Sinspirations

Title: The Calm Before The Storm
Author: Nyneve
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2134
Prompts: Apple Pie 2 - Patriotism, Blueberry Yogurt 9 - Better Off, French Vanilla 11 - Laissez-Faire, Rainbow Sprinkles
Characters: Arindax
Summary: The Kolorans are having a secret meeting that could change the fate of the world...
AN: With this piece, we're taking a small vacation from Teen Drama Territory and heading to Alien Invasion Island :D Also note; I may not be updating for a few days. My wireless network was hacked, someone downloaded some music, the RIAA is out to get me, and my campus has banned my computer from the internet. T_T I apologize for any inconvenience this causes anyone.

( He was going to Meeting Room 000 )

So it occurred to me I haven't really posted any alien-free work in a while. Or vampire-free work. Or non-fandom work. Yeah, that whole goal about writing straight fic? Kind of not working lately.

Thank god for English 311 though. And thank god for Loomie, who, as far as I know, has not raped my grades or given me slightly-less-than-honest feedback about my work (unlike SOME professors at this school *coughgarlandcough*). Then again, she's only read one. A small excercise, and a not very interesting one.

Still, I figured I'd just put these out there. The first is the "facade" exercise, in which a character is telling a story and lying. The second is the "juggling" exercise, in which a character is doing A, thinking about B, and listening to someone else prattle on about C (and no, A,B, and C are not *people*). Just exercises, that's all they are. Hopefully they'll help me think of something straight to write for my short story, since Nano's pretty much going to be another fantasy novel this year (damn the boyfriend and his allowing me to watch LOTR).

( Facade: Circuses are for Children )

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( Juggling: Procrastinator )

Title: Kool-Aid
Author: Nyneve
Rating: G
Word Count: 222
Prompts: Apple Pie 7 - Simplicity, Blueberry Yogurt 13 - A Helping Hand, French Vanilla 8 - En Garde
Characters: Tyler Cortez, Ray Cortez
Summary: Sometimes you just want a cold drink...
AN: This is the alternate piece written for my latest runaway_tales challenge. If I had posted it there (which I didn't due to the advice of my betas), I might have been able to squeeze some butterscotch and/or whipped cream (and certainly a Pocky) out of it, but since I'm posting it here, that's a bit irrelevant.

( ''Blue isn't a flavor, stupid!'' )

Title: Awkward Moments
Author: Nyneve
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1211
Prompts: Apple Pie 7 - Simplicity, Blueberry Yogurt 13 - A Helping Hand, French Vanilla 8 - En Garde
Characters: Tyler Cortez, Sienna Sullivan, Ray Cortez
Summary: Tyler's meets his brother's new girl.
AN: Yet again, I pulled crap for themes. T_T I actually wrote two separate pieces for this combo, then ran them by my betas (the lovely mwestbelle and my fanboy). Both agree this one was the better (I still actually prefer the alternate story, which I'll post on my own blog), so this is the one I decided to focus on. I'm still not 100% on this one, so advice is quite welcome.

In other news, it turns out there actually is a Ripley, Nevada. ^^;; Weirdly enough, it's kind of like I described it, except in the wrong part of Nevada. You can see it here (though you can get a picture through Google Earth).

( I couldn't help but glance her way, making sure she was still there and alive. )

Title: Reprise
Author: Nyneve
Rating: R - Nonexplicit Sex
Word Count: 2091
Prompts: Apple Pie 23 - Hearth, Blueberry Yogurt 27 - A Misunderstanding, French Vanilla 10 - Encore
Characters: Ophelia Simon, Johnny Coltraine
Summary: Breaking up is hard to do...
AN: So the themes I picked pretty much decided to corner me in a dark alley and beat me with blunt instruments. That's how *hard* it was to write this piece. The themes just didn't fit together, I couldn't find the right characters, just...ugh. Again, big thanks to mwestbelle for being my idea trampoline and helping me find my way to a decent story. I really hope all the sweat, blood, and tears paid off.

( ''We need to talk.'' )

Title: Been There, Done That
Author: Nyneve
Rating: PG-13 for language
Word Count: 1006
Prompts: Apple Pie 8 - Comfort, Blueberry Yogurt 15 - Just Out of Reach, French Vanilla 10 - Naivete
Characters: Ophelia Simon, Johnny Coltraine, Sienna Sullivan, Ray Cortez
Summary: It's movie night at Johnny's house.

( ''Christ, I thought you liked Sienna.'' )

Title: State 86
Author: Nyneve
Rating: G
Word Count: 721
Prompts: Apple Pie 1 - Home Sweet Home; Blueberry Yogurt 10 - Across the Miles; French Vanilla 15 - Voila
Characters: Sienna and Cole Sullivan
Summary: It's a long way from Anchorage to Ripley.
AN: This is another shorty, but I'm trying to see if I can get in the habit of not writing 1300-1400 word pieces every time. ^^;;

( ''We are not lost.'' )

Title: Happy Face
Author: Nyneve
Rating: PG
Word Count: 401
Prompts: Apple Pie 14 - Patter of Little Feet; Blueberry Yogurt 14 - Homecoming; French Vanilla 13 - Facade, with Butterscotch and Rainbow Sprinkles
Characters: Rosanna Sullivan
Summary: It's hard to be a grandma.
AN: I can't say for sure if I'll be writing in first person again, so I'm going to forgo the cherry on top bit.

( I don't want to see it. I don't want to see her. )

So this most recent prompt totally kicked my ass. Like, seriously. Me and the lovely mwestbelle were both up late last night trying to figure out just what we didn't like about it, and i was up even later trying to figure out how to fix it. However, after much wrangling and looking up the actual definition for "touche," I feel like it turned out pretty decent :3.

Title: Missed Opportunity
Author: Nyneve
Rating: PG-13 for some language and implied sluttiness
Word Count: 1310
Prompts: Apple Pie 6 - Backyard; Blueberry Yogurt 14 - Miracle; French Vanilla 13 - Touche, with hot fudge
Characters: Vera and Reva Branchard
Summary: Always have your camera ready.
AN: Big thanks to mwestbelle for this one. I'm trying to get her to join RaT, but so far no luck.

( ''You know...we haven't had a good storm like this in months...'' )

So I joined runaway_tales in hopes of getting my ass in gear with writing. If you can't tell by the lack of posting here, I kind of slacked off again, due to a boy new job. :D And it's freaking awesome, dating a sci-fi writer working at Spencer's. But I'm back at school, with new projects galore.

So, I suggest you check out this post for what the 'verse is like.

Title: A for Effort
Author: Nyneve
Rating: PG for some language and racial awkwardness
Word Count: 1423
Prompts: Apple Pie 17 - Neighbors; Blueberry Yogurt 23 - Building; French Vanilla 2 - Faux Pas
Characters: Cyrus King and Sienna Sullivan
Summary: He should've done just a little more research...

( The grade wasn't what mattered... )