Monthly Archives: April 2012

Magpie Monday

Posted on 30 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Today is the last day of National Poetry Month. Have you been taking your poems? Tor.com closes out their celebration of NPM with “Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged academic journal subscriptions, Adam Mills, Annie Neugebauer, Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other American 1985, Better Homes and Gardens, book art, Book Mania!, Caitlín Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Caroline Whitney, Catherynne M. Valente, Chet Phillips, Christopher Meloni, Chuck Wendig, commercials, creativity, Dark Tower, David Lynch, E.O. Wilson, Faerie Girl, graphic novels, Harry Potter, Harvard University, In the House of Death, Jeff O'Neal, Jessica Abel, Joe Bolton, Krissy Brady, Lauren Faust, libraries, Little Red Riding Hood, Marauder's Map, Maria Ivanova, Mastering Comics, Matt Madden, men's adventure magazines, Metaphorest, Nadine Boughton, National Poetry Month, Neil Gaiman, Nigella Lawson, novella, Paul Kirsch, poetry, Rhiannon Alpers, sonnet, Stephen King, Super Best Friends, The Death of a Librarian, The Wind through the Keyhole, typewriters, Volvo, Wanderer, wedding invitations, Wild at Heart, You Are Not Your Bookshelf | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 27 April 2012 by Robert

Today’s video comes courtesy of my friend Andy, who sent me the link to this episode of PBS’ Off Book, a webseries that explores experimental and non-traditional art forms. I was really taken by “The Art of Film & TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Andrew Gilstrap, Ben Conrad, Blue Valentine, Jim Helton, Karin Fong, Mad Men, PBS' Off Book, Peter Frankfurt, The Art of Film & TV TItle Design, title sequences, Zombieland | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 23 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ What poems have you been reading lately? The fourth and fifth poems in Tor.com’s series in honor of NPM are “What the Dragon Said: A Love Story” by Catherynne … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged Astronomical, Book Mania!, book nooks, Book People Unite, Buttercup, Cameron Cook, Carl Sagan, Catherynne M. Valente, Château de Groussay, Chuck Wendig, Cosmos, Dale Cooper, damn good cherry pie, Death Comes to Me Again a Girl, Dorianne Laux, Jane Austen Among the Women, Jin Kazama, Jo Walton, Kyle Thompson, Matt Switliski, Michael Paulus, Mishka Henner, Naomi Bardoff, National Poetry Month, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, SFCB, Sheung Yee Shing, skeletal studies of cartoon characters, story lengths, Tekken, The Powerpuff Girls, The Rejection Generator Project, Thomas Allen, transmedia storytelling, Twin Peaks, Wallace Yovetich, What the Dragon Said: A Love Story, Which Fictional Character Shares Your Birthday?, Wondermark | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Robert

Today’s featured video is Birth of a Book, by Glen Milner, which is something lovely for bibliophiles. Here’s the official description on Vimeo: A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods. For the Daily Telegraph. Shot … Continue reading →

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Magpie Monday

Posted on 16 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ It’s still National Poetry Month, people! Are you reading and sharing poems? The third poem in Tor.com’s series in honor of NPM is “The Ballad of Death and the … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged Arts & Crafts Movement, Batman, Booklife, Cameron Cook, Chuck Wendig, Domythic Bliss, editing, Emily Brontë, emotions, Eric Del Carlo, Funds for Writers, horror fiction, Ian Withrow, libraries, living alone, Looper, Mad Men, Mad X-Men, Maggie Stiefvater, main characters, mash-ups, minimalism, Nathan Bransford, Nathan Heller, National Poetry Month, Neil Gaiman, Night Shade Books, Remembrance, Roz Kaveney, show don't tell, The Ballad of Death and the Maid, The Raven Boys, Theodora Goss, Victorian decorating, Vulcan, Weird Fiction Review, William Shakespeare, X-Men, Zachary Jernigan | Comments Off

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"How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, trans. M.D. Herter Norton

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Monthly Archives: April 2012

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