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It looks like I missed this week's Weekly Roundup. I blame the holidays, but don't worry! I'll make up for it. Here is an excerpt from Lucius Sinclair. Want to read the full thing? It is now FREE to download from the iBookstore and Lulu! Elrond and Captain Kirk gearing up for New Years Eve.  Gentlemen, it is not for another two days! Excerpt from Lucius Sinclair The following is (c) M.L. Crabb 2013 The anthem trickled through the speakers built into his flat screen television. Lucius Sinclair ignored it even though he was grateful for the sudden interruption. His pale hands were clammy, but they had finally stopped trembling. Vocational school was supposed to be different , he thought as the empire’s proud melody attempted to break through his concentration. Remus is in security, and I’m far away with the artisans… He swallowed and ran his fingers through his short hair. Wisps of blonde fell in front of his eyes when the anthem was silenced by

Here's to wishing everyone a happy set of holidays no matter which ones you celebrate! What are holidays without gifts? Lucius Sinclair is now (and forever) FREE!  Visit my Lulu storefront to download the ebook today! Apple users, keep your eyes peeled (it may take a few weeks for it to show up as free on the iBookstore). *Merry Christmas from the iBookstore because they updated it in record time! Apple users, you can head on over there! The year is Y.E. 0417, and Lucius Sinclair is finally free of his reckless, abusive twin. Where Remus was gifted with wit and brawn, Lucius was plagued with a nasty little trait that the empire exterminates—telepathy.  Now that he is attending vocational school and is far away from his brother, Lucius is shocked to find that he is actually excelling at his trade. Just when he feels safe and starts fitting in with his peers, he stumbles into a disturbing truth. It turns out that he’s not the only one harboring a deep, dark sec

~ 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 I

~ A quick recap of things around Empire Earth over the past week. This week is going to be a little different. I worked nine days in a row, so I didn't have much time to keep up with all things geeky, sci-fi, and awesome. The good news is that I'm on Day 1 of a 4 day weekend! I have done absolutely nothing productive today unless you count the misadventures of my action figures as detailed below... Ain't no party like a Mirkwood party. Some of these things may or may not belong. Nothing like an Elvenking dance off.  Blooper reel!  Elrond, this isn't your shot! #TagIt! Want to join in the fun? Caption or tag this one! #HeHasMyVote I can't do a Weekly Roundup without a video of the week. Let's just keep with the silly Middle Earth theme I've got going on today: My personal favorite is his Gandalf costume.

~ A quick recap of things around Empire Earth over the past week. This Week in...   Survival! I survived my second Black Friday. If anyone was wondering why Weekly Roundup was on hiatus last week, you have your answer. With everyone opening Thanksgiving night now, we only get a few hours of sleep before we have to be up and at it again. Free food and Monster drinks were a huge helper in that endeavor. MMO Land December can be such a fun month; you have awesome festive food, treats, lights, gifts, and dual pistols that shoot giant snowballs.  Screenshot is from last year's Star Trek Online winter event I love hopping into my favorite MMOs and joining in their winter events. I snag as many of the freebies as I can. It is the only time I actually enjoy * le MMO grind. * Lord of the Rings Online tends to have amazing outfits. Star Trek Online has awesome snow blasting weapons. I remember the original Guild Wars had a tradition of giving away amazing hats and headpiec

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

Yesterday was one of those days where nothing went right, the spirit of Grumpy Cat was in the air, and I seemed to screw everything up. Ah, yes. It was one of THOSE days, the dreaded sort that come once in a blue moon. ♣  Make yourself an awesome dinner. Leftover pizza and hot wings never fails to satisfy a foul mood. ♠  Go on a YouTube binge and put your favorite song on repeat. I went on a Let it Go cover craze. ♥  Pick a hobby and create something (I updated an old Elrond drawing I did last year). ♦  Last but not least, go crazy in a video game! I find this method to be the most therapeutic one out there (aside from taking a walk, but I don't take walks at night...no thanks on that!) Screenshot is from Star Trek Online While these ideas may not completely erase the pent up anger a bad day builds, they sure as hell help. Your mind is always going to dwell on every little aspect of things when Grumpy Cat lingers in the air. When it does, combat it with some of the

It's Black Friday all week this week! Get your copy of The Year is Now for 30% off from my distributor, Lulu.com! In other words, get your copy for only $7.70! Visit www.lulu.com/spotlight/mlcrabb for the Black Friday sale! For those of you who like to catch up on my weekly roundups, I'll post a link to Friday's post:  Weekly Roundup - Free thinkers, action figures, and Voldemort

~ A quick recap of things around Empire Earth over the past week. THERE WILL BE NO WEEKLY ROUNDUP NEXT WEEK, 28 NOVEMBER, AS IT IS BLACK FRIDAY.  ~ As soon as I get home from work, I’m sleeping. NaNoWriMo I did it! I managed to write 50,000 words before Thanksgiving. I waded my way through Time’s defensive line and snagged myself a touchdown on Tuesday! It’s been a crazy ride, and I had a blast tweeting about it on Twitter. I haven’t finished the story yet, and I plan to do NaNoWriMo’s validation step later on this month. This week in… Geekdom I went ahead and bought myself a preemptive Christmas present. I can never pass up a good deal on action figures, especially on ones that I’ve been pining after for what feels like ages! The flash drowns out Thranduil, making him seem dull, but the details in him are nice. They did a fantastic job. Oh, and he *is* wearing pants underneath that. Next we have Elrond. I was blown away with the amount of detail in thi

Eat, NaNo, Love I am still typing my way through NaNoWriMo. My goal is to hit 50,000 words before Thanksgiving. Can I do it? As long as I am obsessed and determined! The words are flowing, and my imagination is buzzing. This is my first attempt at fantasy (aside from my ancient Lord of the Rings fan fiction from 10 years ago...). Until I complete NaNo, my weekly roundups will be short! In Internet news, I tried to help #BreaktheInternet by giving Miss Kim a proper set of clothing, a Starfleet uniform: Do not go searching the Interwebz'z many tubes for this at work or in public. She was originally posing in the nude. Video of the week:

I was looking through some of my old stories and notes the other day. A very burple berry tale surfaced during my hunt. It was then that I remembered I never finished posting the rest of the story I was tweeting in bursts on my old Burple Berry account. While I'm busy NaNoWriMo ing, here is the finished tale. It is a silly, fun sort of read. I hope you enjoy it! Mr. Burple Berry’s Untimely Adventure: The Case of the Alien Caper By M.L. Crabb Burple Berry was minding his own business, tumbling, bumbling, and mumbling in grassy knoll. A flutter of green and purple striped butterflies jetted out from a funny looking rose bush with drooping limbs.  “Gold! Gold! Gold!” came a high pitched shrill. Burple rolled to a savvy stop and turned to examine the commotion.   The leaves hissed when the bush gave a sudden shake. Some fell away, cascading down into the grass below. Twigs parted, and a scrawny figure emerged from it. It wore a threadbare top hat which sat o

Greetings! Normally I do my Friday weekly roundup today, but NaNoWriMo has taken over! I guess I wasn't vaccinated for it. ;) Image is from Wikipedia Commons In all seriousness, NaNo is tough after a long day at work. Writing at least 1,667 words a day is a lot harder than it sounds. I can't ask myself "what did I get myself into!?" because I knew full well!  I am in the process of warming my mind up for it, else I'd just sit here and stare blankly because I'm tired, and it's cold outside. I want nothing more than to curl in bed with a book. With that being said, I may change my weekly round up to one of my days off (just for November). At any rate, enjoy these random videos: The video of the week goes to: