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Hey guys,

Some of you who have had your work nominated will have tried to select
characters, settings, time periods/events, and sub-genres/poetic forms
for your stories. To do this you can select one of several characters,
etc., that are already listed, or you can request a new choice be added.

When I came up with the lists of characters, etc., that people would
choose from I really underestimated just how diverse the Tolkien
fandom is. There are so many different characters, events, and all
other kinds of things that it is nearly impossible to anticipate
everything people will need. The problem is, the longer the list of
characters, etc., gets, the harder it gets to actually use this
information. So the other volunteers and myself are trying to walk a
fine line between giving authors what thy need to accurately reflect
their stories on the one hand, and having the information they enter
be easy to use by categorizers and readers on the other hand.

So far this year we have let through some pretty specific events. In
the future it would really help us if you'd take a hard look at the
characters, etc., that are already available before you ask us to add
a new one. I'm not saying we won't add any new ones because that's
unreasonable to authors who are just now being nominated. You may,
however, request a character, etc., that you think is no more specific
or obscure than what's already on the list, and the volunteers may
still say we can't add it. This may not be "fair", but we are not
trying to pick on you. Put simply, as the lists get longer and longer,
and as the volunteers get a better feel for the kind of characters,
etc., that people request, a request that once seemed reasonable may
now seem too specific.

It will be very helpful if you could try to use the lists and
especially the time periods/events that are already listed. If we need
to add something we will, but I'd rather minimize how much of that we
do from here on out.

Thanks for your cooperation! I really appreciate it.

Marta

I understand and accept, Marta. Bergil was too obscure to expect
people to seek him out--although I had to give it a try.

However, I do think that the "places" category should include
"widespread travel" because little of Tolkien's own writing could
have been boiled down to a few settings. The second half of my story
is clearly set in Mordor, but the first is definitely a road-trip,
and I cannot be the only one.

At 08:40 PM 6/17/2007, you wrote:

>Hey guys,
>
>Some of you who have had your work nominated will have tried to select
>characters, settings, time periods/events, and sub-genres/poetic forms
>for your stories. To do this you can select one of several characters,
>etc., that are already listed, or you can request a new choice be added.
>
>When I came up with the lists of characters, etc., that people would
>choose from I really underestimated just how diverse the Tolkien
>fandom is. There are so many different characters, events, and all
>other kinds of things that it is nearly impossible to anticipate
>everything people will need. The problem is, the longer the list of
>characters, etc., gets, the harder it gets to actually use this
>information. So the other volunteers and myself are trying to walk a
>fine line between giving authors what thy need to accurately reflect
>their stories on the one hand, and having the information they enter
>be easy to use by categorizers and readers on the other hand.
>
>So far this year we have let through some pretty specific events. In
>the future it would really help us if you'd take a hard look at the
>characters, etc., that are already available before you ask us to add
>a new one. I'm not saying we won't add any new ones because that's
>unreasonable to authors who are just now being nominated. You may,
>however, request a character, etc., that you think is no more specific
>or obscure than what's already on the list, and the volunteers may
>still say we can't add it. This may not be "fair", but we are not
>trying to pick on you. Put simply, as the lists get longer and longer,
>and as the volunteers get a better feel for the kind of characters,
>etc., that people request, a request that once seemed reasonable may
>now seem too specific.
>
>It will be very helpful if you could try to use the lists and
>especially the time periods/events that are already listed. If we need
>to add something we will, but I'd rather minimize how much of that we
>do from here on out.
>
>Thanks for your cooperation! I really appreciate it.
>
>Marta
>
>
>
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>
>
>

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~~~Dolores J. Nurss~~~


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Hi Dreamdeer,

We actually have a listing for something very similar to that:
"Middle-earth (Multiple Locations)". That's supposed to be for
travelling stories that, like you say, aren't really limited to one
place. Would that work for you?

Marta

On 6/18/07, Dolores J. Nurss <dreamdeer@grailmedia.com> wrote:
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>
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> I understand and accept, Marta. Bergil was too obscure to expect
> people to seek him out--although I had to give it a try.
>
> However, I do think that the "places" category should include
> "widespread travel" because little of Tolkien's own writing could
> have been boiled down to a few settings. The second half of my story
> is clearly set in Mordor, but the first is definitely a road-trip,
> and I cannot be the only one.
>