Okay, last post deleted because I actually went and did research beyond merely looking at Etsy and Ebay's selling policy. I don't know why I didn't do that sooner. I blame being distracted by putting a new website together. But it looks like I'll be going with Etsy.

Now I''m dithering over whether or not to get rid of my author website on Weebly and do a whole new one on Wix. Because holy cow does WIX have some nice designs. Plus it was a lot easier to use... even if it did slow my laptop down. The only thing I don't like is how the ste handles pages and page transitions, because at least with Weebly you could make each page a little more unique than you can with Wix. Or maybe the issue with Wix is the template I'm using, I don't know. I think I'll just go ahead and design and author website there just to see what it'll be like.

Okay, so, changed my website. Here it is if anyone wants to look at it - http://storytellermelissa.wix.com/melissaajensen. I am so much happier with it. It actually feels like a fantasy author's website. And while editing it creates a maddening amount of lag it's still easier to work with than Weebly. Now if only a certain story of mine was ready to get published instead of languishing in pathetically slow edits, then I could have another book to add and another page. Why is this book taking so long to edit! Why!

This one is my new favorite X Men movie after First Class and the first X Men movie. Dang you, Michael Fassbender, getting my feels all going like that. I can't wait to see him in Assassin's Creed. I never even played Assassin's Creed, I just want to see Michael play an assassin. In the previews alone he looks smokin' hot...

Have I told you how much I like Michael Fassbender?

Seriously, though, there are very few third installments of a franchise that I like, but Apocolypse is now one of them. Enjoyed the heck out of it.

Okay, so what I said on this post about forget making dolls? Apparently my muse took it as a challenge and had me make this...( Look what I made that I said I wouldn't make! )

So a while back I had a dream about a non-existent Aline-esque sci-fi movie starring Sebastian Stan and now I totally want to write it. Except I have a ton of stuff I am doing and that I need to be doing and don't have time to write right now. I also think it may not be long enough to make it worth publishing as a book.

Thanks a lot Captain America!

(The dream also included a sequel in which Sebastion's character dies. But I ain't having any of that).

So, a problem with wanting to make things to sell is needing to get ideas of what to make, and needing ideas on what to make means looking around at things other people have made for inspiration. And since I've been browsing DeviantArt for ideas, and DeviantArt likes to suggest similar things I would be interested in looking at based on what I'm currently looking at, I have been plagued with the need to make all the things! Figurines and dolls and puppets and just... gah! No, brain, no. What I'm doing is fine.

Here's just a few things I've been coming across that have sent my muses into a mouth-foaming frenzy of ideas.

http://maga-01.deviantart.com/art/Veritas-western-dragon-earth-element-600403915

http://maga-01.deviantart.com/art/The-Guardian-of-the-Life-Gems-painted-586623170

http://maga-01.deviantart.com/art/Mezula-the-Room-Guardian-Spirit-603113190

https://youtu.be/qGffT6NHdbo

*Sobs!* Dang it, muses, I can't do all the things most especially on this level just stick with what I know gaaaaah! And forget making dolls because I hate sewing and I'm terrible at it! This is what I really don't like about being artistic - the desire to do it all because it all looks so awesome.

Really, though, what would make me happy at least is being able to do more details on my sculptures. I see these dragon sculptures with scales and fine designs, but whenever I try to do it I end up with a mess. The problem is the warmer Polymer clay gets the stickier it gets until it's practically goo. But firm Sculpey is a little too firm and hard to work with. However, I was reading a sculpting tutorial and one thing the author did was mix regular Scupley with firm Sculpey, making it easy to work with but able to do fine details on, so I may try that.

But other than that, I'm going to stick with sculpting things to go on the front of altered books, books people can use as photo albums or diaries. I'm actually happy with what I sculpt, I'd just like to be able to do more and make my scuptures a bit more unique. I may also branch out into figurines once I get a better handle

And I know this because it keeps giving me the weirdest ailments that leave even doctors scratching their heads.

For the past couple of months, starting in November, I'd been putting up with a sore tongue. The soreness stayed specifically on the tip of my tongue though it would sometimes spread a little. At first, I thought it was because of dry mouth, then I thought it was an infected taste bud, then I thought it was food allergies. I tried salt water rinses, honey rinses, and, finally, peroxide. Sometimes all these treatments did was lessen the discomfort. Sometimes the discomfort would go away for a while only to come back.

I'm the kind of person who will try to treat something myself, and if no treatment works or if things just keep getting worse then I'll go see a doctor. Mostly because, at the time, I didn't have insurance or a doctor. Now I do and was finally able to go see one. And... they were left scratching their heads. They believe I have something called burning mouth syndrome, an ailment that can come out of nowhere and, unfortunately, go nowhere. I'd been able to keep it under control with a nightly peroxide rinse, but they're going to put me on a treatment that's supposed to help with the burning. I'm also being referred to a throat, nose, ear specialist for more opinions.

My body is always doing this to me, I swear. Before the tongue thing there was the infection in which the antibiotics for it left me dependent on probiotics. Before that was a rhythmic pain in the back of my skull that had to rhyme or reason to it, then one day just went away and never came back.

Here's an idea, body - how about a year where you don't stick me with something odd. Think that's too much to ask?

So I was finally, finally able to watch all episodes of The Librarians. I think one of the reasons I wasn't able to bring myself to watch this show is because I wasn't a big fan of The Librarian movies back when it was just Flynn. I felt they were a little too campy in a way that just didn't work for me. The Librarians, on the other hand, is aboslutely ridiculous, but it's like it knows that it's absolutely ridiculous, and so embraces it whole heartedly in a way that does work for me and works beautifully. I love that this show is silly but it has fun with its silliness. And yet at the same time it'll have these wonderfully serious moments that actually kick you right in the feels, moments you think shouldn't work in such a silly show but do.

It also helps that all the characters are loveable. Yeah, they're charicatures of a certain "type" but the actors do such a great job at playing them that it's never cringeworthy or eye-rolling. This show also has some great world-building going on. For example, it's not just "here's some magic to explain things" nor is it "magic should not be used because we say so". There's rules and consequences to magic, as well as all these nifty little quirkes (like fictional characters not only coming to life but some of them leading normal, everyday lives). I also have to give this show kudos for its continuity. Usually shows like this don't give a fig about continuity, but this one does.

Of course, as per usual with me, I ended up prefering the character who's yet to have a back story and gets little to no whump. My hope is that next season will give us an Ezekiel backstory and a good one, but past experience has made me nervous when it comes to delayed back stories (SGA, Andromeda, I'm looking at you). Plus some shows have a bad habit of playing most favorite and least favorite when it comes to their characters, and if Ezekiel is the least favorite then... ugh. However, he got a really awesome episode second season, which makes me hopeful. Plus this show has, in my opinion, been pretty nice to his character. They could have easily made him the screw-up whose story arc is all about fixing his own mistakes, but instead they've been painting him as the reluctant hero who cares a lot more than he lets on, which is very promsiing.

I've been meaning to share this. I could totally watch an entire movie done in this style.

My firs foray into digital art. I mostly did it as an experiment, so it's kind of rushed and nothing spectacular, but I feel it came out better than I was expecting. While making this was rather fiddly (I used GIMP) I really like the control painting digitially gives you. Fixing mistakes is so much easier.

Does anyone on my f'list watch The Librarians, and if you do are you reading fanfic for it? As usually my brain decided that it was time to get into this show... when there were only three episodes left. Yeah, thanks brain. Since I don't have access to Netflix I can't binge on past episodes so now I find myself turning to fanfic.

thing is, I'm kind of nervous to do so. the Librarians is such a fun, fluffy, wonderfully ridiculous show with such adorable characters and fanfic si... well... fanfic. I love it, but. let's be honest, sifting through fic in a new fandom can be scary. Doubly so when it comes to fluff shows like the Librarian. I am seriously nervous about doing a fic hunt and stumbling across some summary with the words "prostate exam" in it, for example (it's happened before...ergh).

What I'm looking for is fic that embraces the show. No harcore whump, no heavy angst or drama, No AUs, no one character being a jerk to another character, no character bashing, no R-rated trying-to-be-gritty-and-dark stuff, and definitely no pairings that go beyond what the show has. Just fluff, friendship, adventure, maybe a little whump but nothing major. In other words, pure gen canon. If anyone could point me to such fic, it would be greatly appreciated.