Hello all. Apologies for my absences. This is due, in some part, to not being on at the same time or otherwise not catching the people I need to do joint posts with (Penny, maybe we could try it in FB PMs sine we never seem to be on AOL at the same time?). I'm going to be working on that. My other problems are my day job, which stresses me the hell out on a daily basis. Then there's also my professional writing career which I am slowly but surely getting off the ground. I'm in the middle of my fifth book write now, and honestly, when I feel that creative spark, I dedicate it to my book. I do still want to take part in the sim and as I said, I'm going to work on being more involved and available. Might not happen this week, unfortunately, as I've been very sick and have been spending most of my time in bed with a temperature of more than 100. I'm hoping my fever breaks soon, because I have zero energy for anything and feel like crap all the time. My characters are as follows: Lt. Delaney Scott, Chief Engineer (main) Lt. Cailin Danaan, Assistant Counselor (secondary) Lt. Eamon Dalanar, Biologist (secondary) Ens. Fidelma Kyla, Botanist (secondary) Ens. Michaela McQuarrie, Security (secondary) Christina Moore, Author "Ah! She is a writer!" Follow me on my blog, Facebook, and Twitter: Diary of an Indie Author Facebook Twitter Find my books at my blog's Bookstore! -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Danner III <rdanner3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: avalon <avalon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: pboopter <pboopter@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, Jan 21, 2014 10:45 pm Subject: <USS Avalon> Re: Where we are and where we're going On 01/20/2014 04:34 CT, Rowanna Darkwolf wrote: > If you have any questions or suggestions about any of this, please > share! You can send them to Captain Skyler at pboopter@xxxxxxxxx ( > please note her address change on the mailstring). Also, if you > haven’t yet been added to the Avalon’s FB page, please let Captain > Skyler know so she can see to that, as all of the recent logs have > been posted there. I'm here, but there's a bit of an issue. Simply put, a JP was not completed (by the GMs) back in (I think) 2008-2009, wherein my character named Talea Erridim (and Travis (Roettger)'s, named Walker Ranger) were to depart the ship for Regellian space for an unspecified reason. The reason was simply that Talea, being one of the few of her Clan /not/ in jail, was promoted ex post facto to the post of (Lady) Laird for the purpose of closing out her Clan. Really serious business, I think you will agree! I will not be bringing Talea back except as a "guest star" type char, and Walker? He'll not be directly referenced at all. Had three different possible characters (also sent to the GMs along with a beginning of a post-draft) as potential replacements for Talea; I still have the bio files and the draft should anyone be able to help me with the transitional. Be aware that a /lot/ has changed here IRL. I now have a 14-month old son, for one. My step-daughter is in school, and that complicates matters for one reason: We're getting up @ 5:15-5:30am every weekday morning to get her ready for the bus (at 6:40am). Even when she is taken to school by the neighbor, that only gives us roughly 15 minutes extra sleep. Getting 5 hours of sleep a night for weeks on end is not fun, folks! Assistance is requested, please. -- Raymond Danner III