@ Aimee:

Thank you! Maybe I will NaNoWriMo one year. I always toy with the idea of doing it, but I usually end up talking myself out of it. I love world-building and I can do it at a drop of a hat, but that’s actually the easy part of writing. Creating compelling characters, and devising stories that make readers care about them is incredibly hard. :)

@ Matt`:

That’s actually a really good point. I added a bit about communal child rearing to the article. I guess the idea would be that some members of the society devote themselves to child care, to free others up to do more important things. I also bumped down the length of their childhood a bit.

Thanks.

These are always fun to read. You lost me a little bit with the Hoblites though – short lifespan and long childhood seems like an unlikely pair of things to have evolved together. Especially if it means they can get so distracted that they forget to reproduce.

I loved reading these three articles, and all your other Reinventing Fantasy Races. You’re a genius, and really inspire me!
…please write a book.
Please?