1. How did you find your way to CoE and what were the circumstances surrounding your introduction to the world of Tolkien?
I actually don’t remember how I discovered CoE… My guess is through one of the other websites I am member of, where I have met other fans of Tolkien.

I was introduced to Tolkien through my mother. She had read Lord of the Rings in her youth, and is still very fond of the books. When I was about 11 years old she asked me for the first time if I would like to read them, but it was not until two years later, during the summer of 2001, that she had me convinced that I might be interested in his stories. I remember my family and I went to Bretagne that summer, and visited many World War I and II related places in Normandy too, and in the surroundings which affected Tolkien so much I read all three books and was breath taken by his story.

2. What is your favorite out of all of his works?
That is a very tough question… In the end, it must be Silmarillion. Even though I adore the story of Lord of the Rings very much, his whole Myth of Creation is an amazing thing to read, and all of the stories of different characters, leading up to Lord of the Rings.

3. How did you decide on your username? It’s lovely.
I tried a name database on another site, where it would translate your name into Elvish. It is not really my name in elvish, but Lossendiliel was the result I got, and I liked it, because it describes my personality. It means ‘Devoted daughter of snow’, and I’m a Winter person, and very devoted to my surroundings.:)

4. You are a member of the Realm of Yavanna, in three words describe your Realm for us.
Small, friendly, chocoholic.:P

5. Included in your member information you list your interests as ‘Reading’ and ‘Studying Languages’. Did the second arise because of your love for the first? And what languages interest you the most?
Hmm, I don’t know. Maybe it did… But I believe it has more to do with the fact that my mom and dad are from two different countries, so I have been raised with two different languages at home. And later in school I discovered the worlds learning a new language opens, and the history you can track through the development of one. How many words relate to each other.
I would have to say ancient languages in general. Right now I am studying Ancient Greek in High School, and I would like to study Celtic languages after I graduate. I love to explore how words have developed, and how so many different languages are connected with each other.

6. Besides Tolkien, what other authors/genres do you spend time exploring?
I have recently discovered Jane Austen’s books, and beside that, I find Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books very fascinating and amusing. Swedish author Maria Gripe has written some very good ones too. In general I like Fantasy books, and books over historical persons; queens and other important persons and periods in time.

7. You’ve successfully run the Poetry contests for some time now ( Thank you very much!) Do you write Poetry yourself?
It is my pleasure to run it, and may I take this opportunity to thank everyone who has participated and helped making it as successful as it is!:)
Not much, I would have to admit. I enjoy reading it, and occasionally I write a poem. Mostly I use it as a way to get my emotions out, a kind of therapy you may call it.

8. Who is your favorite Poet? Style?
I do not have a favorite poet as such… I enjoy reading many different poets and styles, but for the latter I enjoy Elizabethan poems, or poems from the 18th and 19th century. Dramatic monologue is another style I enjoy very much.

9. Who is your favorite Tolkien character? Race? Place?
Eowyn. Mainly because I can identify myself with her in many ways and levels. Her struggle to be loved for who she really is, what she goes through and how she ends up falling in love with another person much like herself.
Race and place I cannot say. They all have their pro and cons, and if I would have to settle in Middle Earth, I would end up as a wanderer between all places and races.:)

10. Who is your least?
I don’t really have a least favorite character.Turin Turambar maybe, but then again, he is very fascinating and so is his story.

11. Lastly, what is the one thing about you that would surprise us to know?
I know 7 different languages, although I don’t speak them all fluently. And English is only my 3rd languages (after my two mother tongues).:)

So, here you go, I hope they prove useful, and it is not too full of linguistic mistakes. And I am really looking forward to reading your Newsletter!:)

Lossendiliel

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