Re: Conlang Website

Yoon Ha Lee wrote, quoting myself:

> <laugh> The only co-writing I've done is with my sister (who made her
> first pro fantasy sale just before her freshman year at college, like I
> did in sf!). That was ages ago and we'd love to try it again now that
> our writing skills have matured, but classes and geographical distance
> have put a crimp in that.
Oh, you'd be surprised. For the whole duration of our co-writing
endeavour, Gabrielle and I were several thousand kilometres apart. We did
it all through email and letters, which are perfectly serviceable media
for the task. Basically you appoint one person to be the editor and to
paraphrase everything so that it comes out in a uniform style, and then
the two participants alternate in writing scenes and sending them to each
other. Occasionally you need to discuss what's going to happen next, but
this is only true for critical points in the plot.

> <rueful look> Theology gives me a headache. The Bible is a beautiful
> work of literature, but there are huge chunks of it that don't make
> sense to me. 'Course, there are huge chunks of American culture that
> don't make sense to me, along with Korean culture, so what can I say...
My favourite part of the Bible is the letters, because they're so very
conversational - almost like reading email - and because the emotion and
earnestness behind them comes out so clearly ("Oh you dear idiots of
Galatia..."). My favourite translation is J.B.Phillips, because it's
written in a very natural English that doesn't 'sound' like a
translation - but it does go over the top sometimes ("In view of these
tremendous facts ..." instead of "Therefore..."). Reading the Bible
seriously really requires at least two different translations. I've also
learned a lot by reading commentaries - the famous series by William
Barclay is a very competant one, and explains a lot about the original
Greek words. And of course, very few Christians bother with much of the
Old Testament, except in general terms.

> I confess in some ways math and science feel a lot more natural to me
> than things like theology. OTOH I *was* going to be a historian, so
> this isn't absolute. Best with your conculture/theology/writing
> endevaors!
I come from a rather scientific family. For example my Dad's a geologist.

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