Aragorn - your idea sounds great, but the main thing is that you just GO FOR IT!! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Three of the posters here (myself, Orlando's Queen and Nufaciel) also belong to another LOTR chat board where we have a lengthy epic in-progress. A bunch of folks there wanted to do a quest, so we started with nine of us (using our own screen names for ease of writing), a "Ring of Time," and one bad guy (who, it turned out, was one of Lord Sauron's main underlings). A few other people joined us, and it's been quite fun, even though a number of folks dropped out. What I found so amusing, however, is that each author has taken the story in his/her own direction. It's been kind of like one big, gigantic RPG. (I think Nufaciel plans to edit it once it's finally finished!)
(If anyone is interested, you can read this story -- so far -- at:
http://www.cinecon.com/cgi-bin/YaBB....46062;start=0)