Writing Elvenhome

[wiseheart]

It is a strange thing what a... captivating experience it is, I can't find a better world for it, to write such an intense, research-heavy piece of Tolkienfic. After being blocked with it for six whole years, I'm completely immersen in its dual world: the main storyline, which takes place around 2500, Third Age, and the countless history elements from the First Age that Celebrían gets confronted with.

I've written nine new chapters in a few months by now, another one is almost done, and I already know what in the following two chapters will likely tappen. It also spawned a one-shot during this time and the basic idea of The Dark Prince, which promises to be another epic tale... with certain connections to Elvenhome, no less.

The downside of the thing is that it eats me up completely. I'm basically non-present in all my other fandoms; I don't even read anything else, not even Tolkienfic in different settings. It demands such concentration that I practically exist in a vacuum while working on it.

A good thing that I don't have a life whatsoever. That could lead to complications. *g*

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Too true! It's just so that 50 Euro or so is a lot of money for me, and if I can't be sure that I'll like the stuff - or if I don't actually need it for research purposes, which is how I started collecting Dr. Who, I'll thing thrice before I'd spend it.

[artemis10002000]

I know what you mean, 50 euro for DVDs would be a lot of money for me, too. I would have hesitated as well. Heck, I hesitated with the Supernatural and Vampire Diaries DVDs which were much cheaper (and then was annoyed with myself when I learnt it was really a bargain price, not just a fake "reduced" price.)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It would have been a bargain price - I'd have gotten for it four entire seasons, also basically the whole series in one. It's just so that I never saw a minute of the show, nor did I know the actors, so it would have been flying blind.

Plus, no matter how much I trust the person who recced it to me, I know that my tastes are different from those of most people, and sitting on a complete series that I might not even like, after all, would be a bit... erm... costly.