Vacation's over.

Okay, so I haven't posted anything, let alone been seen logged in here for over three weeks during the holidays.  After a much needed two-week stint at my girlfriend's to celebrate the holidays, another trip to her place this past 4-day weekend for more fun (and some work), a glitch in my account, and new freelance offers from a couple of people, I just wanted to let people know I didn't fall off the grid or anything.  Things just got....complicatedly busy while I tried to sort out everything and feel I wasn't going to drown in new work.
 
 I have a couple of blog posts in the wings on the "Anatomy of Game Design" series, but I'm not happy with the next installment, so I've been trying to edit it and have it up to the level I think it should be.  I'd skip it in favor of the next ones in the series if it wasn't crucial in laying some of the ground work for some of the concepts.
 
Progress is being made on Castle Builder, which includes maps for Vol. 3 that I needed a new tool in order to pull off: arrow slits!  I'm happy that my meager talents (I'm nowhere near the level of some of the professional cartographers in the gaming industry) have produced serviceable maps.  The next installment in Castle Builder will have what's effectively a medieval bunker.  Things will be picking up speed now that the holidays are over and you should expect me to resume my weekly posting schedule. 
 
I wish I could say more, but I can feel my nose being pressed downward towards that spinning stone and the threat of a whip across my back from the muses if I don't get back to work.