New members, introduce yourselves here!

[justTripn]

Welcome! All of us here at Triaxian Silk are suffering from a similar ailment. I'm hoping you will agree to post your story here! Also, you should go find the Twilight thread, probably in the chat section. Our fearless leader (site owner Elessar) is a big Twilight fan.

Lots of us love Farscape.

[aadarshinah]

I thought the story had to be finished to be posted if you were a new author - or did I read the submission rules wrong?

[panyasan]

Hi, I'm aadarshinah

Welcome, aadarashinah! Good to see new writers. I wondered about the meaning of your screen name.

[aadarshinah]

It's kinda silly, really. I tend to... obsess when I write things, so for one of my original stories I created this whole elaborate language. Aadarshinah means "engima" in it.

[crystalswolf]

A big welcome to you Aadarshinah.

What would your name sound like? It does look pretty.

BTW, creating languages isn't silly. It's actually a fun hobby and quite addictive (like some other hobbies I don't think I have to mention...). From what I've read, Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings to, in a way, showcase the languages he created.

[Asso]

Welcome here, Aadarshinah.

[aadarshinah]

What would your name sound like? It does look pretty.

It would be pronounced ay-ah-dar-SHIN-ah.

[WarpGirl]

Love your Sig.

[Aquarius]

I thought the story had to be finished to be posted if you were a new author - or did I read the submission rules wrong?

Generally that's true, but sometimes exceptions are made, like for those who are just new here but not new to the ENT/TnT fandom and have already shown themselves to be reliable enough to finish the fic and free of the issues many novice writers have. jT is in charge in Elessar's absence, so if she thinks it's okay, then you should be good to go.

[justTripn]

Correct. We are worried about people who get inspired to begin a saga they can't finish. But you listed two other genres you've already written in. Presumably one of those has a completed story? Plus you've written your own language. That's pretty hard core. My impression is you're one of us!

[aadarshinah]

I've twenty-nine stories up on ff.net, twenty-seven of which are completed and eight of which are multi-chapter fics... I'll see about getting some of it posted here once I've finished through the augment arc... just because it's giving me so much trouble.

Though I must admit I find it kinda embaressing to already be dubbed hardcore on a site I've been a member of for less than 24 hours.... Not that I didn't just use an iTunes giftcard I was given to purchase season 1 of DS9... and then immediately run here to see if anyone had responded to my posts...

[crystalswolf]

It would be pronounced ay-ah-dar-SHIN-ah.

Oh how beautiful. I'm jealous. I've always had trouble with creating a balance between aesthetics and melody. Either it sounds beautiful and looks like crap or it's the other way around.

There's a community for everything under the sun on the internet, sometimes you just happen to come across one that is right for you and looks like you have.

[Reanok]

hello aadarshina, I've enjoyed reading your new Trip&T'Pol story at fanfiction.net I look forward to seeing what happens in chapter4 of your story.T'Les isn't going to be pleased about the choices T'Pol made about not marrying Koss.

[aadarshinah]

Oh how beautiful. I'm jealous...

I try. That's the beauty of creating your own language: you can make it sound as nice as you want, though you should see some of the oddities I created when I got into my "x" and "y" stages...

T'Les isn't going to be pleased about the choices T'Pol made...

I don't know about you, but when are mother's ever completely happy with their daughter's choices, especially when it comes to guys? My mom's *still* going on about the college I ended up going to, and that was years ago. There's just no pleasing some people...

[panyasan]

BTW, creating languages isn't silly. It's actually a fun hobby and quite addictive (like some other hobbies I don't think I have to mention...). From what I've read, Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings to, in a way, showcase the languages he created.

I think it's very creative when you can develop your own language: grammar, words, structure, but also an entire culture. I never tried it, I stick to "already developed languages". Once I get into a language and getting excited, my brain tunes into that language. I remember writing a Vulcan poem and having so much fun that before I feel asleep the Vulcan words were buzzing in my head. I wanted to write a whole story in the Vulcan language. Only problem: nobody can read it.