#the original tkwr trilogy
Newsfeed #122 December 5, 2020 (5 Ringarë)
I Am Back: I do not need to tell you about 2020()
For me, it all began when Northern Italy went into Quarantine in February/March. My best friend @fortunatelyclevercandy (writer of @thehouseofdurin) lives there and I decided to go into quarantine with her in solidarity. Everything was fine until COVID-19 came to my country. I was living in relative safety when:
- My Car Died–I walk everywhere now
- Stores Closed–I get nearly everything delivered
- My Heating and cooling system fell apart–now I require fans and space heaters in every room
- I got sick (twice–not with COVID)
- My stepmother died suddenly (no one in the family expected it to happen–it has been two years since my father died)
So, finally, after making some adjustments (while also starting another book project @thesecretofthehouseofbourbonbook) to what has got to be the YEAR from HELL (and in my country aka the USA, 14.4 million COVID cases and counting, I spend my time being extra cautious as I am High Risk COVID due to a very rare immunodeficiency disorder and was already masked up for the worst allergy season in 10 years). The only good thing I can say, I was right in the middle of writing when all items 4 and 5 happened back-to-back so I am not behind anything. I am, however, slightly perturbed that so much got in the way of doing my favorite thing–writing.
Now, I know I could not be expected to work after the sudden death of my last parent in this world (and I tried repeatedly only to find myself becoming emotional because like the spread of COVID, her death was also avoidable–even at her advanced age). She may have been my stepmother and we may have been estranged but I had known her all my life and she was part of our family long before she married my father. I was practically raised with her own children who became my step siblings. My natural instinct was to mourn then to react in anger over the situation. Luckily, I’m still in Quarantine–since March–so I only vented in the privacy of my own home (and couple times only to which my BFF and co-author of “The Secret of the House of Bourbon” scolded me and reminded me to behave–I was still on a bet to see if I could control my temper and outbursts for a year.
By the way, I was able to control my temper and outbursts for a year and counting. Congratulations to me. (On the downside, adding King Louis XIV to my list of Kings to be has made me into a rather combustible personality and even more of a little spitfire–approach with caution).
But it that time of the year once again–and so far, I’ve managed to make it here in one piece through hell and high water and tragedy. I’m eager to continue with work and put 2020 far far far far behind me. That can’t happen soon enough in my opinion. I look to Monday to make my announcement of what is up and coming. I will be spending 22 days making up for lost time across many social media platforms that are eagerly awaiting all that is coming at the end of this year and into the next. Sorry for the inconvenience.–Jaynaé Marie Miller, author of TKWRT.
Image: ©2002. Warner Brothers Pictures. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. All Rights Reserved.
Don’t ask. It has been one hell of a year.
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Newsfeed #96 February 28, 2018 (31 Nénimë)
HOT OFF THE PRESSES: THE SAGA OF THRANDUIL
It’s my father’s birthday and I asked him what he wanted. He thought about and he said, $100. I told him I didn’t have $100. So he said, $5 and a copy of the book I keep talking about. So, I went to work:
This is what two days, two ink cartridges, 515 pages, 30 chapters, 183,300 words over 730 days looks like: A ream of paper or really good doorstop. I found a box for it (because it’s a hefty stack of paper) and signed it turning this stack of copy paper into the first official hard copy of Book II: The Saga of Thranduil (original version) ever seen in its most complete form–so far. It’s not complete just yet (it’s still in editing).
HOWEVER–
What is in this version is different than the last (if you read the last one) is the fact that the appendix has additions and clues to what’s coming in Book I: The Epic of Eryn Galen:@tkwrtrilogy3,Book III: The Last Tale of Legolas Lasgalen:@trenarnolegolaslasgalen, as well as the Extended Version of Book II: The Saga of Thranduil: @extendedtkwrtrilogyend and the Extended Version of Book III:@tkwrtrilogylasttale.
What’s in it for you? Well, you get 24 hours to download this lovely second draft of Book II: The Saga of Thranduil in honor of my father’s birthday.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19pZBc7-uKCh8KjAkFjj7JjkkLmZ26unZ
From12am February 28 to 12am March 1, you get to download this book one more time before you’ll only be able to read it online (for awhile–a long while; TBA).
Happy Birthday to My Father: Dr. Herman T. Miller, PhD. I ❤️You.
Image: ©2012, 2013, 2014. Warner Brothers Pictures. The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies. All Rights Reserved.
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Newsfeed #95 January 31, 2018 (31 Narvinyë)
IT’S “OFFICIAL”: TKWR TRILOGY is OFFICIAL–EVERYWHERE.
Thranduil has made it halfway to the mountain top–sort of. He’s brought his people out of the dark and now gets to be “official”. Chances are, I’ll have to do everything over again to get the blue check, but I’ll be working on that beginning tomorrow, February 1, 2018–while posting in Book I: The Epic of Eryn Galen.
Look for “OFFICIAL” because that would be me. IF you see it and aren’t sure, just look for TOLKIEN Elvish–the only Elvish I know and use. Also look for really complex storylines that seem incredibly insane; that could be me and/or Tolkien because that is the one thing we have in common–a knack for creating so much stuff, appendices have to be used to follow it all. The most obvious thing to look for are CREDITS*⬇️: I’ll always give credit where its due.
Images: ©2012, 2013, 2014. Warner Brothers Pictures. The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies. All Rights Reserved.
*If you edited anything without the permission of the original author, by law no one owns them but the original artist–I would know; I do have one of the best intellectual property lawyers in the country.⚖️
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Newsfeed #93 January 6, 2018 (6 Narvinyë)
I AM THRANDUIL: THE SAGA OF THRANDUIL GOES TO TWITTER.
The last Q&A on Facebook was successful (for me, I had a small audience both times and for a shy person, that was cool). Now the true test: Twitter.
The anticipation is over–for now. The Date of the Twitter Q&A will be:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018 at 12:00-2:00 PM (CDT–US Time) : https://twitter.com/tkwrtrilogy
It will be EXCLUSIVELYaboutBook II: The Saga of Thranduil (the first complete book of the Trilogy and its extended version).
Hashtags (Twitter) some:
IAMTHRANDUIL/Thranduil/thesagaofthranduil/tkwrtrilogy/middleearth/jmmiller
Ask Me Anything (within reason) about Book II: The Saga of Thranduil. Maybe something about The Kingdom of the Woodland Realm Trilogy–like how the heck did this thing happen and why–who knows.
If you haven’t read either version:
- First Part of Book II: https://tkwrtrilogy.tumblr.com
- Second Part of Book II: https://tkwrtrilogy2.tumblr.com
- Extended Version of Book II: https://extendedtkwrtrilogyend.tumblr.com
Once this is done, everything goes to Book I: The Epic of Eryn Galen (while I finish editing the two drafts of both versionsofBook II: The Saga of Thranduil). When that one is done, there will be a release of Book I/Book II–same for Book III: The Last Tale of Legolas Lasgalen. Each book will be released individually before they are released together.
Until then (and maybe before, should something change), Namárië.
Images: ©2012, 2013, 2014. Warner Brothers Pictures. The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies. All Rights Reserved.
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