Updates from author DJ Edwardson

And It Came From the Blog: Personal Posts

It was a dark and stormy night. Scurries crept, shadows lurked, stenches wafted, and slithers slunk. The crickets and toads dared not whisper, much less chirp or croak. The only disturbance in all that boggy, fetid tableau was the madman digging with his shovel. Covered in slop and mire from head to toe, he raised and hauled …

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10 Amazing Facts about The Lord of the Rings

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the publishing of The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic. The first installment of this trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, was published on July 29th, 1954. To celebrate this occasion, as well as to culminate the end of the 2016 Silmarillion Awards, myself, along with the hosts of the …

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Silmarillion Award Winner for Most Faithful Friend 2016

No one hears the brush of bare feet as a diminutive figure shuffles in from stage right. His eyes are two sunny side eggs on a skillet face as he takes in the menagerie of heroes and villains, lords and ladies assembled amidst the great Gondorian amphitheater. The vast auditorium itself, draped with banners and …

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