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selenicseasAs part of the worldbuilding for my current story project, I’ve been working on a new conlang. It’s a simple naming language at the moment, though I may expand it into a “full” conlang later on if such needs arise.
At the time of writing this, I have not actively been into conlanging since late 2021. I can’t pinpoint an exact date or even a reason – it certainly wasn’t because of a lack of free time, that’s for certain – but it was a hobby that I had slowly begun to accept that I would probably never get back into. I hadn’t had any particular “reason” to conlang (not that I ever needed any reason before), not even for my stories. I skipped Lexember in 2023 and 2022. I was completely disconnected from any conlanging communities.
When I realized that I didn’t want to use English nature words as character names in my current story project, I was not looking forward to the obvious alternative – creating a shiny new conlang. I was so out of practice that I did not know if I would even be able to create a naming language – which, in hindsight, is pretty ridiculous since I wrote an entire guide on how to create one. It was my most popular post on Wordpress for years. For a while, it was on the first page of Google for the search “naming language”. That’s how well-received it was.
I’ve only worked on this new conlang for a couple of days, but things have gone very well so far. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it has been easy – much easier than I expected it to be, especially since I had zero plans going in. I didn’t know what phonemes I wanted to use, or what orthography, and that’s typically something I have in mind before I start work on a conlang. But the point is that it’s been easy, not difficult.
I really thought that my conlanging days were over, and that I’d never be able to make one again. Thankfully, I was wrong. I should also point out that I thought the same about art – that I might not be able to get back into it – and I was wrong there as well.
This has actually done a lot to soothe some of my own worries about getting back into old hobbies I haven’t practiced in a while – and starting new hobbies entirely. So long as I have interest and put in a little effort, things should turn out fine.
At the time of writing this, I have not actively been into conlanging since late 2021. I can’t pinpoint an exact date or even a reason – it certainly wasn’t because of a lack of free time, that’s for certain – but it was a hobby that I had slowly begun to accept that I would probably never get back into. I hadn’t had any particular “reason” to conlang (not that I ever needed any reason before), not even for my stories. I skipped Lexember in 2023 and 2022. I was completely disconnected from any conlanging communities.
When I realized that I didn’t want to use English nature words as character names in my current story project, I was not looking forward to the obvious alternative – creating a shiny new conlang. I was so out of practice that I did not know if I would even be able to create a naming language – which, in hindsight, is pretty ridiculous since I wrote an entire guide on how to create one. It was my most popular post on Wordpress for years. For a while, it was on the first page of Google for the search “naming language”. That’s how well-received it was.
I’ve only worked on this new conlang for a couple of days, but things have gone very well so far. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it has been easy – much easier than I expected it to be, especially since I had zero plans going in. I didn’t know what phonemes I wanted to use, or what orthography, and that’s typically something I have in mind before I start work on a conlang. But the point is that it’s been easy, not difficult.
I really thought that my conlanging days were over, and that I’d never be able to make one again. Thankfully, I was wrong. I should also point out that I thought the same about art – that I might not be able to get back into it – and I was wrong there as well.
This has actually done a lot to soothe some of my own worries about getting back into old hobbies I haven’t practiced in a while – and starting new hobbies entirely. So long as I have interest and put in a little effort, things should turn out fine.
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