Welcome, Saya! Glad to have you here! What is in your signature? *ish curious*

Welcome, Saya! Glad to have you here! What is in your signature? *ish curious*

Unfortunately, my life has not been enriched with much Pokemon. Is it too late for me?

Tis the Lord's Prayer in Old Norse. I'm kind of obsessed with everything Norse/Viking related. I taught myself a bit of the language five years ago.

Rapidash was definitely always my favorite.

Tis the Lord's Prayer in Old Norse.

I wrote a short story (I was going to say recently and just realized it was a year ago ) that had references to Norse mythology in it. I'm currently expanding said short story into a novel and I'm including some Norse aspects in it. With your experience with it, I may have to keep you in mind if I ever need some information about their mythology for my book.

Does your story have a name yet?

Tis the Lord's Prayer in Old Norse. I'm kind of obsessed with everything Norse/Viking related. I taught myself a bit of the language five years ago.

Welcome to Holy Worlds! It is great to see a fellow English major.

Your book has an intriguing premise.

Roager: Rapidash was definitely always my favorite. And I like to pick up my old Sapphire game still on occasion. My brother and I like to say that Pokemon is not a fad, it is a way of life. :p

Tis the Lord's Prayer in Old Norse. I'm kind of obsessed with everything Norse/Viking related. I taught myself a bit of the language five years ago.

Indeed it is! At the Christian college I go to there are only a few English majors. In fact, other than myself I only know of one other English major on the entire campus. (Granted, there are a lot of students at my college, so there could easily be others, but still.)

Tolkien introduced me to Norse/Ancient Germanic and, though I haven't been able to see much, what little I have seen fascinates me. Because of that I convinced myself to learn to write alliterative verse. (And beyond that, I'm determined to write one of my main novel ideas completely in alliterative verse. I think I'm a glutton for punishment. ) No luck as of yet, though I have made a teeny bit of progress, I suppose.

This is my freshman year, so as of yet I have not taken any English classes; in all likelihood I'll meet some more English majors in those classes. I do know of a few English Education majors -- none very well as of now, but that is liable to change direction in the next couple years.

I mentioned my desire to learn alliterative verse to one of my future English professors (This professor is a medievalist; can speak Latin, Elvish, and Klingon, among other languages; can quote Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Beowulf, and Homer in their original languages; and is one of the leading experts on C.S. Lewis. He's going to be my favorite English professor, I just know it. ) and he pointed me to a book that should be of immense help in learning. If I can ever get my hands on it, I won't have to work off of the information I gleaned from a wiki page (which had a lot of facts, and gave some basics on alliterative verse, but had very little practical help, and was no help with specifics).

Cool. In what ways do you think your knowledge/obsession with Vikings has influenced your writing?

Interesting. I've taken 2 English classes every semester, and I'm a junior now. Freshman year we had to take a Brit Lit course that was made for weeding out those who are not cut out for the English major. 15 people dropped the major in the first week. Another 30 dropped the major after the first semester. It was a difficult class but I LOVED it, and it was very effective to get those out who don't really, really love English. :p

Legit! Professors can be extremely helpful. I took a Fantasy Lit course this semester with my professor whose voice is basically what I imagine God's sounds like. :p He's an amazing Shakespearian actor and so he would read passages from LotR and Narnia aloud and it was the most wonderful thing ever.

In every way. I basically write historical fantasy mostly. Its my favorite genre. I usually have pieces set in a Viking-like setting even though I may not explicitly name it as such. I have a short story called The Bear in the Snow which I posted in the short story section that is influenced by my knowledge of Scandinavian folklore and mythology. My knowledge of Scandinavian mythology and folklore is extremely influential on what I write. My novel is very full of Scandinavian influence too.