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Magpie Monday

Posted on 14 January 2013 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Two days ago, Neil Gaiman’s beautiful white German Shepherd, Cabal, died unexpectedly. The blog post Gaiman wrote about Cabal was one of the most heart-wrenching eulogies I’ve ever read. … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 100 Girls, a capella, A Non-Periodical by Erin Morgenstern, Aaron Barlow, Adam Gallardo, Adaptation, Adventure Time, Ajantala, Alison Ann Woodward, All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre), American Splendor, Angela Carter, art school, badgers, Batman, Ben Templesmith, Beth Wodzinski, black holes, book nooks, book shelves, bookbinding, bookcases, Breaking Bad, Cabal, Cameron Cook, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Cowell Press, creativity, Daily Science Fiction, David Bowie, Deadman, Diana of Themyscira, education, Esther Inglis-Arkell, Final Corrections, Finn, flax-golden tales, Fool's Gold by Melissa Mead, Gavin Aung Than, Geneva Hodgson, German Shepherd (white), Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Gun Machine, Harmonies of Time by Caroline M. Yoachim, Helen Oyeyemi, home libraries (design), infographics, Jake, Jim Batt, John Constantine, John Crowley, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Keith Smith, Kelly Link, King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise, Kurt Vonnegut, Leaves of Grass, Leila Alvarez, libraries, literary fantasy, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Mitchell, minimalism, Misty Mountains, movie posters, Mr. Fox, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Peter Hollens, Pittsburgh Times-Dispatch by M. Bennardo, Ponies by Kij Johnson, Princess Bubblegum, psychopaths, Radio Free Other, Rahzzah, rattenkönig (or rat kings), rejection letters, Ryan Britt, Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), San Francisco Center for the Book, self-fictionalization, Sharp Teeth, Shimmer magazine, Stephen Tobolowsky, Superman, Superman logo, Susanna Clarke, Swamp Thing, Synecdoche New York, The Email Game, The Hobbit, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Noxious Guest by Amos Tutuola, The Recondite Times, The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson, The Shape of Stories, The Spectre, The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin, Toby Barlow, Todd Demong, Tor.com, Unwanted by Holly Jennings, Walking Home by Catherine Krahe, Walt Whitman, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich, Warren Ellis, warrior goddess, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Where Are We Now, White Shepherd, Wil Wheaton, Wonder Woman, Wuthering Heights (song), Zachary Jernigan, Zatanna, Zen Pencils | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Robert

Please to enjoy this deliciously demented live-action, stop-motion film, Stanley Pickle. In Victoria Mather’s short movie, “Stanley never goes outside. He likes to play with his clockwork toys and every night his mother kisses him good night. Stanley is twenty. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged short films, Stanley Pickle, stop-motion (live-action), Victoria Mather | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Marking Time. I am obsessed with calendars. Not too obsessed, mind you, but I have four wall calendars and two desk calendars at home and another wall calendar in the office. … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Gallardo, Adam Mills, Adam Rex, Alison Ann Woodward, Angela Still, Anthony Hopkins, Archie comics, Aslan Malik, Balder, bee models (19th century), bees, Ben Franklin, Beneath 360, blinking, book cover art, book shelves, bookcases, Brooke Graddon, Buii, Caitlín R. Kiernan, calendars, cannibalism (medicinal), Carey Farrell, characterization (writing), Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, Chthon, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, copyright, corn flakes, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Merriam, Dave McKean, Death Before Dishonor by Shannon Leight, Downton Abbey, Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evan Shaner, flax-golden tales, food sweaters, gene patenting, Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways, Grant Snider, Green Lantern, Greer Gilman, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, He Could Be Ambrose Bierce by Shaenon Kelty Garrity, heirloom pop-up book, Hyperion, hypothermia, Ian Withrow, In the White of the Snow by Mark Patrick Lynch, Intestate by Charlie Jane Anders, io9, Ivy Rose by Dan Hart, Jabberwocky, James Patrick Kelly, Jason Reeves, John Harvey Kellogg, Joyce Carol Oates, Justice League, Kate Beaton, Kyle Roberts, Lemony Snicket, letters, libraries, Life in Space by Leslie Jane Anderson, Lightspeed, Luis Guerrero, Magma, Malissa Kent, marshmallows, Matthew Broderick, metaphors, Meyers-Briggs, Michael Bukowski, Molly Hayes/Bruiser of the Runaways, MTO, Neil Gaiman, Oblivion (film), optical illusions, Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing, pandas, Patricio Oliver, Paul Kirsch, Phantom Eye Syndrome, pizza (cutting), Please Look After This Angel by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Poppies by Megan Lee Beals, psychopaths, Pubslush, resolutions for writers, Russell Hinson, SAD, Salvage by K.S. Dearsley, Seth, Sheila Boneham, Shirley Jackson, short films (writing), SketchEmily by reenin, Slinkachu, Sniperphotog, snow scenes in literature, So Far Faithful by Sarah Kanning, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Sutured Infection, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Tanith Lee, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Taylor Preston, Teres Frohock, The Beginning of the World Again by Erin Morgenstern, The Cries of the Dead and Dying by Sarah Goslee, The Dead Letter Office by Matthew Marinett, The Film Doctor, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hades Hotline by Alex Petri, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Miracle on Tau Prime by Alex Shvartsman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Race by Sadie Mattox, The Road to Wellville, The Sounds of Old Earth by Matthew Kressel, The Subatomic Fiber-Optic Deconstruction/Construction Transportation Chamber by Dylan Otto Krider, The Super Team Family Blog, The Venus Effect, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tiny Lives by Alan Baxter, Tom Cruise, Tom Daley, Tom Gauld, Tools to Build the Stars by Erin Morgenstern, Tor.com, Victoria Vincent, Warren Ellis, Weird Science Fiction, werewolves (genetics), When She Is Empty by Damien Walters Grintalis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, William Morris, Wing by Amal El-Mohtar, Wisdom for the New Year by Erin Morgenstern, Wonder Woman, writer's block, X-Men (cartoon), Zachary Jernigan | Comments Off

Happy New Year!

Posted on 1 January 2013 by Robert

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language / And next year’s words await another voice.” ~T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

Posted in Happy New Year | Tagged Neil Gaiman, New Year's Wishes, T.S. Eliot, The Holstee Manifesto, The Saturday Evening Post | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Robert

Today’s cheer comes in the form of two charming holiday shorts. First up is Season’s Gweetings! by Aloke Shetty (director) and Rajiv Eipe (animator) of RawShark Films, which describes the stereotypical guests you might find at a holiday party (did you know … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged A Little Christmas Miracle, Alec Baldwin, Aloke Shetty, animation, Christos Lefakis, gnomes, Ian Koons, Krampus, Llamallama, Rajiv Eipe, Santa Claus, Season's Gweetings!, short films, Yannis Konstantinidis | Comments Off

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