"It feels so good to breathe again," I say to myself as I admire the fields of horses stretching to the mountains in the distance. Being in a cave with 165 heroines was both an exhilarating and...a somewhat claustrophobic experience. Not to mention, quite stuffy. Edoras is a welcome change of air to say the least. In the shade of the large wooden gate,...

My dear readers, A courier from Rohan just came riding hard with a very important message from our Silmarill Awards Council. Please see below! ---------IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!As you may or may not know, the Silmaril Awards website went down yesterday. Hard. For 15 hours.That meant that no one could vote yesterday. But it gets worse!When the site came back online, 75% of the votes were gone!!!That...

 A chorus of feminine voices came echoing down the corridor. "Catherine! There's someone at the door for you!" Inwardly, I groaned as I attempted to stack yet another plate full of scones. Behind me, I had three more pots of water on the stove about to boil. Why do callers come at such inconvenient moments?  Taking the tray of scones with me, I made my way...

 "Are you sure we're not lost?" A blond-haired rider pulled on the reins of his horse."Lord Eomer did say that this cave was hard to find...", a second rider retrieved a map from his saddlebag. "It should be off to the right." "You mean, where that dust cloud is coming from?" The rider's chain mail rattled as he pointed his finger. "Could be. Let's go...