Let's face it; if you're wanting to craft a world, it really helps if you're an expert in a field related to the subject. Take Arda, for example--J.R.R. Tolkien's world. I'm still utterly astonished at how much depth his world has when it comes to languages, even after first discovering just how far he went into designing them years ago. Sure, most of the languages are not fleshed out; I think only the Elven languages have that honor ... but, he still laid the framework for a workable language... read more
