Ramblings of a Tolkien Scholar
Silmarilz1701
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Silmarilz1701
Ongoing, First published Oct 04, 2023
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For my fellow fangirls and my fellow academic nerds.

Content will range from highly technical academic papers to musings on how to incorporate different aspects of Tolkien's work into fanfiction. As a prolific Tolkien fanfiction writer as well as a published undergrad Tolkien scholar, it thrills me to be able to mingle both aspects of my love of Middle Earth.

Ask questions. Poke around. Hopefully you'll learn something new!




DO NOT: Plagiarize ANY part of the academic pieces inside this work
DO: Utilize the sources in each works cited list
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