From arj@nvg.org Sat Jan 31 06:23:51 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 31 Jan 2004 06:23:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no ([129.241.210.67] ident=[id9lwrYYyadCcTZTIkedxdXHJlfXaXUZ]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Amw2C-0007MX-Ht for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 06:23:44 -0800 Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no ([IPv6:::ffff:129.241.210.68]:19938 "EHLO hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no" ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE[2]" whoson: "-unregistered-") by sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no with ESMTP id ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:21:38 +0100 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:23:20 +0100 (CET) From: Arnt Richard Johansen X-X-Sender: arj@hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: (OT) Strange question for all the conlangers on the list. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-archive-position: 7030 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: arj@nvg.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Craig wrote: > I've been hired to do some language building for a novelist. Neither she nor > I is sure what a reasonable rate for this is. What should such a contract > look like? You would be much more likely to get a good answer at the Conlang list (information at http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/conlang.html). There are some people there who have actually constructed languages for money. At least Herman Millers posts there from time to time, and he has made some stuff for the Ultima series (computer role-playing games). Apart from that, IMHO you should get a percentage of the revenue of the book, instead of a lump sum or by the hour. -- Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ Information wants to be antropomorhized!