Nikki Nelson-Hicks

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Sometimes I wake up with a song that sets the mood for the day.
Today's song:
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What the hell?

Let us not forget he wants to date her:

The edition shown in my photo is the absolutely stunning (sold out) one put out by @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social (Thank you, Paul 🖤) but you can get it via @ghoulish.bsky.social:

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This has somehow gotten 100+ likes. This has never happened before. My mom writes books what good enjoy books www.amazon.com/~/e/B00I34EF3S

it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

Okay. I needed this today.

Huge congrats to @toddkeisling.com and @laurelhightower.bsky.social, whose books were both featured on @libraryjournal.bsky.social's Best Books of 2025 list!

Both books received starred reviews from LJ earlier this year.

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Remember when you were a kid and it felt like Christmas was always so far away? It was agony and torture, waiting for the big day. "UUUUUGH! How many more weeks?"
And now, it's like, "OOOOOHCRAP! How many more weeks??!?!? Shit shit shit shit!"

As Jesus Christ the Redeemer did suffer on the cross, so too must Blart get bukkaked get by a small child's dripping ice cream cone. Thus a new covenant with God is forged. #Deathblart

On the shuttle thoughts:

I watched a man in a suit walk beneath some trees as they shuddered in the autumn wind, dropping yellowed leaves on him like a pale, golden rain.
He never lifted his eyes off the cold granite sidewalk.
This is how you miss the magic all around you, people. LOOK. UP.

A peek at what is coming in 2026. My collection of short stories illustrated by Dave Dick.

#WriterWednesday
#WritingCommunity

While thrifting yesterday, I bought this. Brian Hicks not too happy. "YOU PROMISED NO DEAD PEOPLE HAIR IN THE HOUSE!"

#probablynothaunted

While thrifting.
Brenna Gael : Why does that clown want to fight me?
Me: *dies laughing*

The clown in question:

Well said, sir!

Sunflower with two blooming heads

I have been cheering on this little late bloomer all summer. I am so happy to see it finally bloom! HUZZAH!!!

I realized over the weekend that I've been doing this for 20 years. Soon, my writing career will be old enough to go bar hopping with me.

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I was not home for most of weekend and Rosie has gone into I DON'T KNOW YOU mode.

What is “The Craft of Writing”? “Writing is easy. All you do is cross out all the wrong words.” – Mark Twain You’ve written an action-packed plot full of great twists. It’s got fascinating characters who grow and develop. You’ve maintained a consistent point of view, provided incredible descriptions of the setting, and even offered a profound message. Yet, every time you read the story, it feels flat.

What is “The Craft of Writing”?

“Writing is easy. All you do is cross out all the wrong words.” – Mark Twain You’ve written an action-packed plot full of great twists. It’s got fascinating characters who grow and develop. You’ve maintained a consistent point of view, provided incredible…

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Cube Chronicles:
I finally got an attorney's travel authorization forms signed by ALL the parties and used my home scanner to send it to Finance.
I received an email telling me that "this doesn't look like the others and won't be accepted."

I think I'll keep him around.

Trump is making the White House as tacky as he is Donald Trump can’t stop gilding the White House.� Recent photos show somehow even more golden trim in the already gold-dusted Oval Office.� Progressive influencer Brian Tyler Cohen posted the ...

the founders got a lot of stuff wrong but one thing they absolutely nailed was ridding ourselves of the ridiculous pageantry of royalty and along comes trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Hubby bought me a really nice bottle of wine just cuz.

This will be me in 2026. You have been warned.

In 5 days, I will be 60 years old. I've been thinking about what advice I would give to my younger self. And then I thought: what would my older self say to me now? And it came to me: In 20 years, you will have lost more people than you gain. So, appreciate everyone now.

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Tomorrow is Dear Coworker's last day. It's got me thinking: What would I do if it was my last day? What would I do in retirement? How long before seeing Brian day in and day out would drive me to the brink of becoming a Dateline episode?

I just deleted two years of work.
Had to come to the decision that this story was simply not going to work.
It's a weird feeling. Grief and Relief.
Now what the fuck do I do?