Have you ever wanted to let out a secret before it was
time?
Well, this gracious reviewer on Amazon picked up on one of those secrets
that I want to reveal but I can't at this point.
In the book, I use words like udam, ohema, ananin, Heock,
and that annoying word for a unit of distance, ama. Another person noticed that I was consistent in
my usage of these words, and I agree, they appear to be "made up";
but they are not.
They are actually based on a particular language. One in which, if I were to reveal it too
soon, it would give away a key piece of the story.
Weird huh? How can funny words that appear made up, but are
based on a specific language be a key piece of the story? Well, I'm not going
to tell. You'll just have to keep reading.
Speaking of words, for this next book, The Returning, I'm
agonizing over one particular word that I believe will immediately bring many
of these elements together. Should I use
it, or not? Should I wait for the third book, or reveal it at the end of the
second? Hmm...I guess you'll just have
to keep reading. :)
So, the words are their for a reason, but you won't know
that until later.
I'll give you one clue though - accented phonetic spelling.
