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Tag Archives: A Softer World
Magpie Monday
Internet-access problems have been resolved and the first week of classes has been put to bed and now the blog is back. As usual, the last couple of weeks have yielded all manner of shiny bits and bobs worthy of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3d printers, A Softer World, Aaron Lopresti, Adrien Broom, Aki Inomata, alethiometer, Alex Horley, Allen Butt, Amethyst, Ana Flores, Andreas von Einsiedel, Andrew Gilstrap, architecture, Aurelien Police, Belton House (Lincolnshire), Benedicte Lyssand, Bifrost, Bill Glover, Bill Watterson, Bookshelf Porn, bookstores, Brian Azzarello, Bryce Carlson, Callie Snow, Calvin & Hobbes, Charlie Jane Anders, Chip Zdarsky, Chris Schweizer, Christy Marx, Cliff Chiang, coffee press, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, David Barnett, Dome (street artist), Edgar Allan Poe, Edwidge Danticat, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elmore Leonard, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erzebet YellowBoy, flax-golden tales, Gareth D. Jones, Gavin Aung Than, Georgia O'Keeffe, Grace Kelly, Grant Snider, Greg Ruth, hermit crabs, His Dark Materials, home libraries (design), J.D. Salinger, Jacob Tomsky, Jeffrey Brown, Jeremy Erman, Jesmyn Ward, Jhumpa Lahiri, Joey Comeau, John Spinks, Jonathan Lethem, Josie and the Pussycats, Juan Santapau, Julian Barnes, K.M. Weiland, Kat Young, Ken Liu, Kenneth Rocafort, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Schnelbach, libraries, Livraria Lello & Irmão, Lobo, Loki, Lorraine1234, Lucy Knisley, Mari Ness, Matt Fraction, Mica Angela Hendricks, Midori Snyder, mini-comics, miniatures, Mur Lafferty, Nashville, Neil Gaiman, New Adult Fiction, No I do NOT have too many books!, novellas (ebooks), outlines, Patrick Jacobs, Paul Raeside, Philip Pullman, Pinterest, Poets & Writers, Rachel Halpern, Rachel Swirsky, Radio Free Other, Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury, rejection, Richard Dawkins, Rob Bricken, Sara Puls, science-fiction publishing (misconceptions), Seamus Heaney, Sex Criminals, Short Story Thursdays, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Star Wars, Stardust, Sword of Sorcery, Sylvia Anna Hiven, terrarium, The Beat, The Hit, The Impossible Cool, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Secret Knots, The Shambling Guide to the New York City, The Strange World of Martin Kardec, Thomas Doyle, Thorne Miniature rooms, Tobias S. Buckell, Tom Hiddleston, Tony Cliff, Twilight, Twitter, Ursula K. Le Guin, V.E. Schwab, Valerie Smith, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Vladimir Fokanov, William Kass, Wonder Woman, writing advice, writing and taxes, Zen Pencils, Zik
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Webcomic Wednesday
Webcomic Wednesday* is a series of posts I’ve been thinking about for a while, as I read a lot of webcomics and want to share them with you so that you too will read them. This series will probably be … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Softer World, David Malki!, Emily Carroll, Emily Horne, Grave of the Lizard Queen, Help Us! Great Warrior, Joey Comeau, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Randall Munroe, webcomics, Wondermark, xkcd
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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. *I’ll have a full slate of posts again this week, so check back tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for more tantalizing tidbits. ♦ TURN THE PAGE. Looking for a … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Softer World, Andrew Gilstrap, Anne Tyler, aspect ratio, Audrey Tautou, author photos, Bart van Es, Batman, Batman/Superman (preview), Bee Wilson, bees, bidets, Bill Bernbach, Boing Boing, book promotion, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Byzantium (film), calories, Cate Blanchett, Catwoman, chatelaine, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Chuck Wendig, Consider the Fork, Daily Science Fiction, Dalek dress, Dave Hax, Dave McKean, deer doing odd things, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, elves, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, escapism, Farah Mendlesohn, Fascinating, fetuses, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Gail Carriger, Grá Linnaea, Hall and Oates, Harry Potter, Heiresses of Russ, Helen Mirren, Hogarth Shakespeare, io9, Iron Man 3, J.M. Sidorova, James McAdam, Jeanette Winterson, Jeff Pruitt, Jem and the Holograms, Joey Comeau, John Hess, Joseph Campbell, Jug Face (film), lava, Leonard Woolf, Letters of Note, lightning deaths, Luca Parmitano, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Madeline Ashby, mantis shrimp, Marissa Meyer, Matt Smith, Melissa Mead, memory, Monomyth, motivational penguin, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, outlining, Paula Treick DeBoard, Radio Free Other, Red 2, Richard Lee Byers, Robin Mizell, Safe Bedside Table, Seinfeld, Shirley Jackson, shirt folding, snow leopards, Spock, Superman, Tara Calaby, Terry Jacks, The DeFranco Family, The Fall (film), The Film Doctor, The Hobbit (film), The Mourning Hours, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Sandman, The Super Team Family Blog, The Wasp, Thérèse, Toni Tesori, Tor.com, universe colliding, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, World War Z
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Magpie Monday
Check out this lovely magpie painting by Frank Gonzales! I’ll have another Magpie Monday on Wednesday post this week, so do stop back by to have a look! ♦ VIEWERS’ PARADISE. People, I am really excited that the third series … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2013 Annual Underwater Photography Contest, A Softer World, A Window or a Small Box by Jedediah Berry, Adventure Time, Alien (film), Aliette de Bodard, all the houses on sesame street are haunted houses by Paul Jessup, Allen Butt, AmazonFresh, Andre Norton, Apex Magazine, Arthur C. Clarke, Associated Press Stylebook, Audrey Hepburn, Band Riders, Batman, Billy Idol, Bite Club, BMO, Bone Shadows by Rose Lemberg, book cover art, book domino chain world record, Booklife, Buzz Aldrin, C.J. Cherryh, C.S. Lewis, Caitlin Levin, Cao Hui, Charted Cheese Wheel, Christopher Nolan, Chuck Wendig, Cirque du Soleil, Cory Doctorow, Creative Action Network, Cuban tree frog, cupcakes, Daily Science Fiction, DailyLit, David (Michelangelo), DC Comics, Django Wexler, Doctor Who, Doritos, Douglas Adams, dreams, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Knox, Emily Horne, Emily Wenstrom, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Frank Gonzales, Frankenstein, Game of Thrones, Gavin Aung Than, Ghosts in the Walls by Shannon Peavey, grammar, Green Lantern, H.G. Wells, harbor seals, Harrison Ford, Haruki Murakami, Henry Hargreaves, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Interfictions Online, Isaac Asimov, Jack Howard, Jennifer M. Brissett, Joey Comeau, John H. Stevens, John Rhys-Davies, Jon Cain, Jonathan Wolstenholme, Joss Whedon, Jumbo Gumdrop Serenade by E. Catherine Tobler, Justice League, Kameron Hurley, Karen Inglis, Karina Who Kissed Spacetime by Indrapramit Das, Kyle McBurnie, Laura Jackson, left-pawed dogs, Lightspeed, Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block, Luis Pardo, Luther, Lydia Davis, Man Booker Prize, Man of Steel, Marvel Comics, Mary Shelley, movie posters, Much Ado About Nothing, Neil Gaiman, Penguin Investigative Services by Erin Morgenstern, Pepperidge Farms Nantucket, Pleated-Jesus, Pop Chart Labs, Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon by Theodora Goss, quiche, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rapunzel Syndrome, Ray Bradbury, recipes, Recovering The Classics, Roger Ebert, s'mores, Seattle Public Library, She Blinded Me with Science (song), Solid Potato Salad (song), space photography, Stanislaw Lem, sugar skulls, tacos, teapots, Terry Pratchett, The Andrews Sisters, The Arrivals by Melissa Marr, The Avengers, The Bargain by Henry Szabranski, The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Mary Sue, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Returned by Jason Mott, The Ross Sisters, The Suit by Robert Reed, The Taming by Kiini Ibura Salaam, The Thing Under the Drawing Room by Jedediah Berry, The Time Machine, The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo, The Wheel of Fortune by Alexander Lumans, Thomas Dolby, Tom Gauld, Tom Hawking, Tor.com, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Shakespeare, wolves, Wonder Woman, xkcd, Zen Pencils
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Magpie Monday
Here’s the shiny stuff that caught my eye last week: ♦ In case you didn’t know, Japanese schoolgirls rock. Case in point: a new fad where the young ladies take photos of themselves imitating the Kamehameha, an energy attack seen … Continue reading →
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
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Tagged A Softer World, AboveAverageNetwork, Adam Mills, Alix Ohlin, Allen Ginsberg, Amy Hempel, Anaïs Nin, AsapScience, author photos, bananas, bees, book bubble, book lovers never go to bed alone (tumblr), Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Boy Bandits: The Rise & Fall of Puberty's Child, Captain Hero, Chris Hardwick, Chuck Wendig, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Wallace, David Malki!, Deer by Erin Morgenstern, Denis Johnson, Doctor Who, Dorian Gray, Dorte Mandrup, Dragon Ball, E. Annie Proulx, e.e. cummings, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, European Cemeteries (blog), film trailers, Flannery O'Connor, flax-golden tales, Foundering Fathers by Brian K. Lowe, George Saunders, goosebumps, Hannah Hart, Hugh Jackman, Inside (novel), Instagram, J.D. Salinger, John Keats, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Santapau, Kamehameha (energy attack), Kamehameha (King of Hawaiian Islands), Karen Russell, Kelly Link, Kinuyu Tanaka, Leonid Tishkov, libraries, Luna (baby polar bear cub), Marcel Proust, Marcus Nispel, Margaret Atwood, Maritsa Patrinos, Mark Twain, Martha Wash, Martin Amis, Martin Siegling, Mary Gaitskill, Mary Karr, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Sendak, Mojo's Famous Burgers & More, murder, My Drunk Kitchen, My First Time Buying Condoms and Other Embarrassing Stories, My First Valentine Was Doctor Who, naked mole rat, Neil Gaiman, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Philip Roth, polar bears, puppets, Read Nest, Rebecca Mock, Riensberg Cemetery (Bremen), Running of the Bulls by Harry Turtledove, Samuel Beckett, Scooby-Doo, Sea Story by A.S. Byatt, Shadow Play by Liz Argall, Share Your Shelf, Skipping Stones by Devin Miller, Steven Millhauser, Superman, Superman II, Sylvia Plath, Talking Covers, The Doctor Puppet, The General Society Library, The Guardian, the Hulk, The Love of Beauty by K.J. Bishop, The Man and the River by Therese Pieczynski, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Strange World of Martin Kardec, The Super Team Family Blog, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Tying of Tongues by Kristi DeMeester, The Wolverine (film trailers), Thomas Hardy, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Toni Morrison, Tor.com, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Weird Fiction Review, William Shakespeare, Wimpy, Wondermark, Ze Frank
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