Fan Fiction Resources
Henneth-Annun Story Archive
http://www.henneth-annun.net
High quality stories of all types. You can place
your story in a beta category and get feedback from other members or
archive your stories so other members can read them. You must submit
your story for review before it will be placed in the public archive.
Your story is reviewed by a panel of peers - the first nine that decide
to check it out! They can be very selective.
Drawback: can take quite a long time to get the required number of
reviews and find out if they will archive your story or not. Nerve
wracking for the author who is waiting!
Council
of Elrond
http://www.councilofelrond.com
Stories of all types.
Must submit your story for review before it will be placed in the
public archive. This process takes only a few days.
Stories of Arda
http://www.storiesofarda.com
Guidelines: fanfiction
stories set in the universe of JRR Tolkien. Rated G-R, no-slash or
parodies of slash. Entertaining and well-written stories
created by people who take pride in their work. Must submit a sample of
your work to be given authors uploading privileges, this process takes
less than a day in most cases. This archive seems to be where I have
the most luck getting reviews.
Open Scrolls Archive
http://www.scribeoz.com/
Takes stories of all ratings, but NO slash. Immediate
author privileges once you join, but, because of this, some of the
stories are not the best.
The Trees Remember - Mirkwood
Fanfiction
http://www.helical-library.net/lotr/index.asp
I have no
experience with this archive, but it looks very nice and interesting!
From the site: TTR is a Tolkien fanfiction archive focused on the
history of Mirkwood. Once renowned as Greenwood the Great, now troubled
in these darker times, Mirkwood is yet home to the last and most
enduring Elven kingdom of Middle-earth. We chronicle its great king,
Thranduil; its fair prince, Legolas; and many other worthies of the
Elf, Human, Hobbit and Dwarf-kindreds.
Elvish Language Links
It is worth noting here that Quenya was banned in the First Age as the
'language of the kinslayers' and became a language of lore, not for daily use. Silvan was
also abandoned by the Wood-elves long before Legolas's birth. As such, the links provided
here are for the Sindarin language which would have likely been Legolas's native tongue.
PLEASE BEWARE of and site which boasts elvish from "The Grey Company". In
Tolkienesque circles, this is commonly called 'Grelvish' and is a gamer's mishmash of
Quenya, Sindarin and nonsense. It is NOT Tolkien's elvish and, IMO, should not be used in
fanfiction. If you truly have a love for the language (as I do) and wish to learn it, it
is possible to do so, but I warn you, it is not easy! There are many ways to bring
Sindarin Elvish to life in a story, but there is a
fine line between enhancing your story and bogging it down with too much Elvish!
Sindarin Dictionary
http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/index.html
Fellowship of the Word-Smiths
http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/language.htm
Parma Tyelpelassiva - The book of silver leaves
http://www.phy.duke.edu/~trenk/elvish/
Short stories, poems and even some songs abound in Quenya and
Sindarin here (as well as the English translations, of course!) but, scroll down to find
the most valuable document, a downloadable course to learn Sindarin in PDF format. The
course is complete with grammar, lentition, nasal mutations and all the things
you'll need to learn to conjugate your I-verbs from your A-verbs! Very easy to use, even
for those of us who have been away from English 101 for a while!
Tolkien Language List
http://tolklang.quettar.org/
Scroll down, it's there. Really! A very plain site with some very good
information and great links.
Tara's Sindarin Phrasebook
http://members.cox.net/taramiluiel/sindarin_phrases.htm
I'm letting out my best kept secret! Little phrases you can plug in and go.
Tara's Sindarin Names
http://members.cox.net/taramiluiel/names.htm
Need a Sindarin name? Tara's got 'em!
Tara's Sindarin Tips
http://members.cox.net/taramiluiel/sindarin.htm
Tips and helpful documents on learning Sindarin -- in plain English! Even
the most faint of heart can learn a little Sindarin here.
Other Links
Encyclopedia of Arda
http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/
Where I go when I need to know who Finwe's sons were, how to spell Haradrim,
and other bits of canonically correct information. Note: PLEASE use only the URL listed
here, there are several copycat sites that are using this name. The glyphweb site is the
only and original Encyclopedia of Arda.
Let The Hobbit Happen
http://www.thehobbitfilm.com/
Fans unite in bringing The Hobbit to the silver screen.
(note: regardless of the legal mumbo-jumbo, this project does not appear to be slated to
begin filming until spring/summer 2006 at the earliest, as Peter and Fran are otherwise
engaged with King Kong.) Hands up if you think we'll see a non-canonical appearance of
Legolas in this film. (One can only hope!)
Pencil Art by Dawnlyn
http://hometown.aol.com/dawnlyn1/dawnlynart.html
Georgeous pencil art of Legolas (and OB). Even has a drawing of Legolas as a
child! Lovely stuff.
LotR Frame Capture Library
http://www.framecaplib.com/lotrlib.htm
Thousands of screen caps from all the movies!
Figwit Lives
http://www.figwitlives.net
Who IS Figwit and what was his role in the Fellowship?
An extra in the cast of LotR becomes famous, all because two fans singled him out!
Elf Porn Shack
http://www.elfpornshack.com
no real pornography here. Just a darn good time if you love those lusty
elves! lots of fun countdown clocks with imaginative slogans. Very funny!
The Boy with the Bow
http://www.istad.org/tolkien/pilinn.html
Legolas and Stunt archery in Fellowship of the Ring. A
real archer tells us how Orlando (and PJ) did it. Very entertaining and informative
article!
Canon? No! Fanon!
http://www.tinni.100megsfree5.com/canonNOfanon/
Great place to discover if your fic is within the
bounds or straying from canon! Highly recommended.