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    Nobels: Tolkien's prose doesn't measure up

    Criticism can be about the highest and greatest. It has no respect for it.
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    Follow your heart?

    Tolkien insisted that the fact that he was "a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories), and in fact a Roman Catholic," was the most important and "really significant" element in his work.
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    Follow your heart?

    That is the reason!
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    Follow your heart?

    Nor neglect any one.
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    Follow your heart?

    Sane people are uninterested in sanity.
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    Follow your heart?

    The heart says follow it. One ignores or answers. I suppose ignoring can continue, but it persists. .... it will persist.
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    Follow your heart?

    Better to betray wisdom than my soul?
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    Follow your heart?

    Why should I or anyone: follow their heart? It betrays wisdom...
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    The Greatest Fantasy Literary Accomplishment

    Tolkien's languages are equivalent to the artist's model, and his painting, as it were, is a painting of his model.
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    Fictional religion

    A story must be based on a philosophy. And its quality is the quality of its philosophy.
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    How do you know where to start?

    The start is a calm before the storm.
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    How Can I Stop Writing Nothing?

    Why are you writing? You need purpose! (At least it would certainly help.)
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    Your writing is flawed

    Yes, Tolkien wasn't writing "a book," he was writing a history of the Elves!
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    Your writing is flawed

    Plato said, expressing oneself poorly does harm to our soul. The implication, is writing well is good for your soul. Given this, one must value their soul, or lose it. (Typos are little demons.)
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    Is Writing Only 20% of the Battle?

    The creative battle is always against ignorance. One can however be more caught up in battle than creativity!
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    THE ART OF 'THE HOBBIT' -- early review

    After Tolkien, I'd say Michael Hague is the best artist, in terms of illustrating the Hobbit.
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    help with creating a villain

    Find out why the spirit didn't want to die, or if you know, work it out more.
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    Realm of the Ring Lords

    Now you have. But something extra happened. Those who held to the old ways adapted, as it were. Old fairy tales became deeply allegorical. They basically adapted the myth to keep their values, like Tarot cards. If these people were totally erased, there wouldn't be a book. I think what Gardner...
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    Realm of the Ring Lords

    There were an en-light-ened people who were diminished, resulting in the age of darkness... Here's an excerpt: "...they are particularly associated with Ireland, where they are epitomized by the ancient people of the Tuatha De Danann. This formidable king tribe was, nevertheless, mythologized...
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    Realm of the Ring Lords

    He's also a non-fiction writer. I counted about 182 references to other books in the bibliography of Realm of the Ring Lords. Regarding "Bloodline of the Grail"... do novels list references? He may have singled out two references to highlight their pivotal importance. What appears to be wild...
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