[Aralaithiel]

Oh my!!! The talent oozing from this thread is AWESOME!!!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
I too am very possessive of my writing and my little world that I have created. And yes, my fan fic is starting to stand alone, at least the *gasp! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] second book will! To you guys that are creating your own language, you are way braver than I! For my 2nd book, I am "finding" a lost group of Elves. Their language spun off from Quenya and Sindarin, and is actually Choctaw (for those of you non-Americans, the Choctaw are one of the Five Civilized Tribes that were forced to move here to Oklahoma) Indian. They have a great website, and there are quite a few similarities between Choctaw and Sindarin. Anyways, Aralaithiel's grandmother (my fan fic character is named Aralaithiel) will be descended from this "lost" group, and will have taught Aralaithiel's mother some of that tongue which Alesse (my mother)will put in a letter to Aralaithiel that she will discover later.
And I wouldn't worry about anyone stealing ideas on this board! Now, anywhere else you might post your work - that's another story.
Sorry to be long-winded! I am really getting quite a thrill reading this thread! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]