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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I really love paper artist Su Blackwell‘s work, and the reason why is illustrated in “The Snow Queen” (photographed by Johanna Parkin): On her website, Blackwell describes her work thus: … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Belli, AlphaBooks, Azazello, Ben Towle, Black Box, BookRiot, Caitlin Lehman, Chuck Wendig, comic-book movie heroines, comics, David Abrams, David Malki!, David R. Slavitt, Eljay Daly, Evelyn Waugh, fairy tales, fairy-tale films, four-letter words, Genevieve Farrell, genre and pop, genre is disruptive technology, George Singleton, Greg Rucka, Henry David Thoreau, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, Ira Glass, Jeff O'Neal, Jennifer Egan, Johanna Parkin, John Scalzi, Jonathan Coulton, Late Bloomers, lending books, Lev Grossman, Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew Humphreys, Mikhail Bulgakov, National Short Story Month, Order vs. Chaos, plotters vs pantsers, quiet desperation, Re: Your Brains, Richard Parks, Ryan Britt, Salts Made from Tears, Shoshana Kessock, small talk, Snow White and the Seven Movies, Su Blackwell, swears, teaching writing, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Master and Margarita, The Snow Queen, Tom Gauld, Twitter, villains, Wondermark, word clouds, Wordle, X-Men
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Video Friday
Colosse: A Wood Tale, directed by Yves Geleyn, is a lovely short about a robot walking through the forest (you can watch a making-of film here). I have a terrible, unfathomable fondness for puppets and marionettes, so Colosse really appeals … Continue reading
Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ From The Hanging Garden:
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
Tagged About Fairies, apartments, Auror's Tale, author photos, body's internal clock, Catherine Deneuve, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, commencement speeches, Edward Gorey, fantasy cliches, George Peabody Library in Baltimore, homes, Marian Churchland, Neil Gaiman, Pat Murphy, Peabody Stack Room, Peau d'âne, Phineas and Ferb, Roger Rosenblatt, Small Beer Press, Steven Padnick, surrealism, The Book Group, The Bridge, University of the Arts, Yog's Law, Zoran Zivkovic
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Video Friday
“The grave’s a fine and private place, / But none, I think, do there embrace.” ~Andrew Marvell If you love beautiful zombie films, then you’ll really love Rest by Cole Schreiber. Here’s the official description: “Rest” is the story of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Marvell, Cole Schreiber, horror films, Rest, To His Coy Mistress, zombies
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ In honor of recent college graduations everywhere (and Cameron, Daniel, and Amanda’s specifically), I direct you to BookRiot’s Commencement Speech Real Talk. I wish I’d heard (or really listened … Continue reading
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Tagged advice to graduates, Amanda Palmer, Art Spiegelman, Biltmore House, BookRiot, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Catherynne M. Valente, children's books, Chuck Wendig, college graduation, Cynthia Kraack, David Malki!, death, Ella Hudson, Erin Morgenstern, Every Major's Terrible, fail better, Hamlet, Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, Jeff VanderMeer, Kate DiCamillo, Lego, libraries, Mars Bluff SC, Maurice Sendak, Mike Allen, Mike Mignola, Mystery in Space, Neil Gaiman, nine circles of Hell, Ophelia's Skull, Persephone, Pierre, poetry, reading is magical, reading protocols, Ron Ulicny, Ryan Sook, speculative poetry, submission, The Dresden Dolls, The Night Circus, William Joyce, William Shakespeare, Wondermark, xkcd
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