Greetings, all, I just uploaded the August 2009 newsletter to our site: http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/news/newsletter.php In my opinion (only...
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Marta
aure_enteluva
Aug 1, 2009 8:20 pm
... Must second what Oshun said. Nicely done! I skimmed the story as well and it looks very nice as well. I have been cleaning up the apartment of a recently...
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pandemonium_213
Aug 1, 2009 10:59 pm
The site is gorgeous! I love the illuminated border and the "vellum" background. You all deserve accolades for creating a lovely virtual illuminated book for...
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heartofoshun@...
heartofoshun
Aug 1, 2009 11:25 pm
OK, now where is the link to this wonderful site on the SWG that I am missing? Should it be front and center of the Home page? Or is it (ahem) buried ...
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pandemonium_213
Aug 1, 2009 11:38 pm
Yep, I had figured out the link *from* the wonderful Akallabeth in August site that connects *to* the SWG, but where is the link on the SWG itself, that is, on...
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pandemonium_213
Aug 1, 2009 11:43 pm
OK, I found it by treading on this path: SWG home page ==> Left menu bar ==> Look! More topics are available for Akallabęth in August [click on "Read More"]...
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heartofoshun@...
heartofoshun
Aug 1, 2009 11:49 pm
I agree with you. I definitely would have clicked on "Special Projects" to find it. I do know, from my experience of looking for new/recent character bios,...
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Marta
aure_enteluva
Aug 1, 2009 11:56 pm
Hi Doc B., I'm hoping it will be added to the Special Projects soon, because the beautiful page and the works do need more showing off. But in the meantime,...
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pandemonium_213
Aug 2, 2009 12:33 am
Yes, thanks, Marta, I had figured that out (see the post that you replied to) but it never hurts to reiterate these things to the near-geriatric such as...
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Diana Nevins
ithilwen2001
Aug 2, 2009 1:21 am
Both the painting and the story are gorgeous! And to think - this is just day 1. This is going to be one heck of a month! Ithilwen ... From: Dawn Felagund ...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 2, 2009 1:29 am
Pandemonium, Oshun, and Marta, None of you are dense or geriatric! :D You could not find your way to the AinA page because the webmaster had not yet uploaded...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 2, 2009 1:39 am
Thank you, Pandemonium! :) The design is based on a 19th-century Qur'an made for the Ottoman sultan Selim III. The book is one in the collection at the Chester...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 2, 2009 4:14 am
The second day of AinA in up! :) ... "Eönwë came among them and taught them; and they were given wisdom and power and life more enduring than any others of...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 3, 2009 1:58 am
The Akallabeth in August story for 3 August has been unlocked! :) ... "Then Sauron was ashamed, and he was unwilling to return in humiliation and to receive...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 4, 2009 3:30 am
Today in Numenor ... *Thus the years passed, and while Middle-earth went backward and light and wisdom faded, the DĂşnedain dwelt under the protection of the...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 5, 2009 1:56 am
"But they did not thus escape from the doom of death that IlĂşvatar had set upon all Mankind, and they were mortal still, though their years were long, and...
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Vanessa
nessaralindaran
Aug 5, 2009 5:22 pm
Your page design here is just beautiful - really enjoyable all around....
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 5, 2009 5:31 pm
Thank you, Vanessa! :) I'm glad you're enjoying it! And we've still got most of the month to go ... ;) Dawn -- ~oOo~ Dawn Felagund ...
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alassante7
Aug 5, 2009 5:56 pm
I agree! Its just beautiful. Great job guys. ~~**~~ I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge. JRR Tolkien ..·*´¨¨)) -:¦:- ...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 5, 2009 6:25 pm
Thanks, Alassante! :) It was, as ever, a group effort! And I can also attest that the great stories posted so far are indeed the rule, not the exception, so...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 6, 2009 3:23 am
*Today in Numenor ... *Above all arts they nourished shipbuilding and sea-craft, and they became mariners whose like shall never be again since the world was...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 7, 2009 1:47 am
"In this Age, as is elsewhere told, Sauron arose again in Middle-earth, and grew, and turned back to the evil in which he was nurtured by Morgoth, becoming...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 8, 2009 2:35 am
*Today in Numenor:* Thus it was that a shadow fell upon them: in which maybe the will of Morgoth was at work that still moved in the world. And the...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 9, 2009 3:07 am
"Yet they achieved only the art of preserving incorrupt the dead flesh of Men, and they filled all the land with silent tombs in which the thought of death was...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 10, 2009 1:26 am
"Now he learned that the kings of NĂşmenor had increased in power and splendour, and he hated them the more; and he feared them, lest they should invade his...
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roisin_elendiel
Aug 10, 2009 2:30 am
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! OMGOMGOMGAPANDESTORYOMGOMGOMGYAYOMG!!!!HAPPYHAPPYJOYJOY!!!!! "runs off screaming and flailing her arms like a rabid fangirl to...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 10, 2009 7:10 pm
Hi, all, It has come to my attention that a good number of stories that do, in fact, take place in the Second Age have not made it onto the list that we ...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 11, 2009 1:36 am
"For Ar-GimilzĂ´r the twenty-second king was the greatest enemy of the Faithful. In his day the White Tree was untended and began to decline; and he forbade...
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Dawn Felagund
dawnfelagund
Aug 12, 2009 2:17 am
"They desired to end all friendship between their people and the Eldar of Eressëa, whom they named the Spies of the Valar, hoping to keep their deeds and...
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Marta
aure_enteluva
Aug 12, 2009 9:19 am
... I am slowly plowing my way through the AnA stories, and there are so many real works of art. As with all fanfic I don't agree with every interpretation...
