Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards

Fileg

2006 Author Award Category: Genres: Drama

Stories nominated in 2006

Earth, Water, Fire and Air : Genres: Drama: Fixed-Length Ficlet Series - First Place


Reviewed by: Dwimordene -- Score: 5

Fileg is another of those authors who makes the most of brevity, as befits a poetic talent. You get the feeling that every word has been carefully weighed for maximum efficacy in evocative power. This lets her create a definite atmosphere or tone even in so short a piece as a drabble. Her frequent use of elemental and Celtic motifs in her work helps create a consistent sense of flow, but also give a ground or frame to her work, and so a sense of depth. She seems to have an affinity for female characters, and this is all to the good since Middle-earth is in desperate need of voices for women characters who so often are invisible.

Reviewed by: Marta -- Score: 3

Fileg is well known as a poet, so it's no surprise she can write drabbles that rely on imagery and significance. The two forms really do require similar skills, and she has mastered those skills.