Vibrant world

[pbray]

The narrator of the upcoming audio book emailed me to request pronunciation assistance, commenting that I had created a specific and vibrant world. I'm pretty sure that's a code phrase that means fantasy novels with invented languages are a freaking pain in the ass :-)

In any case, I'll be putting together a pronunciation guide for him to use. And once again having to face the fact that the villains in this story sound an awful lot like Silver-rats when read aloud.

Could be worse. As I recall, buried in the Devlin series is a minor character whose name I pronounced differently each time I read it aloud. When it comes time for that one, I'm thinking dealer's choice will be the correct answer.

Comments

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I totally should have made up new languages instead of using real ones that real people actually speak. (Plus, I will have to choose from among the bewildering variety of ways you can pronounce Latin. What was I thinking?!) It seemed like a good idea at the time...

[pbray.livejournal.com]

"It seemed like a good idea at the time..." is the basis for all literary careers :-)