Author Archives: Robert

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

Video Friday

Posted on 13 April 2012 by Robert

In case you were wondering, I assure you that I am not going to make Video Friday all about TEDTalks, but I enjoyed these two and wanted to share. The first is Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret, sharing some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged book cover art, Chip Kidd, Frank Warren, PostSecret, TEDTalk, The Book Cover Archive | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 9 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ It’s National Poetry Month, people! The Academy of American Poets created National Poetry Month in 1996. Check out their site for more information on events in honor of poetry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 30 Days 30 Poets, Academy of American Poets, Alabaster: Wolves, Alan Dundes, Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery, Awesome People Reading, book cover art, book shelves, book trailers, bookcases, BookRiot, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Catherynne M. Valente, Chuck Wendig, Dancy Flammarion, Dark Horse, Downton Abbey, e-readers, exorcisms, Florence + The Machine, Geoff Ryman, George Lucas, Giant, Greg Ruth, hint fiction, I Am Too Much Alone in This World Yet Not Alone, Jeanette Winterson, Jenny Lawson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jo Walton, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, libraries, Lust, Mad Men, maiden army, Michelle Dockery, Mindy Nettifee, Morgan Macgregor, Mouse Koan, National Poetry Month, Neil Gaiman, Nemi, parasomnia, Peeps, Poem-A-Day, Rachel Edidin, Rainer Maria Rilke, Reverend Bob Larson, Rose Lemberg, Safety Pin Review, Satan-battling ingénues, Sheila Boneham, Star Wars, Super Best Friends Forever, The Angel in the House, The final sentence (tumblr), The Picture of Dorian Peep, The Story, The Walking Dead, This Is the Nonsense of Love, Tom Cox, Tor.com, Virginia Woolf, Walking Dead Mad Men, Wallace Yovetich, What the Water Gave Me, writing prompts & exercises | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 6 April 2012 by Robert

If you don’t know Amy Winfrey’s Making Fiends, you’re in for a treat. What started as a web series of animated shorts eventually became a full season on Nicktoons (only one thus far, alas!). The premise: Charlotte, a friendly, perky … Continue reading →

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