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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

Magpie Monday

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Allow me to begin this post extolling the magnificent merits of the Cadbury Creme Egg. My devotion to Peeps is one thing, but the sublimity of the Cadbury Egg … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged Alma Katsu, author websites, book art, book carving, Brian Dettmer, Cadbury Creme Egg, cake, Charlie Jane Anders, Chuck Wendig, DIY MFA, Doc Savage, Doll Bones, e-books, e-readers, Emily St. John Mandel, Golden Press, Gregory Benford, Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, Holly Black, Horrible Histories, How to Care for Introverts, Introverts, Jess Nevins, Joel Stein, Kate Beaton, Keith Sawyer, Lev Grossman, Lisa Litwack, Marti Guixé, Mike Mignola, Mohamad Itami, Nancy Fulda, Neil Gaiman, Patricia McCormick, Peeps, Rachelle Gardner, Ray Bradbury, Sharon G. Flake, strange children, Susan Cain, Sylvia Plath, The _________'s Daughter, The Palencar Project, The Taker, Theodora Goss, Thomas Umstattd Jr, Toni Morrison, transhumans, Ursula K. Le Guin, Victorians, Will Ludwigsen, xkcd, young adult literature | 2 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 26 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Over at BookRiot, Wallace Yovetich continues her presentation of the libraries of the rich and famous with a second installment. This week she featured the libraries of Neil Gaiman … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 12 Days of Monsters, 123Films, Aaron Stanton, art, Athanasius Kircher, birthday surprises, BookRiot, Captain America, Chuck Wendig, Climate Central, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Domythic Bliss, E.K. Weaver, Edward Burne-Jones, endings, Evan Seitz, falling, Hobbit Library, homecomings, Imaginative Realism, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Mischka, John Jude Palencar, Johns Hopkins University, Juan Santapau, Julia Child, Kara Lysandra Ross, Kelly Link, libraries, Lord of the Rings, Mark Badley, Michael Swanwick, military dads, Neil Gaiman, novel lengths, perspective, Peter Archer, poetry, point of view, Pretty Monsters, Richard A. Macksey, Scott Egan, screenplays, setting, sleep twitches, Sting, swears, The Beguiling of Merlin, The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal, The Palencar Project, The Secret Knots, Wallace Yovetich, Weird Fiction Review, writing | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 19 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Whoa: Rob Mulholland created this installation to explore “the essence of who we are as individuals in relationship to others and our given environment.” These mirrored figures (six in … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Brief History of Monsters, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Alessandro Bavari, Alessandro Ferraro, Alessio Morglia, American Libraries, Annie Murphy Paul, Arthurian legends, Brian Azzarello, card catalog, Cartoon Network, Charles de Lint, Charlie Jane Anders, China Miéville, Chretien de Troyes, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, comics, creativity, DC Nation Shorts, Dial H for Hero, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Fantasy Art Now, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Helena Bonham Carter, Interfictions Zero, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, James Morrow, Jane Yolen, Jeanette Winterson, Jennifer Egan, Jennifer Miller, John Baer, John Steinbeck, Kit Steinkeller, Lauren Faust, libraries, literary magazines, Mercedes Lackey, Neil Gaiman, neuroscience, Neverwhere, Nick Ripatrazone, Organization, Out of Body, Raymond Carver, reading, Rob Mulholland, Sherwood Anderson, Small Notebook, Super Best Friends Forever, The Hanging Garden, The Palencar Project, Theodora Goss, Thomas Malory, throughline, Track Changes, Twelve Days of Monsters, Wallace Yovetich, Weird Fiction Review, William Randolph Hearst, Winesburg Ohio, Wonder Woman, writing, Young Justice | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 12 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Do your ears a favor right now and go listen to DJ Carlos Serrano’s awesomely superb mash-up of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” and Daft Punk’s “Something about … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 2012 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade and Festival, Adele, Ali Luke, alternate history, Babylon 5, Book Monster, bookmarks, BookRiot, Brit Mandelo, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carlos Serrano, cartography, Cathy Day, Charlie Jane Anders, Charlize Theron, Chris Buzelli, Chuck Wendig, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, commercials, Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar, creativity, Cynthia Kraack, Daft Punk, David Kowalski, David Malki!, Delenn, Downton Abbey, E.B. White, E.M. Forster, fairy tales, Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Heart of Darkness, humanities, Jack Finney, Jack Zipes, Jean Cocteau, Jodi Chromey, Joe Fassler, Joseph Conrad, Ken Parille, Kit Steinkeller, Korea National Ballet, Leigh Bardugo, Levi's Stretch to Fit jeans, maps, Maria Popova, masks (disturbing), Matt Switliski, Meghan Deans, MFA programs, Mike Mignola, Mirror Mirror, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nick Mamatas, Paul M. Raine, poetry, Rasputin, religion, show don't tell, Simon Whaley, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, STEM, Strange Horizons, superheroes, The Comics Journal, The Company of the Dead, The Corinthian, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Sandman, The Universe, The X-Files, theMountainGoat, Theodora Goss, Thomas Jonte, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Victoria Strauss, Wondermark, word choice, zombies | 5 Comments

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