Sariel the Master Archivist
last modified 4/5/00

Sariel is the Pernese alter ego of Cheryl Miller.  While I don't participate in any of the numerous Pern MU*s or fanfic writing clubs (yet...), I felt the need for a separate persona to keep track of this Pern site.  And to keep my alter ego happy, I let her Impress a cute little blue fire-lizard, whom she named Zoey.

I've come to realize that many people have no idea how to pronounce my name, so I thought I should enlighten everyone.  Phonetically, Sariel sounds like Sair-ee-ell and rhymes with "Merry bell." 

I have lots more info that I want to include on this page now, which can be split up into the following general categories:

News About Cheryl--1/2/00
I had quite a Pernese Christmas in terms of gifts--which is impressive as I already own multiple copies of all the books!  My neighbors gave me an adorable little dragon statuette.   He's metallic blue, purple, and green in color, and as he has scales as well he definitely doesn't represent Zoey.  Instead I've named him Imry (though I can't take credit for originating the name--one of the winners of Zoey & Emerald's cyber-eggs named her blue that).  My mother-in-law finished my Pern costume for me--months before I expected her to!  We picked out the pattern and fabrics together over the summer, and I'm quite pleased with the result.  Finally, my dear darling husband Kendall gave me my Master's pin: a dragonfly pin with a sapphire on it.  He also got me a matching sapphire bracelet!  You can see all the above mentioned items in the picture I've posted here.  Click for a larger view.

That's pretty much all I have to say for now, except that my tubby tabby Cedric is jealous that Kendall was mentioned and he wasn't.  To help appease his hurt feelings, I've included a nice photo-sketch of Cedric, and shall point the way to his personal picture gallery.

About Sariel--coming sometime...
Sariel has undergone quite a bit of development as a character in the past few months as I've started writing stories about her.  I'd love to share the stories with you, but it's not legal to publish them on the web (or anywhere else for that matter).  Instead I can just tell you a bit about them, which I'll do sometime ...

Future Site Plans--10/8/00
For a change, I have no concrete plans for future site developments at present.  I'm kept pretty busy between my job and my duties as a host over at the Kitchen Table, so I know nothing major will be changing here in the near future.  I do have some ideas of what I'd like to do here when I have the time, but there's no point making promises I can't keep!

Uh oh!  Gotta go--Zoey informed me that my next class is arriving...