Welcome

Welcome to the Lord of the Rings Fanfiction community! This site is for all book and movie verse LotR stories as well as real person fics, crossovers and other movies featuring one or more members of the cast. Basically, as long as it is related to LotR in some way, anything goes!

Site News
Apologies
I've recently had to discontinue the smaller site we had for off-topic stories in order to conserve resources and lighten the financial burden a bit.

I sent out an e-mail to members over there a couple of weeks ago but unfortunately, it didn't get through to most of the users. Because of this, they didn't have the opportunity to save stories and reviews before the site closed. Despite my efforts, I was unable to retrieve a backup from my web host.

To those members, I really do apologize. I feel terrible about the miscommunication.

In the meantime, just a couple of things for LotRFF members...

First, I'm going to be revising the rules here to allow for off-topic stories again. As before, I ask you not to use this site for personal blogging and random posts more suited to a LiveJournal or social networking. Please limit yourself to fictional stories, poetry and essays.

Second, please be sure to back up your stories and reviews from time to time. It's best to store a copy on your own computer but even if you can't do that, saving them in your email account can be a good idea. Most of them have plenty of storage these days.

LotRFF here to stay and you'll have plenty of notice if that ever changes. But it's always good to keep your own copy of anything that's important to you. The internet isn't perfect, mistakes happen and even though I do everything I can to protect and keep regular backups of your data, I'm still only one person and don't have the capability to offer absolute guarantees the way a major company would.

Thankfully, we've never had errors with data loss here on LotRFF. I don't foresee it ever happening, but I'd still like you guys to have that extra security and peace of mind.

Thanks

--Adora on 09/03/10 - 11:14 pm 3 Comments
Hooray!
Thanks to the support and generosity of the wonderful community we have here, we're back and I don't believe we have to worry about shutting down now or anytime in the near future.

Over the past couple of days, I've optimized the site and performed various upgrades both with the software and our hosting. Everything seems to be running smoothly, but I'm going to keep an eye on things and if we run into any future problems, I'll simply move us to a different server.
Again, I'd really like to say just how much I appreciate all of you, whether you were able to contribute or not. The feedback and an incredible support so many people have shown over the past couple of days definitely reminded me what an invaluable place this has grown to be over the past six years... one I never want to lose.

On one last note, I'd like to apologize if anyone was distressed by our recent issues. To be clear, I have backups of everything on this site, so stories will never be lost permanently no matter what happens. However, when it comes to anything you post on the internet that is particularly valuable to you, it's always a great idea to keep a backup copy on your local hard drive anyway.

For now, let's just all breathe a huge sigh of relief. And please feel free to dive right back in and read, update and review whatever stories you like.
It's great to be back!

--Adora on 27/11/09 - 06:21 pm 14 Comments
Hacker Alert
I received notification earlier today that spam and other inappropriate material was being posted under one of our author's accounts. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but this was by no means done by the person who owns the account. It seems that a spammer got in under her password and has been abusing the review system.

To protect your account and the site, please read the following tips:

1.) Choose a password that is hard to guess, with both numbers and letters. Even better if it's not a dictionary word.

2.) Change your password often.

3.) Stay up to date on your virus and spyware scans. Sometimes when this happens, it's because a person has unknowingly downloaded spyware or key loggers onto their computer, allowing access to private information like passwords.

4.) Please report any spam or inappropriate activity directly to me. If it's happening under what looks like a legitimate account, do not contact the member with angry messages. It's very likely that they don't even know this is happening in the first place.

Thanks!

--Adora on 04/09/09 - 01:28 am 2 Comments