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Magpie Monday

Posted on 5 November 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ A couple weeks ago, I ran across a re-posted link on mental floss about Graun, Italy’s most famous drowned town, and I was struck both by the story itself … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Handful of Glass a Sky without Stars by Damien Walters Grintalis, Air New Zealand, Alexander Korzer-Robinson, AlphaBooks, American Libraries, Bag End (miniature), Beautiful Stills from Beautiful Films, beautiful words, Ben Towle, Birds and Birthdays, blood pressure tests, book art, bookshe, bookshelves, Brian K. Vaughan, Calvin & Hobbes, Cameron Cook, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, collage, Daily Science Fiction, Dance in the Graveyard by Delta Rae, Daredevil, David Malki!, Death Proof, Delta Rae, DJ Faroff, Don't Look Down by Anatoly Belilovsky, Douglas Adams, Dragon Baby, Dreadknight, drowned cities, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Everything About Secret Bookcase Doors, Ex Machina, flax-golden tales, Gabe Ostley, Grant Snider, Graun, Hand Fixing Hand by Shane Willis, heavy rain (international idioms), IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes by Jonathan Keogh, Iron Baby, Isaac Asimov, Jabberwocky, James Joyce, Joyce Carol Oates, Leah Palmer Preiss, Legends of the Joystick by Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham, libraries (amazing), Mary Robinette Kowal, Nils Cordes, No Country for Old Men, OMNI magazine, Open Road Media, Over There by Dany G. Zuwen, Patrick Boivin, Philip Pullman, robotics (three laws), Russell Hinson, secret doors, secret-passage bookshelves, Shame, short films, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, StashVault, Susumu Must Fold by Tony Pi, The Amber Spyglass, The Dead, The Hobbit (film), The Man Who Wasn't There, The Number Two Rule by Lesley L. Smith, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Super Team Family Blog, The Thin Red Line, Theodora Goss, Thom Dunn, Tom Gauld, Twitter, Unexpected Aftermath of a School Bus Accident by Erin Morgenstern, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, Wondermark, writing "rules", writing (novellas), Xaphania, Xaxisian Giant Robot, Ys | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Robert

“He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary. His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.” ~Henry James Here are some shiny things that caught my eye … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged Action Comics #431, Akihiro Yanai, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, alternative history (ideas), American English vs. British English, animation, anthologies, Audible.com, Axel Medellin Machain, Barbarann Garrand, Beauty and the Beast, Ben Towle, Bluebeard Tales from Around the World, blushing, Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buttersafe, cake, Cameron Cook, candy (Hallowe'en), Captain America, Chris Dugas, Chuck Wendig, Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman, contact juggling, Coraline, Cthulu, Daily Science Fiction, David B. Coe, DC Women Kicking Ass, Don't bore Nina!, Dracula, Emily Carroll, Evil Dead II (1987), Fairy Tales for Twenty-Somethings, fairy-tale films, False Positive, film trailers, flax-golden tales, folie à deux, Frankenstorm, Frozen (Disney), Gabriela Pereira, Ghosts in the Machines by Neil Gaiman, Gizmo, Grant Snider, Gremlins, Halloween II (2009), Hansel & Gretel, Heidi Anne Heiner, Henry James, His Face All Red by Emily Carroll, horror fiction, horror films, Hush, intestinal microbiota transplantation, jack-o'-lanterns, Jane Sprague, Jeremy Enecio, Jon Neill, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leite's Culinaria, London fog, Long Fingers in Dark Shadows by Erin Morgenstern, magic tricks, Marc Basile, microbiology, Mike Walton, monsters (Jewish), monsters (North American), monsters (sexy), My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead, My Mother's Body by Christie Yant, Neil Gaiman, neuroscience, objective correlative, Obscurus Lupa, P. Craig Russell, Paranormal Activity, personal essay, Phone Booth by Holli Mintzer, placebo effect, portal fantasy, premenstrual syndrome, Project Runway, psychopathy, pumpkin carving, pumpkins, Ray Villafane, Rich Ferguson, serial killers, setting, shivers up the spine, Snickers, Snow White, SurLaLune Fairy Tales, Susan J. Morris, teeth, The Cannibal Innkeeper (Romania), The Chosen One by Huston Lowell, The Graveyard Book, The Lonton Lass, The Lord of Rosendal (Sweden), The New Kid Is No Angel by James Valvis, The Newsstand at Mike's Amazing World of Comics, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Shadowy Third by Ellen Glasgow, The Silk Nightcap, The Snow Queen, The Super Team Family Blog, The Terrible Old Man by H.P. Lovecraft, Thirteen at Table by Lord Dunsany, Thumbelina, Timothy Hooten, Tituba, Tom Gauld, Too Fond by Leanna Renee Hieber, Tor.com, toy collections, trolls, Trophy Wife by Samantha Murray, Troy Jensen, Walter Mitty, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket, Wicked Witch of the West, Wide Open by Deborah Coates, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray Harker, Willy Wonka, Wizart Animation, Wonder Woman, writing prompts, you (plural), zombies | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 22 October 2012 by Robert

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ All Hallow’s Read. … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, anatomy, astronomy, Banshee, Bean Sidhe, Bell Witch of Tennessee, Ben Towle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blue Sand by Caroline M. Yoachim, book edit, Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Cameron Cook, cannibalism, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel #9 (cover), Caput Mortuum by Andrew Kaye, Cat Burglar Black, chapters in novels (writing), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Christian Sager, Chuck Wendig, coma, Coraline, costumes, Daily Science Fiction, David Aja, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive (aka Braindead), death, depression, Doctor Strange, ducks (physics), Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elsa Lanchester, Erin Morgenstern, Event Horizon, Farmer's Daughter by Brian Luong, film trailers, flax-golden tales, folklore, forensics, Forest Rogers, Gail Carriger, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Goblin Fruit, Halloween (2007), Hawkeye #7 (cover), heterochromia, History of the Kings of Britain, horror fiction, Invisible Woman, IQ tests, Ivan Ewert, James Whale, Jamie McKelvie, John Keats, Jordie Bellaire, Judy Drood, Leah Palmer Preiss, Lemony Snicket, literary foundation, Lost and Found by Jamie Todd Rubin, Macdonald Triad, Mad Night, Marc Basile, Margaret Atwood, Marie Brennan, medieval weapons, memory, microbial ecosystem, Mike Bell, Mike Walton, monsters (African), Natasha Hawley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Gaiman, nightmares, Ode to a Nightingale, organ regeneration, Peculia, poetry, postcards, prison slang, production plan, Psycho (1998), PTSD, pumpkins, Rachelle Gardner, RescueTime, Richard Sala, Roald Dahl, Rosemary's Baby, Scenting the Dark by Mary Robinette Kowal, sculpture, Shimmer by Amanda C. Davis, Sigmund Freud, Sinister, Su Blackwell, Superman, suspending disbelief, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Baskerville Effect, The Bride (1985), The Bride of Frankenstein, The Chuckling Whatsit, The Emperor's Soul (excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson, The Ghastly Ones and Other Fiendish Frolics, The Hidden, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Ring (2002), The Super Team Family Blog, The Velveteen Rabbit, Theodora Goss, tongue twisters, Tor.com, Twitter fiction, vampires, Violet Beauregarde, Vortigern, Vulcan, wedding invitations, weddings (Hallowe'en-themed), werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Wonder Woman, Wreck-It Ralph | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 15 October 2012 by Robert

“There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir, / We must rise and follow her; / When from every hill of flame, / She calls and calls each vagabond by name.” ~William Bliss Carman Here are some shiny … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Wrinkle in Time (graphic novels), abstract, Alan Moore, Alfred Hitchcock, Ali Smith style vs. content, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Babylon 5, Ben Towle, body parts (cakes), Bug, Building Stories, Cameron Cook, candy corn, Caroline Todd Whitney, Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network (20th anniversary), Charlie Jane Anders, Chinua Achebe, chocolate, Chris Ware, Christopher Lee, Chuck Wendig, comma (direct address), concrete, costumes, Daily Science Fiction, David Malki!, Delta Rae, Dolores Umbridge, Dorothy Booraem, dystopias (anthology), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Ellen Datlow, Eva Gabrielson, Falling Kingdoms (excerpt) by Morgan Rhodes, False Positive, fanged pumpkins, film trailers, flax-golden tales, forensics, foxes, Frances Glessner Lee, Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Google, grammar, Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en poetry, Harry Potter, hedgehog, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock (film), Hope Larson, Insidious, io9, Jenny Volvovski, Jessica Tremp, John Perry, Josephine Pennicott, Julia Rothman, Katherine Langrish, Keanu Reeves (in miniature), Kelly Williams, Kevin Armistead, Kim Newman, kissing, Krampus: The Yule Lord (excerpt) by Brom, Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory, letters, Letters of Note, Lisa Morton, Little Nemo in Google-land, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Look At This Little Thing!, lucid dreaming, Mama's Science by Shane D. Rhinewald, Marc Basile, Margaret Ferguson, Martha Stewart, mass extinction, Matt Lamothe, Meagan Spooner, Mike Walton, monsters, monsters (Antarctica), monsters (Australia), Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (excerpt) by Robin Sloan, music videos, Myke Cole, NaNoWriMo, Nathan and the Amazing TechnoPocket NerdCoat by K.J. Kabza, Neil Gaiman, Not the Destination by Richard E. Gropp, Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse, Of Dolls & Murder (documentary), On Your Desk series, Promethea, pumpkins, Rachelle Gardner, Radio Free Other, Ray Villafane, Rebecca Artemisa, Russell Hinson, Ryan Britt, Sam Wolk, sandwich caddy, Scraps by Michael Haynes, Shelob, Skylark (novel), STDs (cupcakes), Stephen Jones, Stieg Larsson, story-starters, Straw Dogs, Structured Procrastination, Terri Windling-Gayton, ThanksKilling, The Big Bang Theory (TV show), The Consultant (a poem) by Jessy Randall, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hanging Garden, The Last Sunflower by Erin Morgenstern, The Lord of the Rings, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, The Paris Review, The Where, the Why and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science, This Cape is Red Because I've Been Bleeding, Tim Burton, Tim Callahan, Tom Piccirilli, Tor.com, Trick'r'Treat, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, Ungoliant, Uriens, vampire pumpkins, vampires, Victoriana, webcomics, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, What the Sea Wants by P. Djélì Clark, William Bliss Carman, Winsor McCay, wolves, Wondermark | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 8 October 2012 by Robert

“All things on earth point home in old October; sailers to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.” ~Thomas Wolfe Here are … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud, Alabaster, All Hallow's Read, allergies, AlphaBooks, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, animation, Apex Magazine, Banned Books Week, bees, Ben Towle, Blitzen Trapper, Blood Oranges by K.C. Shaw, Bookshelf Porn, Bruce Boxleitner, Cabin in the Woods, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Cape Breton, Catherynne M. Valente, chapters in novels (writing), Chet Phillips, Christopher Blake, Clarkesworlde Magazine, Conjunctions by Neil Gaiman, Crimson Fox, Daily Science Fiction, Dancy Flammarion, Daniel Radcliffe, Darkness by Lord Byron, Darwyn Cooke, David Malki!, DC Women Kicking Ass, Dexter (cupcakes), Documentation Centre at the Library and Archives of the National Museum Reina Sofia Art Centren in Madrid, Dodger (excerpt) by Terry Pratchett, Enchanted Conversation, England under the White Witch by Theodora Goss, Fall of the House of Usher, film trailers, Finland, flax-golden tales, flip food in a pan like a chef, forensics, gender identity, Gerri Ryan, Grant Snider, Gregory L. Ulmer, Hades' Pitch by Rita Dove, Hans Christian Andersen, Harper and the Flood and the Ghost by Michael Ramstead, historical fiction, HIV, honey, Horns, horror films, Introverts, io9, Jason Statham, Jeremy Messersmith, Joe Hill, Kate Beaton, Kenneth Grahame, Kill Kat 1 by Andrew Bell, King of Marbury by Andrew Smith, Kitty Pryde, Krissy Brady, Lantern City, Last by Rich Larson, Laura Marling, Laura Veirs, Leah Palmer Preiss, Little Star (excerpt) by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Lois Lane, Lyria by Miah Sonnel, Manhattan (neighborhoods), Mark Lanegan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Medusa by Patricia Smith, Michael Ramstead, monsters (European), monsters (South American), monsters (Victorian), Mr. Toad, My Mask Humanity by D. Thomas Minton, My Morning Jacket, Mystek, Nina Paley, No Harm in Tears by Lissa Sloan, NYU Press (library), Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, Parker series, pommedauphine, Promethea, psychopaths, punctuation marks (little-known), Radio Free Other, Raylene Rankin, Rebekka Karijord, Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake), sentence length, Sita Sings the Blues, steampunk (definitions of), Steampunk Week 2012, Stoker, Straitened Circumstances, Superman, Sutured Infection, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Commonplace Book by Jacob Clifton, The Dead by Mina Loy, The Descent, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Kalevala, The Talking Fountain by Diana Părpăriţă, The Thing, The Wind in the Willows, This Land Is Mine by Nina Paley, Thomas Wolfe, Threshold by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Thumbelina, Tim Callahan, Tim Hanley, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Watchdragon by Erin Morgenstern, Weaving Dreams by Mary Robinette Kowal, Where the Wonder Women Are, Winnie-the-Pooh, Wondermark | Comments Off

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