Another Opening Line Flash Fiction Challenge from Chuck Wendig's blog in which you can pick your favorite first line and go with it. This particular line seemed too fun to resist. _____________________ The ficus is plotting to kill me. I know this because when I wake up, the ficus stands next to my pillow. It… Continue reading Fear the Ficus
Author: Nico Serene
Heroine,
Writer,
Master of Tiny Dogs
(guess which one is most difficult)
Revisiting Writing Scars
Perhaps, 15 years later after that fateful moment in college, I needed to evaluate that writing scar I had buried so deep inside that I had forgotten I carried it.
Dead Girl’s Orchid
Planting day. The pods were prepped for their seeding. The village coroner delivered them to the farmer. The coroner, a small middle-aged man, spoke again of his daughter needing a husband as Philip checked them. Philip only nodded shyly, knowing that the coroner’s daughter had no interest in him. It was okay though. He was used to his quiet life, living alone after his parents died several years ago when he was eighteen.
Agents of CW….er, SHIELD
For a TV show based upon a movie with a giant green Hulk, elaborate dressed gods, a star-spangled costumed superhero, and a bright red and gold robot man, not to mention - Samuel L. Jackson, this has to be the BLANDEST looking cast ever. Excluding the two characters, Coulson and Hill, coming from the Avengers movie and those who are veteran Whedon actors, the main characters are so uninspired, cookie-cutter Hollywood that the casting had to have been done by a computer program from the CW network.
Dragon Con Sing-Along 2013
I swear I just got back from Dragon Con. How did two weeks possibly pass since then? Welcome to my September. Since I did not get this up in time, you, dear reader, get something special. You get Nico's "Dragon Con Sing-Along" Blog Post!
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