Sorry about all of the recent downtime folks, but I think I’ve got it fixed. I moved my whole website to new servers! This new setup should be much, much better, cheaper, and with a lot less downtime. The database of names is fixed up, and the names starting with
Fiona J.
Hello! I'm your friendly neighborhood linguist! I grew up on a small sheep and horse ranch in Montana, but now I'm a city-slicker and a college grad, with a degree in English-Linguistics from the University of Montana. I am the owner and head translator of this website.
A Decision on the Name Lists
So, after doing battle with the namelists for years, after crashing the database more times than I care to recall, I’ve come to a realization, which led to a decision. I’ve made the namelist databases too complex. So, the way to solve this problem is to make the databases less
Wanna Meet Dreamingfifi?
I’m doing a series of events and conventions this year, so you may get your chance to drop by and say hello! I’ve made a page dedicated to them here: Events/Conventions The plan for July is: NaguCon and Write Like an Elf See you there!
I was a Guest on LOTRO Player’s News (again!)
Here’s the link to the episode: LOTRO Players News episode 208 I’ll edit to add the link to the youtube version of this episode later. Again, I had a lot of fun doing this! It was nice getting to hang out with them online.
I made an ad for my book entirely in Sindarin!
This was a lot of fun to do!
I Appeared in a Wired Video
I had no idea this was going down, but hey look! I was quoted in a wired video about conlangs! That’s my collection of Tolkien books and my voice!
“A Fan’s Guide to Neo-Sindarin” E-book is available!
Available here: Lulu E-book for $8.99. It was kinda sad ripping out all of the nice formatting Mark and I’d put into it, but it had to be done for the e-book. As a result, the e-book is available in an epub format that is readable for the majority of
Hard Copies of “A Fan’s Guide to Neo-Sindarin” are Available!
I’m so excited, I’ve been jittering myself into exhaustion. After being asked for so many years to do it, after 9 months and 3 editors and lots of help from you, I have turned your Neo-Sindarin textbook into a real book that you can hold in your hands. Thank you
Book Illustrations Complete!
You can preview the pictures here: Map of Beleriand Group Portrait Gwaeren/Aranyo Gaming Orc Attack Hand Diagram Glaewen/Lothuial Romantic Scene Battle Scene Elven Cosmos The book will be available soon!
Adramir a Athramir – Song I Helped Translate is Released!
Back in 2015 I got a translation request for a song translation into Sindarin. This song has been recorded and now have a video up on You Tube! Check it out!