Useful links

Here are my favourite links to some both well and little known sites, which I have found very helpful both as sources of inspiration and information.

The Encyclopedia of Arda, is an essential site for any fanfic writer,an invaluable reference guide to everyone and everything mentioned in Tolkien's works.

http://www.glyphweb.com/ARDA/

The Thain's Book - An encyclopedia of Middle-earth in the Third Age divided into detailed sections on People,Places, Things, Creatures and Events.

It even tells you what lines from the book found their way into the films and has the timeline,useful if your copy of LOTR Is in another room while writing a fanfic.
There are also links to audio and video of the Professor.

From pointy ears to Grima's tears -
investigations of a Tolkien enthusiast

A collection of essays on various subjects the most interesting being about healing in Middle-earth


http://www.istad.org/tolkien/

Finduilas's J.R.R Tolkien Page

Information and essays concerning Tolkien's world, from timelines to speculations about magic in Middle earth.


http://fin.go.wifl.at.org/layers/html/main.shtml


Warm beds are Good

An interesting essay about different kinds of love and friendship, as well as sex in Tolkien's work.


http://www.ansereg.com/WarmBedsareGood.pdf

Hair and Eye Colours

http://www.lcwsites.org/~lisa/colors.html

A very useful list quoting what Tolkien has to say about the hair and eye colour of his characters. 

Tolkien Geek
A delightful site summarising and commenting on Tolkien's works.

http://tolkiengeek.blogspot.com/

Hair and Eye Colours

http://www.lcwsites.org/~lisa/colors.html

Sindarin Dictionary

http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html

I know many of you find the quotations I use interesting.

Some I already know.

I find many others at

http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/

I take many from the Bible or Shakespeare which can be found online at

http://www.biblegateway.com/

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/

I also often use the librettos of Wagner's operas

http://www.rwagner.net/e-t-opere.html

Useful Medical links

http://www.thehistoryof.net/history-of-childbirth.html

http://www.elenagreene.com/childbirth.html