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Sketches, Maps, and News, Oh My!

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I hope everyone is having a happy Memorial Day. Let us not forget the true meaning of the day as we enjoy good food and good company. Visit Wikipedia for more info: Memorial Day.

Between working on my what feels like dozens of writing projects and work, I’ve managed to squeeze some time to get some fun sketches in!

From left to right/top to bottom:
Lucius Malfoy – What would the wizarding world think of the illustrious wizard if they found out he is addicted to taking selfies on Muggle devices!?
Luthandra – An original character you’ll get to meet, but more on that later!
Deanna Troi – Uh oh. Looks like someone was forced to write her own moment of shame!
Lord Kaldor – An original character you’ll get to meet, but more on that later!

Click the map to view a larger size!

Call it later because it’s about ten seconds after I typed that. This map is a sneak peak at a surprise I have in store for you all! I haven’t forgotten about my Omg!Orcs project…There are many tales to be told in that same world. Keep your eyes peeled for more!

Awesome News!
Stars or Stripes is now available on the iBookstore

That’s right! Set your phones and tablets on tap, and get ready! Just follow the big, giant iBookstore box from my lulu page: Stars or Stripes And remember: It’s FREE!

In case you missed the Stars or Stripes character shorts I posted here, I’ve pasted the links below:
Careful With That Selfie!
Goodbye, Hashtag Glitter Nation

Stars or Stripes – For Your Wednesday

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Hump Day? Kitten, please. You’re too fabulous for that! Happy ‪#‎MeowDay‬! 
I’ve got a gift for you.

Stars and Stripes is here!
Did I mention that it is FREE?

Apple iBookstore: Coming soon!
Barnes & Noble NOOK: Coming soon! 

‘No one prepared us for actual violence…like legit ‘I want to destroy the world’ stuff.’

Whatever happened to routine drug busts and petty criminals? Headquarters throw Agent Jadelynn Jackson in for a wild ride when they dump the empire’s most frustrating foe in her lap. The Federal Freemen are growing bolder and more violent with each passing day. It’s only a matter of time before the public finds out, and what will happen then? The empire can only control so much…

To top things off, a mysterious (and very illegal) telepath offers his aid. Is it wrong Jadelynn agrees to let him help? Is it wrong that she finds herself attracted to him? Telepaths—dirty twelps—are scum of the earth, awful, and deserve to be put away, but he’s her only chance at stopping the Freemen once and for all!

Twelps, secrets, and choices, oh my! In the end Jadelynn must choose between stars or stripes, her heart or the career she loves.

Goodbye, Hashtag Glitter Nation

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The Command Deck has another special guest today!
Missed the last “guest?” You can catch her post here: Careful With That Selfie!

Aaron Winters from my upcoming story, Stars or Stripes, has something to say about hipsters and memes. He goes by another name, but only close friends are allowed to know it. Boo. I want to know it now!

This pic went viral on the Empire Web underground. 
What does Aaron have to say about it?

A hipster!? Is that what people are calling me these days? I regret hacking one of my chit cards and regret ever creating that underground network in the darkest and most forgotten corner of the Empire Web. The exciting location of my hidden corner is Zoning Regulations: Manufacturing: Textiles: Code by Fabric Type, then find the “Cottons*” folder.

I wanted a place where we could openly discuss things without fear of reprisal by empire authorities…but all people are posting is a bunch of hashtag one liners and cat pictures. With all the bandwidth these silly images and videos take, it will only be a matter of days before RIA watchdogs catch on.

Goodbye, Hashtag Glitter Nation….I’m not even going to share The Great Kittenpurror Sir Meows Clinton meme…All our meows are belong to him.

Oh, and as for me, Cottons*’s creator? I’ve been turned into a meme as you can see in the image above. I posted this picture the other day (if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em…*sigh*). Look  what someone did with it!

There goes the end of the Cottons* folder. I wonder if Emperor Clinton will be amused or displeased to find that he has become a kitten adored by the purrletariat. I smell a few arrests in the future, which is why I’m #GettingTheHellOut.

See, I’m with the times. Just because I appreciate the forgotten things in life, it doesn’t make me some wannabe, hipster snob! I just now realized that me ranting like this isn’t helping my image…

So yep, getting out, deleting Cottons* and all the posts, images, videos, and user data within, and throwing away this hacked chit (I can always hack another).

~Aaron signing off.

P.S. It’s not considered rage quitting if you’re sparing a handful of people from being taken into RIA custody and arrested.

Stars or Stripes is coming soon to a Command Deck near you!
 Did we mention that it’s going to be free?
FREE! 

Careful With That Selfie!

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The Command Deck has a special guest today!

Agent Jadelynn Jackson from the RIA (who is also the star of my upcoming story, Stars or Stripes) has a special message for you all.

Dear Self,
I must not take selfies with my empire-issue chit card. I must not take selfies with my empire-issue chit card….and et cetera.

In my defense, it’s not everyday you get to go into a classified area with relics from the past. By past, I don’t mean ten years ago. Nope. This was some Grade A, pre-Great War stuff.

I mean who could blame me? You have to have a Level 5 clearance just to get near the thing! The selfie would have been just an innocent file named something boring stored in my chit for a few hours until I got home to transfer it.

But nope. I had to mess up big time. My boss laughed the entire time he was reprimanding me. *sigh* So how did an innocent selfie blow up in  my face?

It’s easy.

An agent sent out a mass message, warning everyone about a potential twelp situation several miles away. That same agent sent me a private message because I was closest to the “fun.” Well…My thumb slipped, and when I was trying to swipe my selfie away, I hit “Reply All,” and my lovely mug was sent to the entire 10th Eastern Command.

Charming, I know.

I wonder how many times it got forwarded before Headquarters purged everyone’s chits…Ah, my smiling face and that devious little act of mine…Well, here’s to you, Level 4 security clearances and below. You got to see a rare artifact; you only had to put up with my face.

The lesson here is simple: don’t abuse your chit card privileges, and don’t hit the “Reply All” button. But really…why do they still keep it RIGHT next to the regular “Reply” button? Not that I was going to send my selfie to the agent in question or anything, but still! Why?

~Jadelynn

Stars or Stripes is coming soon to a Command Deck near you!
 Did we mention that it’s going to be free?
FREE! 

A Little Teaser

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Let’s just rename today Teaser Thursday!

I’m sure everyone’s feeds are buzzing with Star Wars awesomeness right now. If you haven’t seen the new teaser trailer, head on over to YouTube (I’ll post a link at the bottom). I feel like adding my own little teaser into the mix!

This is by no means on the same epic level as Star Wars. 😉

Teaser cover!

I’m working on a novella (I took a break from editing Omg!Orcs), and the best news is that it will be a FREE ebook! Here is a snapshot of the cover…which may or may not change by the time I’m done revising the story.

Oh, and as for my Photoshop woes? They are over. I downloaded a free alternative (yes, folks, it is a safe alternative and not one of those “super optimizer pro double speed freezz storage support paint and remember that’s free with a double z!” scams).

The program I’m using now is called GIMP. Wikipedia has a good summary of it.

GIMP (/ɡɪmp/;[5] an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor[6] used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.

http://www.gimp.org/ is their website. Click download, ignore the torrent (they have a normal download option in smaller font right below the torrent option), and enjoy!

Here is a huge shout out to all of the people on YouTube who’ve posted GIMP tutorials. You guys are the real MVPs! 

And now for some Star Wars: