Woohoo!  Preparing for convention this weekend.  I will be at Dallas Comiccon in the small publishers area!   I hope we do well.

In case you’re wondering, I ran out of Pawprints scripts!  Well… I have one, but it’s special and will be PRINT ONLY.

- Tiff

I have Dallas Comiccon  from May 17-19!  I have a table in the small press area!  Come see me!  This also means I may miss a few updates over the next several weeks.  I will put up a note if I am going to, but Sink or Swim and Genoworks Saga are already uploaded to update.  The only thing I have left is Campus Safari.  I also need to script more Pawprints.

- Tiff

Yup… got the date wrong and updated early.   Well.. enjoy an early update! – Tiff

—– Don’t forget to VOTE for Shivae Studios to receive a business grant!  Vote daily!  You can check the rank by closing the vote window and clicking Most Loved.  Check by the number of votes.

So, on Saturday, I had a dental visit for routine cleaning and Xrays.  (I haven’t had dental insurance for awhile.)  I was asked if I had had periodontal disease in the past.  I did… five years ago when the dentist told me that all my teeth needed to be removed.  He fixed the periodontal disease, but I have massive bone loss and apparently the only thing that’s holding my teeth in is tarter below the gum line.   I have DEEP pockets around my teeth, even though my gums are nice and healthy pink.  The bone beneath on the other hand… 50%-75% gone.  Lots of plates and partials in my family… and to top it off, they’re just now finding out that oh, people who were born prematurely (I was a month early) have lifelong dental FUN.  My teeth were very small to begin with, not much bigger than baby teeth.

After insurance, it’s only $1,800 for everything.  I say, it’s only… because I was fearing something more like $5K-$6K.  I don’t intend to start on this until June.  I kinda need a couple of months to get over the horror of having all my teeth removed and having to wear full dentures.  I’ve never actually HAD to have anything more than wisdom teeth removed or worked on.   No cavities, no fillings, no root canals.  I’m reading that this might improve other areas of my health, so it’s not all bad.

I’m typing this up, because when I start the next Kickstarter, I’ll probably use some of whatever comes off the top for this procedure.  Either that… or I’m going to end up running an Indiegogo for both Kim and I’s bills.  Nice thing is… I no longer need a dentist when they’re done.

- Tiff

Happy April Fools day! (Don’t fall for any false stories today!) Hope everyone had a good Easter/long weekend!

Ok, on to important matters. There is a poll on cyantian.net if you read this on the Campus Safari page. If you want me to run a kickstarter to get a plushy toy made, please tell me what you’d like. The options are for an 8 – 10 inch plush. I’m undecided at the moment and getting price quotes for samples. Samples will run $250, so THIS time, I’m going to run a Kickstarter to get the sample made, then another one to get the actual toys made if successful.

Your choices will be Quinn, Darius or Darius’ shivae, Gryphon. The Shivae design would be reused in the future as well. Gryphon is dark blue/black with a strip of bright orange/gold fur that goes from his chin down his belly. He will have a ribbon and likely a tag with a name of your choice on it.

Go VOTE!!

– Tiff