Re: Hello & what's up?

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Kenji Schwarz wrote:

> Hello, everyone; glad to see folks are still here.  And glad to be back
> myself.
>
> To immediately get in over my head, is there any interest in a New England
> conlang mini-convention of some sort?  There's at least three of us I can
> think of immediately, so there must be more out there.
I'm in New Hampshire... so I'd be interested. I'm not sure I'd be able to
really contribute much... but I would love to get together with other
folks for a bit on a weekend. :)

>
> The conlang project I've been working on the last year and a half or so,
> Vilani, is nearing completion.  The phonology and basic grammar are done
> and we're trying to get a good-sized good-quality lexicon assembled
> rapidly.  The goal is to have the manuscript for a "teach yourself Vilani"
> type book done by the end of the year, and then see about how to publish
> it -- probably in a microniche market for RPG fans of the sci-fi game it
There are a couple of outfits that do publish on demand... I think you
usually have to buy a dozen or so books up front, then they will sell
you (or anyone?) a single book at a time if you like. Do a search for
"publish on demand"