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Marta
Joined: 05 Sep 2003
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Location: Bronx, NY
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 Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:42 pm Post subject: Introducing... Me |
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I've had some of my stories here for a while, but only just recently discovered the forums. See that link at the top of the page labelled "forum"? Apparently not obvious nough for me. 
Anyway, several of you know me, some of you don't. Around April of last year I started reading Lord of the Rings and my first plot bunny occurred to me. Involving an OFC, 20+ years of history, several hundred miles, and -- to date -- 80,000 words. I was about 20,000 words into it when I realised there was this thingy called fanfic. 
Anywho, I write mostly Gondor but increasingly Shire-based, and drabbles of every flavour. And the occasional odd bunny that occurs to me. (I currently have ideas about Saruman when he hears Radagast will be sent out, and Gimli when he and Aragorn find the Elendili in Orthanc). But mostly I tend to focus on Denethor and Fatty Bolger.
Several of you know me (*waves at Andreth*); some of you don't. I'm basically an easy-going person who talks like she knows more canon than she does. But I look forward to meeting some of you.
*wanders off to investigate other fora*
Cheers,
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Andreth
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
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Yay, Marta!! Oh, I am so happy you're here! Your kind email is still patiently sitting in my inbox, waiting to be answered.  Though I'm horrible about answering emails in a timely fashion, I have thought of you very often and missed you. Hopefully that'll buy me a little pity. 
Don't listen to her, folks. Marta's overly modest. She knows a lot more about Tolkien than she lets on and she's a heck of a good writer. In fact, I'll sneak in a recommendation for my favorite fic of hers, Summer Nights, a story about Faramir following in his big brother's footsteps...right to the local brothel.  Not as naughty as it sounds, still PG-13.
http://www.openscrolls.net/fanfic/story.php?no=555
There's lots of wonderful people hanging around this place, which of course means that you'll fit right in.
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Marta
Joined: 05 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Don't listen to her, folks. Marta's overly modest. She knows a lot more about Tolkien than she lets on and she's a heck of a good writer. |
Now I'm blushing. Coming from you, Andreth, that means a lot.
I'm one of those people that came to the books after the movies (the first time I read the trilogy cover-to-cover was just after Two Towers came out, believe it or not, and I just finished Silm earlier this month). Which means I've read an awful lot in a short period of time, and I'm still absorbing a lot with everything I read or re-read. But I might be able to pull a quote or two out of my magic hat on occasion. .
| Quote: | | There's lots of wonderful people hanging around this place, which of course means that you'll fit right in. |
Oh, absolutely. I've been browsing the threads, and I can't wait to jump in; I will, soon.
Now I have the mellow yellow, it's considerably past midnight... sounds like it's fanfic-writing time. 
Cheers,
Marta[/quote] |
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Panneth
Joined: 10 Jun 2003
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Location: Manchester/London
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Hey Marta! Welcome to the forums! When you've had some sleep, please plunge straight in and I'm looking forward to seeing you around 
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Moralanqua
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:08 am Post subject: |
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*waves* Hello Marta!
I remember you from many groups we are both on. Welcome!
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Marta
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you to Moralanqua and Panneth for the warm welcome. Mora, yes I remember you from other groups, and Panneth, I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
See you all around,
Marta |
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Hathor
Joined: 09 Jun 2003
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Location: Lancashire, England
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:29 am Post subject: |
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*waves* Hi, Marta! Must confess I've not read any of your stuff, but now you've given me the head's up, I will go and take a gander. I would say welcome, but the others did it for...
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sindohte
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:14 am Post subject: |
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Hello there Marta and welcome aboard. I truly enjoyed your Throngil/Boromir drabble. Hope to see many more great things from you in the future.
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Meleka
Joined: 22 Jan 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:37 am Post subject: |
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 Hi Marta
Its sounds like you had the same trouble i did finding the forum, and now look at me, just ask the girls, im a pain.....
I know exactly what youre talking in relation to the books and the silm (although im still working my way through it) I feel completely overwhelmed at times and will no doubt take me re-reading the books till im 50 (im only 24) before i might possibly know what im talking about....
Anyway to what i was trying to say, hi, am going to go check out your stuff
Pip
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Marta
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Hmm… I thought I had posted a reply to Hathor, but it hasn't shown up yet. Maybe I hit the wrong button or didn't waggle my eyebrows right or something. Anyways…
| Quote: | | [Hathor] *waves* Hi, Marta! Must confess I've not read any of your stuff, but now you've given me the head's up, I will go and take a gander. I would say welcome, but the others did it for... |
No prob about not having read any of my stuff. It's a huge fandom, and I haven't read any of yours, either -- I don't think I've read anyone's who's welcomed me except Andreth, actually. Of course, I *love* feedback, so after you've read if you have any comments I'd love to hear them. Thanks for the welcome.
| Quote: | | [Sindohte] Hello there Marta and welcome aboard. I truly enjoyed your Throngil/Boromir drabble. Hope to see many more great things from you in the future. |
Thanks, Sindohte. The drabble was a lot of fun to write -- took all of fifteen minutes, but it got me thinking about Thorongil and Boromir. I might have to write more about them one of these days. (Denethor's my fave character, and I think their relationship could be quite interesting from his perspective.)
| Quote: | [Meleka] Its sounds like you had the same trouble i did finding the forum, and now look at me, just ask the girls, im a pain.....
I know exactly what youre talking in relation to the books and the silm (although im still working my way through it) I feel completely overwhelmed at times and will no doubt take me re-reading the books till im 50 (im only 24) before i might possibly know what im talking about....
Anyway to what i was trying to say, hi, am going to go check out your stuff |
Thanks for the welcome, Meleka. Seriously, I may be smart at book things, but practical wisdom is something I'm sorely lacking at times. Concerning the books -- it was only *very* recently that I realised Minas Morgul was built on a pass into Mordor. I thought that it was just built against the mountains! So yes, I'm still learning things. Though I thoroughly impressed myself with that bit of Silm trivia I remembered to answer Andreth's question. I don't know *where* that came from. Maybe I really do know more Tolkien than I give myself credit for.
Cheers, Marta |
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Viv
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:26 am Post subject: |
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I recgonize your name from some other groups ... great to see you here in this little corner of the fic world! Feel free to poke around the site: although fic remains the centerpiece, the admins have added some fun goodies lately, like the quizzes.
Challenges are on the bottom left of the main page, and if you have any suggestions or questions about those, please feel free to give me a holler.
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BittenBuggy
Joined: 27 Dec 2003
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Location: Busy Being the Queen Of Everything.. And Trying to Catch the Yoda-Copter
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:14 am Post subject: |
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Hi Marta! Unlike the others, I've never heard of you, but am quite pleased to make your acquaintance. (Ack, I've been living in Britian for too long, I actually sound polite... damn country)
It is lovely to have another member and look forward to seeing you on the boards! 
| Meleka wrote: | Hi Marta
Its sounds like you had the same trouble i did finding the forum, and now look at me, just ask the girls, im a pain.....
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Silly ducky, you're anything but a pain! 
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Elvenesse
Joined: 03 Sep 2003
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Hi Marta,
I lurk here more than anything else, but you can hide all your Nuzgûl in a sealed room - I keep tripping over the damn things!
This is a cool site, hope you enjoy it.
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Viv
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Elvenesse wrote: | Hi Marta,
I lurk here more than anything else, but you can hide all your Nuzgûl in a sealed room - I keep tripping over the damn things!
This is a cool site, hope you enjoy it. |
There's also a bunny hatchery in this forum. And feel free to suggest spare nuzguls as challenges. |
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Marta
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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I am an accomplished nuzgul peddler, really. I'm a challenge manager at http://www.henneth-annun.net/ . For some of my best work, see
http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/entries_view.cfm?NGID=177
This is an onlist challenge with the Henneth_Annun Yahoo group. In celebration of March 15 I came up with the idea to tell about events of March 15 (death of Theoden, arrival of Aragorn, death of Denethor, et al) from unusual POV's. My own piece about Imrahil at the end of Pelennor is in this challenge ("Hope Rekindled"), and there are several other people who wrote for this. It was quite fun.
But anyway, that's what I do at HASA: come up with challenge ideas and force them on the unwary.
Cheers,
Marta[/url] |
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