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eynowd. Either tomorrow or Monday, we'll move on to the next set.
1. Despite everything that's happened in your life over the past year or so, you've managed to keep a really warm, caring spirit (which is one of the things I really admire about you). How do you manage to keep going?
That's very sweet of you. Thank you.
Um, as far as keeping going.... well, there isn't much of an alternative. It's not as though I can signal the ride operator and say "hey, I want to get off now!" and wander along my merry way. Even if I could, I have two small people here with me, and I was the one who chose to bring them along for the ride. I can't simply quit on them either. I'm responsible for them.
It also helps to hear other people's stories and be able to offer advice or sympathy or something to them. Makes me feel less alone, and perhaps a bit more... I dunno if "needed" is the right word. Useful, maybe. I'm not under the impression that anyone but my children need me, and some days I suspect they'd do fine as long as they had one parent around. I use to feel like as long as people needed me they would never walk away. Now I know that everything ends, and that need is not enough. I don't know what is enough anymore, but I'm no longer into that whole need thing.
2. If you could gather your dream group of gamers together for a game, who would they be, and why? And for what sort of a game?
Hmm. My friends Trey and Nicole, my friend Mickey from Houston, Mark Hunter (a Scot of my acquaintance who lives in Dundee, last I heard from him), John Rhys-Davies, and
Vin Diesel. Robin Williams would make the short list, but I'm afraid in the end that no one would want to GM for him.
As to why? Well, the first four are all extremely dear friends of mine, and I miss them terribly. I was going to try to finance a trip to San Fancisco to see Trey and Nicole on my way back from GAMA, but plane fare went up and I had an unexpected expense, and that basically put an end to the deal.
Mickey I could theoretically see at least once a year, if I could ever make it to A-Kon in Dallas, but it never works out. I can never get away from kids long enough, and they're too small to take, and I can't afford to stay anywhere but at my sister-in-law's place.
Mark... god, I loved talking to that man. It was like Monty Python on acid sometimes, but that was half the fun. I try to send him emails sometimes, but they all disappear or bounce. I don't know where he is anymore. I truly miss him.
John Rhys-Davies is because anything's cooler with him involved. Besides, I'd love to see him act in person, and I know getting into character would be no problem for him. Vin Diesel? Because he's cute and can act and also roleplays, and you can never have too many sexy male roleplayers at a table. At least, at my table, anyway.
What sort of game? Nearly anything, I suppose. I don't think I'd really care.
3. If you could go anywhere in the world on a holiday, where would you go?
Ooh, that's tough. Okay, we'll assume for the moment that I don't have to use the trip to see people I haven't seen in years. In that case... Scotland. The rest of the UK following a close second, with Rome, Venice, and Florence right behind, then France (I couldn't possibly pick just one area), then... sigh. That doesn't even cover things like New York, or other continents, or anything.
When I went to college, I had every plan to do one of those study abroad plans. It didn't matter what it took, I was going to be ready. And then... three months later I met my husband, and I never dared look at such a thing again. God, sometimes I hate myself.
4. What's your favourite movie, and why?
Hmmm... it's so hard to pick just one. I don't think I possibly can. I love all sorts of movies for all manner of different reasons. There are movies I love that I'll probably never see again, because I'm not sure if I could take it. There are really not so good movies that I'll watch over and over again, because they're entertaining little bits of fluff and they make me happy. I will say that my short list for the year was Pirates of the Caribbean, followed by Return of the King. I sobbed all the way home after Return of the King, though, and I can't think that I'll be able to watch it again any time soon. Too much going on in my life that resonates with some really sad parts of the film. Much too overwhelming.
5. How did you manage to get to work on the Star Wars RPG line? I thought WotC was a notoriously closed shop as far as freelancers were concerned.
Straight out of FASA, one or two days after I learned I wasn't going to have a job any more, I emailed everyone I could think of in the gaming industry and let them know I needed work. One of the developers at FASA, Tim Brown, knew most of the developers at WotC (had in fact hired at least two of them at TSR) and he recommended me. I was assigned a chapter of the Wheel of Time adventure, Prophecies of the Dragon, and my next job for them was on the Star Wars line.
Of course, since completing my last assignment with them over the summer (right when all this shit happened and basically rendered me unfit to do much), I haven't heard anything back from them. At this point, it's possible that I may not be working for them any more. I'd like to think that's not what's happening, but I haven't even had an email response from them since then. My stuff ended up pushing back a publication date for them, and I don't think they take well to that.
eynowd. Either tomorrow or Monday, we'll move on to the next set.1. Despite everything that's happened in your life over the past year or so, you've managed to keep a really warm, caring spirit (which is one of the things I really admire about you). How do you manage to keep going?
That's very sweet of you. Thank you.
Um, as far as keeping going.... well, there isn't much of an alternative. It's not as though I can signal the ride operator and say "hey, I want to get off now!" and wander along my merry way. Even if I could, I have two small people here with me, and I was the one who chose to bring them along for the ride. I can't simply quit on them either. I'm responsible for them.
It also helps to hear other people's stories and be able to offer advice or sympathy or something to them. Makes me feel less alone, and perhaps a bit more... I dunno if "needed" is the right word. Useful, maybe. I'm not under the impression that anyone but my children need me, and some days I suspect they'd do fine as long as they had one parent around. I use to feel like as long as people needed me they would never walk away. Now I know that everything ends, and that need is not enough. I don't know what is enough anymore, but I'm no longer into that whole need thing.
2. If you could gather your dream group of gamers together for a game, who would they be, and why? And for what sort of a game?
Hmm. My friends Trey and Nicole, my friend Mickey from Houston, Mark Hunter (a Scot of my acquaintance who lives in Dundee, last I heard from him), John Rhys-Davies, and
Vin Diesel. Robin Williams would make the short list, but I'm afraid in the end that no one would want to GM for him.
As to why? Well, the first four are all extremely dear friends of mine, and I miss them terribly. I was going to try to finance a trip to San Fancisco to see Trey and Nicole on my way back from GAMA, but plane fare went up and I had an unexpected expense, and that basically put an end to the deal.
Mickey I could theoretically see at least once a year, if I could ever make it to A-Kon in Dallas, but it never works out. I can never get away from kids long enough, and they're too small to take, and I can't afford to stay anywhere but at my sister-in-law's place.
Mark... god, I loved talking to that man. It was like Monty Python on acid sometimes, but that was half the fun. I try to send him emails sometimes, but they all disappear or bounce. I don't know where he is anymore. I truly miss him.
John Rhys-Davies is because anything's cooler with him involved. Besides, I'd love to see him act in person, and I know getting into character would be no problem for him. Vin Diesel? Because he's cute and can act and also roleplays, and you can never have too many sexy male roleplayers at a table. At least, at my table, anyway.
What sort of game? Nearly anything, I suppose. I don't think I'd really care.
3. If you could go anywhere in the world on a holiday, where would you go?
Ooh, that's tough. Okay, we'll assume for the moment that I don't have to use the trip to see people I haven't seen in years. In that case... Scotland. The rest of the UK following a close second, with Rome, Venice, and Florence right behind, then France (I couldn't possibly pick just one area), then... sigh. That doesn't even cover things like New York, or other continents, or anything.
When I went to college, I had every plan to do one of those study abroad plans. It didn't matter what it took, I was going to be ready. And then... three months later I met my husband, and I never dared look at such a thing again. God, sometimes I hate myself.
4. What's your favourite movie, and why?
Hmmm... it's so hard to pick just one. I don't think I possibly can. I love all sorts of movies for all manner of different reasons. There are movies I love that I'll probably never see again, because I'm not sure if I could take it. There are really not so good movies that I'll watch over and over again, because they're entertaining little bits of fluff and they make me happy. I will say that my short list for the year was Pirates of the Caribbean, followed by Return of the King. I sobbed all the way home after Return of the King, though, and I can't think that I'll be able to watch it again any time soon. Too much going on in my life that resonates with some really sad parts of the film. Much too overwhelming.
5. How did you manage to get to work on the Star Wars RPG line? I thought WotC was a notoriously closed shop as far as freelancers were concerned.
Straight out of FASA, one or two days after I learned I wasn't going to have a job any more, I emailed everyone I could think of in the gaming industry and let them know I needed work. One of the developers at FASA, Tim Brown, knew most of the developers at WotC (had in fact hired at least two of them at TSR) and he recommended me. I was assigned a chapter of the Wheel of Time adventure, Prophecies of the Dragon, and my next job for them was on the Star Wars line.
Of course, since completing my last assignment with them over the summer (right when all this shit happened and basically rendered me unfit to do much), I haven't heard anything back from them. At this point, it's possible that I may not be working for them any more. I'd like to think that's not what's happening, but I haven't even had an email response from them since then. My stuff ended up pushing back a publication date for them, and I don't think they take well to that.
