Yes, I think there were two stories with Arissa in YARF!--one called "Mr. Personality" that was kind of a light comedy, and another, much longer (and serious) one called "Learning to Fly" in which Arissa was the main character.
My introduction to the fandom was YARF!'s predecessor FurVersion. It and YARF! are how I "met" the fandom, since all the fan activity seemed to be happening in LA, San Francisco or eastern Pennsylvania. Florida was never as isolated as the heartland, but all the fanac floating around Orlando these days just wasn't there in the late '80s.
This makes me remember being stranded at home in rural Florida after I'd dropped out of college, with no friends closer than fifty miles and no local ISPs to call to get onto the internet. (Of course, back then I'm not sure there were local ISPs anywhere in Florida, but at least in Tampa I could have snuck into USF computer labs.) *That* isn't a time I'm really nostalgic for. :)
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Date: 2002-06-30 08:07 (UTC)My introduction to the fandom was YARF!'s predecessor FurVersion. It and YARF! are how I "met" the fandom, since all the fan activity seemed to be happening in LA, San Francisco or eastern Pennsylvania. Florida was never as isolated as the heartland, but all the fanac floating around Orlando these days just wasn't there in the late '80s.
This makes me remember being stranded at home in rural Florida after I'd dropped out of college, with no friends closer than fifty miles and no local ISPs to call to get onto the internet. (Of course, back then I'm not sure there were local ISPs anywhere in Florida, but at least in Tampa I could have snuck into USF computer labs.) *That* isn't a time I'm really nostalgic for. :)