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[dengswei]

an endless appreciation of onf ☆ 9/∞

[iamjaynaemarie]

Okay....Let’s try this again....this time, my way.

The Kingdom of the Woodland Realm Trilogy: What’s the Buzz?

It would appear I cannot turn around anywhere these days without running into myself. By myself, I mean Thranduil. Now, aside from the fact I somehow became a blogger on a London site without saying anything but thank you is beyond me but now it would appear money is involved. And by money, I mean payment for Thranduil--it could not possibly be for anything else, they are following my Twitter page and guess who adorns my Twitter cover? Oh, how bright you are.

How utterly delightful. If it were not rather odd enough I seem to somehow magically appear on lists where I am a Scottish business which might explain all the realtors trying to sell the King of the Woodland Realm homes in Europe, I am either a rumored stand-alone novel, an extension of Tolkien but I have had excerpt pinned to so many movie boards on Pinterest I should be shooting in New Zealand right now. I have heard “movie” and “Lee Pace” every single day for ONE YEAR and SIX MONTHS--which roughly means since Thranduil uttered, “I am Thranduil”. 

I have plenty of screenwriters, producers and studios on Twitter--most of them from the UK and some from Hollywood. Thranduil broke his Twitter. Oh, yes. Seems he broke his little counter of followers to the point it doesn’t count for days. He has broken Tumblr, Pinterest, Facebook and I cannot wait to see what he does with Instagram. I am quite sure that is coming next because right now Thranduil seems to be smoking hotter than Lake Town.

Great visual.

Now, I check my notifications on Pinterest and what do I find but 1.3K pins for “Repin if Thranduil Should Have His Own Movie” and someone who looks like Arwen named Thranduil talking rather odd about things I have really do not care about but curiously mentions the one thing that I know quite a bit about.

Personally, I could care less whether or not Thranduil has his own film, but if there is one thing I know from working in Hollywood is that is where a certain author’s grandson lives which coincidentally was where the founder of the Mythopoeic Society lived and his widow and daughter that still do (I know, they love The Kingdom of the Woodland Realm Trilogy). Miraculously, they know the Estate of said author intimately. They were friends, the founder and Tolkien. 

The Estate is by no means giving the rights to make anymore films...here. They never said anything about over there. Did I mention the UK studio working with Martin Freeman that happens to follow me on Twitter happens to also publish books? There is just one thing that has to happen first--

Thranduil: How many times have I told you not to leave dead orcs lying around on the throne room floor?

Legolas: Dad, you just killed it.

Thranduil: Quiet, I’m parenting. How many times?

Legolas: Once. Just now.

Thranduil: Well, don’t make me repeat it.

Legolas: Repeat what?

Thranduil: How many times have I told you not to leave dead orcs lying around on the throne room floor?

Legolas: Twice.

Thranduil: I thought so. Don’t do it again.

Children. What was I saying, oh right. There is just one thing that must be done first: Get the most coveted mark from the most elusive of clubs and that is not easy--few have accomplished it. Many have attempted it. I did not attempt it. I just wanted to do write something for my father and do it in a certain way. But somehow I have gotten caught up in something that I suspect will not end until this book is done. I seemed to have become somewhat of an enigma. An hour after I announced Book II was done the first time, Thranduil was invited to Mythcon--two weeks later. My father got ill again and while waiting on his recovery, I decided to add 14 chapters. I am on chapter 26 and there are few people that do not know this. Now I am a member of this society now.

It has been over 62 years since The Lord of the Rings. I turned one year old two days after Tolkien died. There are no accidents in this world. Everything happens for a reason. I cannot say what will happen when I am done with the first book of The Kingdom of the Woodland Realm Trilogy, but I can tell you for certain that it will be submitted to the Tolkien Estate. That was the choice I had to make after one year and nearly six months. I knew once I made that decision there was no turning back.

That is what they wait for--to give my decision to submit because if I get the coveted mark, Thranduil will become the first new “officially” authorized Tolkien novel in over sixty years and the second member to be canonized. Only then you will have your chance to see a film about Thranduil.

I had better be very, very, very, very good at what I do.--J.