Welcome, Andorin! It's a pleasure meeting you.

That's awesome that you are creating a new language! Does it have English characters for the alphabet, or are you creating a completely new set of characters?

What kind of work do you do in Uganda?

It has an entirely new alphabet, and some sounds are non-English, and some English sounds are missing. The alphabet was originally based on Japanese characters, but now it doesn't really resemble Japanese. As I worked on it, certain letters started resembling different Arabic languages I've seen. However it is written from bottom to top, left to right. That is because of the architectural mindset of the people who use it. I wish I could figure out a way to put it on a computer. Like, so I could type with it.

I'm supervising the education of some boys here (about 6 of them, sometimes 7). I just help them when they are having a hard time, and help them grade their work. I'm also sort of a mentor all day, everyday. It is hard work, but it is good work.

Welcome to Holy Worlds! Who are your favorite authors?

Greetings Andorin! Welcome to the forum! What's your book about?

I like almost any kind of music. I actually really like bagpipe music and bluegrass, but that might be just because I'm missing my Appalachian home. When I'm writing I try to listen to music that has no words or are in a foreign language. But if I'm just chilling or driving, I can listen to almost anything. I just like a good variety, and I'm usually on the lookout for new stuff. I find myself drifting toward Enya and Yanni type stuff a lot.

I actually don't remember how I found Holy Worlds. It sort of found me, as cheesy as it sounds. I was cleaning out an old email address and found some news letters from Holy Worlds. I was like, "Hello, what have we here?" and I was reunited with a Forum that I didn't remember ever finding. So I made a new user name, and poof, here I am.

I don't really have any favorites besides the obvious ones (Lewis and Tolkien). I like--what's his name--Frank Peretti. I like certain philosophers and their works. I especially like Alasdair MacIntyre and Martin Buber. I like Orson Scott Card's 'Ender's Game'. I really like 'Notes from the Underground' by Dostoevsky. I like the romantic poet William Wordsworth.
I've read so many other things without ever looking at the author's name that I feel I should have several other 'favorites', but I just don't know their names.
I often get great writing ideas from music, and I listen to a lot of movie soundtracks. I know more composers' names then I do authors'.

I actually don't remember how I found Holy Worlds. It sort of found me, as cheesy as it sounds. I was cleaning out an old email address and found some news letters from Holy Worlds. I was like, "Hello, what have we here?" and I was reunited with a Forum that I didn't remember ever finding. So I made a new user name, and poof, here I am.

Ha Ha! No I can't play a bagpipe, but that would be an interesting skill to acquire.

Sure. But it is easier for me to name the composers than it is any of their particular movies. I like Hans Zimmer if I need anything really dramatic. John Williams is good if you are looking for anything familiar, Howard Shore has all of the beautiful music from LOTR plus some other good stuff, Koji Kondo did some cool stuff with Legend of Zelda [...]
Oh, how I could go on...

0.0 * goes to look into the treasure trove of music you mentioned * I love exploring new music...I've heard of the epic ones you mentioned, but no more than a few of the others.

Thanks for the welcome! If you would like to find more music you can always listen to Pandora. It is a music radio thing that recognizes patterns in your favorite songs and then tries to play similar songs. I found a lot of great stuff on there. Most of the time I then go save it in my Grooveshark library. However, Pandora doesn't work in all countries, so I have not used it in like two years. Grooveshark is still good, but my internet is too slow to load it. You can find my GS library here.

What is funny is that I actually had chocolate today. So thanks for the cake.