Kiela-Starcatcher

All right, all right. I sent someone a link to some of my creative works here, and it made me come back and take a look at some of the wonderful things I've shared with all of you over the years.  I realized that I can't stay away, even if I can't afford a premium membership.  I'll be back and get back to commenting, if nothing else.  I've been too busy going back to school to really accomplish much on the artistic front.  But... I've always got projects going on, so who knows? I've done some professional writing since I've been gone here.  Feel free to check out the links on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kiela.starcatcher (scr

It's funny how memories work. They don't just come at your bidding.  At least, not at mine!  Instead, they have to be enticed out.  Coerced by something familiar: a sight, a sound...  For me, it's usually smells.  A human's sense of smell may be the least-developed of the five (or most devolved, depending on how you look at it), but it most certainly still works!  I can't smell wood-smoke without thinking of bonfires in the backyard out in the country where I grew up.  I can't smell a mossy, fishy bog without thinking of the creek I used to play in.  In the summer, an early morning rain always reminds me of the cool, dew-wet mornings in nort

Gen-Con this year was as fun for me as it always is, although we weren't able to attend all of the best four days in gaming.  It did feel a bit more subdued this year, as there weren't quite as many exhibitors as usual (read: only 5/6 of a bazillion people were there this time as opposed to the whole bazillion that usually show up!).  Taiso and I suspect this was due to complicated legal matters involving Wizards of the Coast and LucasArts, but I'm sure the current economy didn't help matters, either. The media showcases were a joke this year.  They once brought in Bill Shatner...this year they brought in David Faustino.  You might ask the s