From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Michelle Bottorff explained :   
   > Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> (Rebecca Friedman --she's been helping us with editing and   
   >>> is easily worth the not very much she charges-- says that   
   >>> it's a pity that most readers probably won't bother to   
   >>> look at a glossary, because mine really do add to the   
   >>> book,  but I figure that they're my little "easter egg"   
   >>> for those readers fortunate enough to have stumbled over   
   >>> them.) :)   
   >>   
   >> As you can probably guess, I *always* look at glossaries.   
   >> Often before I even start the book!   
   >   
   > You know, I think you're right. I probably could have guessed that.  :)   
   >   
   >   
   > Bit of trivia just for you.  (Because who else would find it   
   > interesting?)   
   >   
   > At one point I wanted Borgim nouns to have a numbered and an unnumbered   
   > form, rather than a singular/plural.  (Sort of like lots of hair and   
   > three hairs.)   
   >   
   > But I had betareaders complain that it was too confusing.  :(   
      
   I've seen a few novels in print with glossaries to invented languages.   
   It implies "My novel has this language, and you'll need this glossary   
   to follow it."   
      
   Please don't take this remark as a criticism of a work I haven't seen.   
      
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