Re: conlangs in fiction (was: Re: Conlangs in History)

On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 01:09:00PM -0400, Dennis Paul Himes wrote:
[snip]
>     That's good to know.  However, I made a decision a while ago that for
> the time being I would be writing for my webpage and not for sale.  Although
Cool, I kinda have the same attitude towards many things, like music
composition. (I'd like to say writing, but my writing skills aren't good
enough to produce things worthy of general consumption :-)

> a work on my webpage will have a smaller readership than a published work,
> it will have a larger readership than a rejected work, and I have complete
> control over it.  I also like being able to tell people who express an
[snip]

Yep, yep, I hate being forced to compose/write/whatever just because I
won't have food on my table otherwise. Especially if I have to "lower" my
standards to satisfy the crowd (or worse, the publisher who may not always
have the same interests as the intended audience). I rather settle for a
career I can do moderately well, and do stuff like writing/composing/etc
on the side and put it up on the Net for whoever sees value in it.


T