I've had a busy week last week, but made some more progress this weekend on both projects. I am hesitant to put a deadline on Appeal, because things are still a bit unpredictable, but as I only have one section to go I expect it to be sometime soon. For Dawn, I put the page number to which it's proofread in the title of the doc, and I will remove the "proofread" label once it's fully done.
But, obligatory progress reporting aside, here's something to enjoy in the meantime. Last night I was reading the Oath in verse, and it kept popping into my head as I was falling asleep in weird and garish combinations, which I put down on paper this morning. Voila:
Be he friend, or foe, or demon wild
Of Morgoth, Elf, or mortal child,
The oath goes ever on and on,
For cold be hand and heart and bone
When spring unfolds the beechen curl
To be dissolved, and backwards hurled
Where rides the Sun and Stars do dwell
With Elbereth Gilthoniel,
Last one whose realm was fair and free
When werewolves howl, and ravens flee,
And fires burn, and cauldrons bubble,
Double double toil and trouble,
From northern waste to southern hill -
So long as it ends with "Silmaril".
- HOME 1.5: The Book of Lost Minds