5:24:48 Topic ID# 10145Hiya Ellynn,
Sure thing - I can discuss it with them. I'll let you know what we
decide in a day or two.
Marta
Sure thing - I can discuss it with them. I'll let you know what we
decide in a day or two.
Marta
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Ellin Revenger<ellin_revenger@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> and thanks for the very detailed answer. *hug*
> I understand what you write about categorization, and I understand that it
> is a huge and difficult task to do.
> Well, it is interesting to see how it's possible to interprete the same
> story in different ways. It reminds me of high school and literature
> classes. :) But I am still troubled about categorization of my story. You
> can say I'm grumbling (nitpicking? is that the right word?), but... yes, it
> describes a moment important for Aragorn, yes, it mentions Halbarad and Grey
> Company; but it's Arwen who is in the leading role (Halbarad is not even an
> equal in this case), it's Arwen who's emotions are described, it's Arwen's
> POV, not Halbarad's, it is her optimism and faith we see. I would never call
> this "Dunedain-story". After all, if I had wanted to write it from
> Halbarad's (or anyone of the Dunedain) POV, I would've done so.
> Please, don't rename the category because of me; your suggestion (Northern
> Dunedain) still means Men, and I really don't want to be the reason for
> renaming the category.
> I know you can't promise anything, I'm just asking you (and other
> categorizers) to think about it one more time, please.
> Thanks for your time, bye,
>
> Ellynn
>
>
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