The Shire or Bust!

[eldritchhobbit]

On this day ten years ago, thanks to encouragement from dear thrihyrne, I started this blog. Ten years! How time flies... Thanks to all of you who have shared this space with me and touched my life in such wonderful ways. {{{GROUP HUG!!!}}}



I am off to the Shire for A Long-Expected Party 3: Ever On and On. I'll catch you on the flip side. Have fun, my friends!


Here's my speaking schedule.

Thursday
10am: "Your Elves Don't Dance and Your Dwarves Don't Rock-n-Roll: Tolkien World Music"
[Based on my essay “‘Tolkien is the Wind and the Way': The Educational Value of Tolkien-Inspired World Music” in Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien]

Friday
10am: "What We Can Learn from Tolkien Fan Fiction"
[Based on my essays 1) “Make Mine ‘Movieverse': How The Tolkien Fan Fiction Community Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Peter Jackson” in Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and 2) “Reimagining Rose: Portrayals of Tolkien’s Rosie Cotton in Twenty-First Century Fan Fiction” in Mythlore]

2pm: Repeat of "Your Elves Don't Dance and Your Dwarves Don't Rock-n-Roll: Tolkien World Music"

3:30pm: "Connections Between J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft," a conversation with Michael Drout and Yours Truly
[Related to the "Lovecraft-Tolkien Connection" section of my essay "The New Shoggoth Chic: Why H.P. Lovecraft Now?" in Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest]

Saturday
10am: Repeat of "Connections Between J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft"

1pm: Repeat of "What We Can Learn from Tolkien Fan Fiction"

3pm: "The Magic Ring Meets The Lord of the Rings"
[Based on my editing of The Magic Ring]

4pm: "The Making of The Magic Ring: The Illustrated Edition," a conversation with Jef Murray and Yours Truly
[Based on my editing and Jef Murray's illustrating of The Magic Ring: The Illustrated Edition]

Comments

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the blog and good luck at the conference!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :)

[sally_maria]

Have a great weekend!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :) I did indeed.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Happy LJ anniversary.

Have a lovely weekend.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

Mine was wonderful, and I hope yours was, too!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* :-)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

:D

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

Thank you for being here with us.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! And thank *you* for the same thing! :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Happy lj-birthday! And thank you for sharing all your joy with us, it's lovely having you on my flist!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you so much! *huge hugs* I feel the same way about having you on my flist!

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

WOW!!! SOOOO wish I could be there. Go well (as if you'd go any other way!)

and a very happy Bloggish Anniversary!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

It was AMAZING. I lifted a glass in your honor! :)

And thank you! *hugs*

[jan-u-wine.livejournal.com]

did you! thanks! *hugs u back*!

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

So glad to have brought you here! As you brought so, so much into my life. ♥ Have a wonderful time at AL3P!! :D

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, m'dear! *hugs*

[febobe.livejournal.com]

<3

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

<3 back at you! :)

[cookiefleck.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that group hug felt great!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

*hugs you again* :D

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Not that you will be able to attend, but you might be interested anyway -

http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2014/what-is-the-lure-of-the-dystopia/#

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes indeed! Thanks so much for sharing this with me. I appreciate it!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You're welcome :-)

[divadiane1.livejournal.com]

10 years! Wow! Congratulations! And I'm glad you're still here!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :)