Shalom aleichem / Xairete / Salvete!

I've been lurking around the fantasy forums for a while and thought I should introduce myself. I'll try to be organized and answer some of the usual questions all in one go...

A friend from church introduced me to Holy Worlds. I've been poking around with growing amazement/amusement/admiration for some time now. I've never joined a forum before and am still slightly lost, but I think this is a good place to learn

Authors that have most influenced my writing: John Milton, John Bunyan, Edmund Spenser, George McDonald, C. S. Lewis, Gerald Morris, and Anne Elisabeth Stengl. Milton, Bunyan, and Spenser each took a secular literary form and transformed it to the glory of God. (Did you know that in the epic Paradise Lost, the character most similar to the usual epic hero is Satan? Talk about questioning what it really means to be a hero!)

Other things I like: reading, writing research papers, learning as many languages as possible, linguistics, genealogy, gardening, younger brothers.

Works in progress: 2 sets/series. One semi-Arthurian series for kids ages 8-14 (because who can ever have enough King Arthur?). First book is about half written.
And one world (the Tolras) that has been expanding slowly for the last 13 years, aimed at the teen or adult reader. I am a compulsive world-builder, so I currently have about 2000 years of history, genealogy, and language development filling up my hard drive. First book of the series is in revision; there are several more in the planning stages; plus some short stories from the same world. Basic storyline of first book: 3 people in their late teens leave home (or are forced to leave for various reasons), and end up responsible for half a continent (the Tolras). Unfortunately, they have few relevant skills... unless you count farming, archery, linguistics, and the ability to get someone to forgive you after you've put frogs in her bed. Again.

Welcome to Holy Worlds!


This was the first forum I joined, and I've found it a good place to learn.

I just read The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald a few weeks ago. What's your favorite book by him?

Suilaid!

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

I'm sure you'll do fine. When I joined here, it took me somewhere between a third and a half of a year to get all my bearings straight. xD I was a little slow at learning, though, and was not active on the forums during most of that time. As has been said, 'tis a great place to learn.

I find that amusing. XD

Shalom!!! What type of languages are you learning?

Hello and welcome! We're glad you're here.


I'd say that's an important skill even if it's not a relevant one...

Welcome!

Welcome, makeiyasbranch! Glad to have you here! Don't worry about this being the first forum you've ever joined. We're here to help you in any way we can--just let us know.

Blessings!

Bonjour! Mabuhay! Shalom! Hello, makeiyasbranch! This is HW, you'll find so many different greetings they are not even considered a bit odd anymore.

And, in plain English, welcome to the forum! It's great to have you. Have some brownies! How do you pronounce your username?

Hello and welcome to Holy Worlds!

Welcome to Holy Worlds! Nice to have you here.

Welcome, m'lady! Glad to have you.

Thanks for the welcome, everyone!

My username, [m'kej'z brantS], using ' for the schwas, is a very obscure reference to one of my late Tolras stories (late in that it happens shortly before my main characters die of old age. The story itself has been sitting around for a long time).

My favorite George McDonalds would be "The Princess and the Old Woman," a fairy tale-ish short story, "The Baronet's Song," and "The Curate's Awakening." I have a great picture of him standing in front of some building with Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, and assorted other writers.

My languages, in the order I started learning them, would be Latin, ancient and biblical Greek, biblical Hebrew, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Akkadian, and modern Hebrew. Not that I'm all that good with most of them...

Slaint!

Hola, Mai! Sorry I'm so late.
(not exactly sure if that'd be a proper nickname... anyhow)


Oh, nice I didn't know that!



I think we'll get along well ^^ I'm an English major, gonna pursue linguistics eventually, and have four siblings (three brothers).



Is Latin hard? I know it helps with figuring out some other languages, with the suffixes and all.
I've worked a little bit on Spanish and Japanese. Hopefully I can actually get to learning some languages well here pretty soon.

Welcome to HW, hope you find your way around soon! If you have any questions feel free to ask.

How didn't I know this? *high-fives fellow English major* We've got more of them around here than I thought.

Haha yep, as of January.

Which could be why you didn't know, I wasn't around then

Ah. xD