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Re: CHAT: facing your own mortality (as a conlanger)

From:<li_sasxsek@...>
Date:Sunday, June 29, 2008, 21:48
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Harrison
> Some people have a lang that is very personal; they feel it
would be
> compromised or spoiled somehow if others saw it. I have not
been that way
> with my langs but sometimes I wish I had protected some of
them until they
> were more complete.
I really don't have anything I'm "hiding" as such, but most of my projects remain unpublished simply because I feel they aren't mature enough to be published. I've leaked some information about many of my projects but Sasxsek is the only one I've actually published completely. That may be why I'm reluctant to publish others. S:S: has changed considerably since it's inital publication five years ago.
> Collaborating is not a goal of the more individualistic > conlangers. And we wonder if explaining is really possible.
I tried a collaborative project online called Demos. I went strong for about a months then fizzled out suddenly. I prefer individual works anyway. They tend to have a vision while group efforts tend to be a mix of kludges.