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Questions 3: Fictional Plant Creation

What you see above is a real plant from mythology?  Okay, that sentence didn’t make the most amount of sense.  The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary comes from Central Asia.  Its fruit was a sheep, which would graze on the area … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: I Want Your Greener Grass

(We’ve all been there or seen it in action.) The lonely man watches As the crowded man plays With parents, wife, and child He envies the connections That he lacks within his life He wanders off alone With time he … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Designing Fictional Plants

I’m probably being fairly ambitious thinking I can come up with 7 decent tips.  I mean, we’re talking about plants here.  So, let’s just dive into it with the most obvious thing: RESEARCH!  I say this a lot and people … Continue reading

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Creating Fictional Plants: 9 Times Out of 10 They’re Carnivorous

I realized that I’ve talked a lot about designing monsters over the years.  Always a focus on the animals though.  A plant-based creature might show up at times, but there are still animalistic characteristics.  This seems wrong.  An environment is … Continue reading

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Goal Post: At Least the Week Ended on a Good Note

Sadly, I can’t talk about a lot that happened this week.  Work was crazy busy, which left me exhausted nearly every day.  The energy I had at the start of the week was used to do Pokémon Go with my … Continue reading

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Beware the Ideas of March: Doom Omens

I don’t really know much about doom omens beyond what they are.  These are warnings about disaster approaching.  Sometimes they’re specific, but they tend to be vague and riddle-like.  I keep thinking of Casandra from Greek mythology too where she … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: I Remember This Day

(Funny meme aside, this was a poem I wrote back in 2011 for 9/11.  I don’t remember if it was for a specific prompt or request.  Weird to post it in March, but I might repost it on the actual … Continue reading

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Characters Falling From Grace on Purpose

The character above is Vegeta, who is a character from Dragon Ball Z.  He started as an enemy and eventually moved his way into ally.  At several points in the series, his pride gets the best of him and he … Continue reading

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Vicky’s Vitamin Shoppe: The Ones You’ve Never Heard Of Before

Welcome, dearie.  I’ve got the best vitamins outside of the industry.  Betting you saw the posters, which means you’re special.  One would even say chosen to come here and choose from my wares.  Why is my voice raspy?  I have … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Brain Be Fogging All Week

(For anyone annoyed that I used this theme song instead of the Japanese one, you need to understand something.  ‘Rock the Dragon’ was the first intro I heard when I got introduced to the series in college.  I love the … Continue reading

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