Audience, Uglossia, and CONLANG: Inventing Languages on the Internet

From Langmaker

Audience, Uglossia, and CONLANG: Inventing Languages on the Internet - Sarah L. Higley writes, "Tolkien speaks of the 'shyness' and 'shame' attached to this pursuit, where 'higher developments are locked in secret places'. It can win no prizes, he says, nor make birthday presents for aunts. His choice of title ("A Secret Vice") echoes a Victorian phrase for the closet."