FOR WRITERS: Other Languages in Sci Fi / Fantasy
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: How do you handle other languages in your sci fi etc? Whether it’s an Earth Language or Alien? Readers, … Read more
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FOR WRITERS/READERS: Cursing in Other Worlds
FOR WRITERS/READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Meraki P. Lyhne: Both writers and readers can join in here. Cussing in the future or in Fantasy worlds. What would readers … Read more
FOR WRITERS: Alien Languages
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Christine Wright: Addressing alien languages in your books? Did you write them and have a character / device translate, left it untranslated … Read more
Worldbuilding Week Day One: Languages
Welcome to the second annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and … Read more
Discussion: Using Foreign Words
Today’s discussion topic comes from QSFer Alison Mann: Lexicon / unusual / foreign words. How much is too much? Is a glossary really all that useful in ebooks considering the … Read more
WORLDBUILDING WEEK: Day One – Languages
Welcome to the first annual Worldbuilding Week at QSF. We’ll talk about all aspects of building a world for your story, including languages; alien/magical races; history and timelines; culture and … Read more
Writing in Your Own Tongue
Some very successful fantasy novels have flirted with inventing their own language or languages – among them the Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien was a professional philologist and Old … Read more