Aha! What have you been reading on the topic?

Very much so--and things get even more interesting....

If you're interested in reviving traditional scripts from around the world, join us on Sunday!

Coming up on Sunday: the next Script Keepers meetings. If you care about preserving minority cultures and want to offer your skills, check out endangeredalphabets.com/2025/02/26/lau… for info and registration.

When I started the Endangered Alphabets Project, the first book I read was Amalia Gnanadesikan’s The Writing Revolution, and it was the most valuable thing I could have read. The second edition is now out, and I advise everyone interested in language and writing to order it .

Just got this notification that academia.edu has used AI to make a podcast of an essay I wrote 45 years ago. They do NOT have my permission. Cease and desist, academic.edu. Cease and desist, blast you.

Check out the ambitions and activities of our new Script Keepers Network at endangeredalphabets.com/2025/02/26/lau…

Our Writing Beyond Writing Book Club guest on Sunday, July 20, at noon ET, will be Joanna Homrighausen, an expert in sacred texts, lettering, calligraphy, and scribal crafts. Register for free at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

A really interesting conversation, thanks to an excellent interviewer.....

Alphabets born of dreams! Join me for our online discussion group this Sunday at noon ET to discuss the 25+ scripts born of dreams, visions or divine revelations. Register free at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Please share with friends and colleagues!

Every day, in every way, this looks a little better. “Spontaneous Perfection “ in Tibetan calligraphy by Golok Akyung. This will be available as either wall art or a small side table as of September 1. Please share this with anyone who might be interested.

This Sunday at noon ET, my book club discussion group will discuss two wars that have been fought over a dot--one above a letter, the other under one. We are never dull. Free registration at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Heads up: the second edition of Amalia Gnanadesikan's great book. The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet, is now on sale at wiley.com/en-us/The+Writ….

I’m offering Endangered Alphabets merch at fire-sale prices. This week, hand-silkscreened Endangered Alphabets project tote bags at the ridiculous price of $7.50 each (plus shipping). Your purchase will support the Endangered Alphabets Project. Thanks! endangeredalphabets.com/2025/08/10/sal…

Finished. “Spontaneous Perfection,” based on Tibetan calligraphy by Golok Akyung, seen here in early-morning light and shadow. Available either as a piece of circular wall art or as a side table with hairpin legs. If you’re interested, contact me!

Ever wonder how a script is created--not a conscript for a book or a TV series but a script intended to serve a specific language community? Check out Kambai Akau's account at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_… , and may it serve as encouragement to others with similar hopes and ambitions.

Is there any truth to this diagram? What does AI, which can't write, say about handwriting? Join my regular discussion group and bring pencil, paper or a sample of your handwriting! This Sunday, August 17th at noon EST. Free registration link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

This evening’s Endangered Alphabets work. Ten points for identifying the script. A hundred points for being able to work out what it translates to. A thousand points for identifying the wood. I’m a tough judge. endangeredalphabets.com

Not quite finished... This says “Laan tulis” or “Write!” In Balinese (and the wood, for those who tried guessing, is goncalo alves). This is part of the support paraphernalia for the By Hand tour that will launch my next book, of the same name, this fall.