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Oh. My. God.

Someone has nominated Without Magic for the Multifaceted Awards.

*Drops_dead*

Thank you, whoever you are. You made my ~~day~~ year!

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Lingual shifts and creating viable languages for fantasy worlds are things I'm becoming familiar with as I begin to create a fantasy world for an original piece I'm working on. I've never kept it a secret that I have professional aspirations.

I think the great thing about fanfiction is the practical aspects of discovering whether you can reach an audience or not. Along the way, I've discovered an entire group of like-minded friends. A remarkable feat indeed!

If you're having trouble with the commercial v. art issue, does it help to remember that both Michelangelo and daVinci were both commercial artists? It helps me a lot!

I'm not surprised about JKR's mainstream leanings.... it's good politics whether she practices or not. It's very difficult buck the established order, and Christianity, in one form or another, is quite forceful about its place in our civilization.

You celebrate Yule, too? How spectacular! We've only done it for two years. DH and I agreed it was extremely hypocritical to celebrate a holiday we don't believe in at all. So I started doing some research... and all the original holidays were based on the Winter Solstice... so Yule it is. The first year was just the four of us, but my brother's feelings were really hurt, so this last year I cooked for 18! It was spectacular. The evening was so much fun and so relaxed in the midst of all the holiday stress, we're definitely doing it hereafter.

Pools are an essential when it's 100 degrees in June. August and September are our hottest months of the year, and I foresee spending a lot of time in the water this summer. We do swim every now and then in my mom's pool in January, it's heated. Ours isn't.

I've not found much as yet on lingual shifts, but from what little I've read, it is intriguing, and I intend to look into it further. If you have any links or book recommendations and are willing to share, I'd be grateful.

I agree on the fanfiction. What I also found tremendously inspiring is reading the reviews, it really does help me to keep focussing on writing more and improving. And finding like-minded people to make friends with is a tremendous side-effect!

Am still not sure about the commercial v. art issue. Yes, in a way, I think, it helps to remember. I will try that for a while and see where it leads me.

We've celebrated the Summer Solstice for a number of years, although it's mainly me and, surprisingly, my 8 year old. He is the one willing to get up at any time of the night to go to a spot of nature and watch the sunrise with me. Winter Solstice was only added last year because the entire family got extremely tired from all the commercialism surrounding the holidays. It was the first time they were willing to listen to my reasoning. Looking back, we've been increasingly ignoring those system imposed holidays and appreciation days over the years. Yeah, I'll never get the award for political correctness *laugh*.

Pool... I could have done with one today. 90 degrees in inland Germany, with high humidity and looming rain is something I could do without. I am truly looking forward to moving from here...

Sorry, it's taken me awhile to respond to this comment of yours, but my brain has been 'fuzzy' and I wanted a relatively clear head when I answered.

I have several world building reference sites which I've played with while creating a whole new world for my original work. For the most part, they're fantasy oriented, which is why I know about lingual shifts, but I did have one site specifically focused on language, called The Language Construction Kit: http://www.zompist.com/kit.html#dichotomy

I haven't checked again this morning if it specifically discussed lingual shifts (my brain isn't that clear yet,) but I thought you'd find it intriguing.

Reviews really do help, don't they. They're tangible evidence that someone likes your work. I worry about it each and every time I post something. There's the lurking question, does this one work?

Happy Mid-summer to you! I just looked at the date and realized it was the 21st. I hope you celebrate with great fun and frolic! Our reasoning, yours and mine, for avoiding the commercialism associated with artificial holidays is remarkably the same. Since we live in commericalism-central, I wanted our children to grow up with better core values that the concept that the almighty 'dollar' is king. ::laughs:: I'm afraid political correctness isn't in my cards either!

The pool is very pretty and we're going to fill it in about five days (time for all the layers of paint to dry. I'll definitely take pictures.

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