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Magpie Monday

Posted on 23 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Underwater photography makes me happy, and I liked this series of underwater Alice in Wonderland photos by Elena Kalis. The image below is one of my favorites, but do … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, After the Earthquake, Alex Ross, Alice in Wonderland, AlphaBooks, Amy Rose Davis, Andrew Eccles, Awesome People Reading, Axel, Beauty a, Ben Towle, Berlin, Black Canary, Black Widow, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Brothers Grimm, Captain Marvel, Caroline M. Yoachim, Christopher Plummer, confidence men, cyborgs, Daily Science Fiction, dolls, Donald J. Sobol (1924-2012), Dorothy, Draxorr, duels, Ekaterina Popovy, Elana Popovy, Elementary, Elena Kalis, Encyclopedia Brown, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fairy tales, False Positive, fantasy (writing), Frances Turnbull, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hawkgirl, Hawkwoman, Hellboy, Ignatius J. Reilly, Jack Zipes, Joan Acocella, John Kennedy Toole, John Verdon, Leah Palmer Preiss, libraries, Linda Hamilton, Man of Steel, maps, McAllen (Texas), McDonald's, Melanie Rees, Mike Walton, Neil Gaiman, Niagara Falls, Once Upon a Time: The Lure of the Fairy Tale, orb web spiders, photography, Ray Bradbury, Robert Downey Jr., Rogue, Ron Perlman, serial killers, Seven Sins, Sherlock Holmes, Super Best Friends Forever, Superman, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Illustrated Man, The Sandman, The Suicide Witch, tongue, Vixen, Vylar Kaftan, wax bullets, webcomics, Where the Wonder Women Are, wolves, Wonder Girl, Wonderfalls, writing, xkcd, Zack Snyder | 2 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ This past week my friend Ruth Facebook-linked to Jonathan Moreau’s photograph of the library parking garage in Kansas City. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something like this garage … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged AlphaBooks, Aquaman, Arvo Pärt, Batman, Ben Towle, Better Book Titles, Blair Erickson, book shelves, BookRiot, books about books, cake, Cameron Cook, Charles Murray Padday, Charles Santore, Charles Schulz, Charlie Jane Anders, children's books, Chuck Wendig, Cinderella, Comic-Con International: San Diego, comics (writing), Creative Commons, Crockett Johnson, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Hillier, deafness, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Hand, Evan Robertson, Fables, fairy tales, fairy tales (art), fantasy (writing), film trailers, Fractured Fairy Tales (gallery show), Franz Kappus, From Kane to Nolan: Seventy Years of Bat Evolution, Funny or Die, Gennady Spirin, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Helena Garcia, Hellboy in Hell, Hermione Granger, hint reviews, Holli Mintzer, Hope Mirrlees, Hungary, infographics, IQ, J.H. Williams III, James Hutchings, James Joyce, Jeanie Tomanek, Joao Ruas, Jonathan Moreau, Kansas City, Kate Beaton, Kate Chopin, Kelly Thompson, Kelly Williams, Kevin Bapp, Kinuko Y. Craft, Leah Palmer Preiss, Letters of Note, Letters to a Young Poet, libraries, Little Wolf Riding Hood, Love the Mermaids and You, Lud-in-the-Mist, lying, M.D. Herter Norton, Marie Rutkoski, Mermaid, Michael Cunningham, Michael Swanwick, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Nikola Tesla, omniscient narrator, opening sentence (fantasy novels), optical illusions, oxytocin, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Peanuts, Penelope Trunk, polyandry, Prince Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de La Lanne-Mirrlees, prodigy, Pulitzer prize (Fiction), Quotable Arts, Radio Free Other, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ruth Sanderson, Sam Raimi, Seinfeld, self-publishing, selkies, steampunk (cakes), Stefan Kiesbye, Super Golden Friends, Superman, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Awakening, The Golden Girls, The Hanging Garden, The Nature of Cinderella, The Oatmeal, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, toxic waste, typos, Ulysses, Will Ludwigsen, Wonderful World of Animation, WWA Gallery, Your House Is on Fire Your Children All Gone | 3 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 9 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My thanks to my friend Laura Crary for sending me this image, a still life with books by Stockholm artist Maria Friberg (part of her Still Lives series, 2003-2007). … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Mighty Girl, Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Andreas Feininger, animation, Annie Owens, annotations (LXG), anxiety, Before Watchmen, Ben Towl, Bizarro Classic, Black Lodge, Breaking Bad, Bruce Bickford, busyness, Cameron Cook, Captions, Cat Rambo, Cate Blanchett, Cecelia Holland, Charles Tan, cheese, Christopher Barzak, chronologies, color acuity, color tests, Cracker Barrel, Dale Cooper, DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Double R Diner, Easter Island, Ellen Datlow, Ellen Klages, F. Brett Cox, Fabio Fernandes, family trees, Franz Kafka, Galadriel, Gary K. Wolfe, geek culture, Green Man, Gregor Samsa, Guy Gavriel Kay, Guys Read, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeffrey Ford, Jeremiah McDonald, Jess Nevins, Juan Santapau, Karen Burnham, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Kevin O'Neill, Laura Crary, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Palmer Preiss, left-brain right-brain, Locus, Loki, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Project, Mad Men, maps, Maria Friberg, Marvel Comics, Mary Poppins, Matthew Salesses, Michel Fiffe, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fury, Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe (Deluxe Edition), Organization, Ourit Ben-Haim, Paul Graham Raven, Paul Witcover, Peter Jackson, photography, psychic powers (faux), puppets, Red Room, revision, Robb Pratt, Russell Letson, Sam Howzit, Sarcastic Voyage, Siobhan Carroll, Stefan Dziemianowicz, subtitles, superheroes, Superman, Superman Classic, Sutured Infection, Terry Bisson, The 'Busy' Trap, The Avengers, The Big Bang Theory, The Glass Noose, The Hobbit, The Master and Margarita, The Metamorphosis, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Underground New York Public Library, Theodora Goss, Tim Kreider, timelines, Twin Peaks, Watchmen, Who's Who, Will Ludwigsen, Witch House, witches, writing (research), xkcd | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen draws these wonderful monsters on Post-It Notes, and he posts new monsters regularly on his blog. I have a book of his monsters published … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged acknowledgement page, Alan Garner, Allen Ginsberg, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, anthropology, antiques (medical), ants (translucent), authors (bizarre deaths), Baba Yaga, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Towle, Benh Zeitlin, bibliophiles, Bob Dylan, book shelves, bookcases, books by the linear foot, Briar Rose, Cameron Cook, Carlos Severe Marcelin, Charlie Jane Anders, Chooo-San, Chuck Wendig, Cormac McCarthy, culling books, Doctor Who, Dr. Seuss, El Libro Que No Puede Esperar, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emilie Simon, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, Eterna Cadencia, F.R. Tallis, fantasy films, Francesca Ramos, Garrett Hedlund, Gary Oldman, George Orwell, Google search techniques, graduation gifts, Graham Joyce, Harper Lee, home libraries (design), home libraries (planning), horror fiction, horror films, houses (floating), Hunter S. Thompson, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Kerouac, Jamie Bell, Jane Yolen, John Kenn Mortensen, John Steinbeck, Julian Barnes, Kristing Kathryn Rusch, Kyle Thompson, Laurent Chehere, lava, libraries, library collection-development services, lists (science fiction/fantasy authors), Looper, Magic Mike, magical-realist films, maps, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Staggs, Maurice Sendak, Michael Kimball, monsters, moon (if it had never formed), Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, music videos, Nagai Hideyuki, Neil Gaiman, Oh The Places You'll Go, optical illusions, Patricia Barletta, poetry, Post-It Notes, Prada, Prometheus, Roald Dahl, Robert C. O'Brien, Sarah Manguso, Sarah Selecky, science (weird and otherwise), science-fiction films, Seamus Heaney, Sean Hathaway, Snow White and the Huntsman, steampunk (clothing), stop-motion animation, TARDIS, Teddy Ruxpin, The Big Rip Theory, The Book That Can't Wait, The McGurk Effect, The Owl Service, The Possession, The Rules of Magic, Time, toilets (physics), Tom Gauld, typewriters, typography, urban fantasy, Virginia Woolf, Visual Capture Illusion, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, world building, writing, writing (cover letters), writing (longhand), writing (organization), writing (outlines), writing (query letters), writing (sex), writing (submission letters), You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 25 June 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ The summer solstice (the longest day of the year) was last week, and in celebration Irene Gallo rounded up a collection of paintings her artist friends “thought best represented … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Andy Hull, Angelina Jolie, arsenic, Art Spiegelman, Austria Solar, Ben Towle, book cover art, book promotion, Bookfession, BookRiot, Christoffer Relander, Chuck Wendig, colors (women), Daniel Clowes, Disney, dolphin, Dungeons & Dragons, editors, Eeyore, Elizabeth Spann Craig, fairy-tale photography, family trees, fantasy, fantasy (writing), Futurama (title sequence), gas masks, Gérard Dubois, Housekeeping, Irene Gallo, Janice Hardy, Jasper Fforde, Kirsty Mitchell, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leni Zumas, library system, love (addiction), Maleficent, Marilynne Robinson, multiple-exposure portraits, N.K. Jemison, Neil Gaiman, novel (writing), octopus, Once Upon a Blog, peppermints, Pytor, reading speed, scared to death, setting (as character), summer, summer solstice, Sutured Infection, The Eyre Affair, The Rules of Magic, The Simpsons, The Solar Annual Report 2011, The Storyteller, The Woman Who Died a Lot, Theodora Goss, Thomas Allen, Thursday Next, Ursula K. Le Guin, What Was That Book?, world building (short stories) | Comments Off

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