[Michael]

I'd say that I was super ambituous when I tried it. Tolkien did not write much that wasn't related to Middle Earth (if anything?), so maybe it took him a long time to do it.

Lately, I have focused on developing magical systems, complex plots, and struggling to make my characters believable. That stuff is hard enough without trying to create a new language.

But I have tried to work in a "language context" for The Defiler's Rule, developing bits and pieces to incoporate into the work and trying to maintain some kind of consistency with it.

Incidentally, my memory of those years is kind of hazy (EDIT: back in my early twenties). Too many parties and such. I can't remember which part was the most difficult. I seem to recall problems developing an extensive vocabulary . . .