The Guardian has 6 pictures from an early collection of Tolkien’s sketches for the Hobbit, that were apparently discovered recently. I particularly like number 3, which despite its roughness gives the sky and Smaug a certain vitality.
October 25, 2011
Undiscovered Tolkien Artwork
Posted by faustusnotes under Art, Fantasy | Tags: Art sweety darling art!, Tolkien |[2] Comments
Compromise and Conceit 
October 27, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Hi,
Apologies for the off-topic comment, but I couldn’t find a contact email for you.
I’ve recently put out an ebook of my writing, called ‘The New Death and others’. It’s mostly short stories, with some obvious gamer-interest material. For example I have a story inspired by OD&D elves, as well as poems which retell Robert E Howard’s King Kull story ‘The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune’ and HP Lovecraft’s ‘Under the Pyramids’.
I was wondering if you’d be interested in doing a review on your blog.
If so, please let me know what file format is easiest for you and I’ll send you a free copy. My email is news@apolitical.info.
You can download a sample from Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/92126
I’ll also link to your review from my blog.
Yours,
James.
October 27, 2011 at 11:16 pm
James! Hi! Thanks for commenting. I don’t know if you realize this, but I think we know each other from way back. I’d certainly be interested to review your book … I’ll try and download it from your blog (which looks interesting). I’ll send you a mail to follow up in more detail.