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Hashtag Update

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I am happy to say that I’ve completed Sisters! *Sheds a tear* This story has been near and dear to my heart ever since I started writing it. And now comes the hard part…

Revision.

Let’s just say that I have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to editing pages and pages of writing.  I’m pacing myself and doing it in increments, but the draw back to doing it in increments is time. If I let more than a week go by without cracking it open for an edit, I forget what’s going on (life has a funny way of shoving itself past your hobbies).

Here’s to chugging through the first round of revisions!

And because I can’t do a blog post without mentioning the Man in the High Castle…clever transition of topic because yeah!

I’ve migrated everything downstairs to my Project Grasshopper shelf. ♥ I’ve hung the alternate reality NYC painting I did (finally!) above it and started a sister painting for the Pacific States!

There are a few things I want to tweak and add to the shelf (especially for the Pacific States. Their poor section is completely bare even though they have a million dolls ♥ ). The Reich section is the exact opposite; they have the Smiths and Joe dolls, but they’ve got a lot of stuff.

I plan to paint a few more Reich dolls and get/make some Pacific-Japanese themed items in the near future.

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Weekly Roundup: Team America, DnD, and Space Cats

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~ A quick recap of things around Empire Earth over the past week.

 Word.
This Week in…
Team America: World Police
This is by far my favorite spoof movie. It was one of those movies I couldn’t stop laughing during. What does a decade-old silly spoof movie with puppets have to do with anything?
Sony was going to release a movie titled The Interview (a comedy about assassinating North Korea’s leader), but due to recent threats from hackers, they decided not to release it. Some theatres were going to host viewings of Team America instead, but Paramount put a stop to that.
What is my opinion? I honestly don’t care. Team America is just an awesome movie that I love, so I’m excited that it is in the lime light. We blare its unofficial theme song on special, ‘MURICA! occasions. 
 I scoured the Internet for the original source. I cannot find it! If anyone knows it, I’d be delighted to find out!
Why don’t I care about Sony and The Interview? I get up, eat, work, and go home. I really and truly honestly have no interest in politics anymore. I just like a stupid movie with funny puppits and awesome songs!
If you’re not offended by crude humor, rent Team America: World Police immediately! 
Revision!
I was able to get a good dose of it in earlier this week, before the zombie swarm of holiday shoppers started filling up my beloved cafe chairs. When you are going into a round of editing and revision, there are times when you cock your head and wonder why you decided to change the nature of something mid paragraph when you initially wrote the thing.
“The giant space cat from Mars descended upon Earth with the meow heard around the world. She lifted her great head, and the masses flocked to her beck and call. Mittens was a mystical sorceress from the ancient land of G’la’Totally’Long’Name, a land far, far away.”
See? Mittens suddenly wasn’t from Mars anymore, and she’s suddenly a sword and sorcery sorceress. There was an instance where I was completely stumped. I needed a muse. I needed inspiration. I turned to my old Dungeons and Dragons books!
My problem was solved. I saw a picture, snapped my fingers, and thought of something to make my “Mittens” stick to one planet.
*There are no giant space cats from Mars or G’la’Totally’Long’Name in my current project. 😉
Currently Reading
I’m going to talk about what I finished reading: The Silmarillion. FIVE STARS. *Takes a deep breath* The book reads like someone’s account of mythology. It has every single twisted type of fantasy, characters, and romance that I love. 
Tolkien’s book is jammed back with pure awesomness. However, due to the way the stories are told (the mythology “looking above” route), I can see why some people don’t favor this particular book. The Silmarillion is one of those books that you will either love or hate. I notice that I tend to LOVE those sorts of books!

Lord XYZ of Revision St.

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I survived the retail madness of Thanksgiving and Black Friday for another year! Now that those days won’t come around for another 300+ days, I can move on. I caught up on sleep and have my NaNoWriMo project on my mind.

With the first draft completed, I sat down and wrote several back stories and renamed many characters. I don’t think X, Lord XYZ, ABC Kingdom, and Dude would pass for final draft material. 😉 When I am in the throes of writing, I don’t always stop to name my characters, hence the lovely “names” listed above!

I’ll jump into the wild waters of revision after I get my post Black Friday madness rest. I need a few days to recuperate!

Now that Thanksgiving is over, we can officially break out the holiday lights, ugly sweaters, and cheesy music!

Speaking of holiday cheer, The Year is Now is still on sale on Lulu! I have to work tomorrow morning, so I’m not ending the sale until Monday night.

I can’t think of anything profound to say. Every awesome idea I had in the shower lay forgotten in the drain. I’ll end this post with a fitting video!