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

[pbray.livejournal.com]

:-) These are the valuable lessons that you learn after you've become a published author, so you'll never ever make that mistake again.

There's always the option of punting and letting the narrator decide how things are pronounced, which some authors have done. I'd like a little more control over the process, so I'll be recording the key words and phrases and sending as an MP3.

[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 :-)