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Magpie Monday

Posted on 18 March 2013 by Robert

Some shiny things that caught my eye last week: ♦ Dreaming of Paris. The trip to Paris was absolutely wonderful, thanks to the fine planning of my colleagues Molly and Patrick and to a terrific group of students—so wonderful, in … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Beautiful Mine by RJD2, A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar, Adya Moran, Alan Moore, Alex Sanchez, Alisa Morov, Allison Williams, Amy Winfrey, animation, Ann Nocenti, Ann Patchett, Antoine Wilson, art fox, Asher Ellis, author self-portraits, B_Zedan, Baguettes to Bistro: Culinary Traditions of Paris, Batwoman (comic book), Ben Fountain, Ben Templesmith, Berlin, Blake Bailey, blogging, Bockenheimer Warte subway station, Body Scripture II, Book Fractal: Complete, book shelves, bookbinding, bookcases, Bookshelf Porn, bookstores, calligraphy, Cary Hudson, characterization (writing), China Miéville, Chip Scanlan, Chuck Wendig, Circe, Circe Invidiosa, Claude St. Aubin, Colleen Doran, cosplay, Dani Moonstar, Dark Phoenix, Dave Delay, David Aja, David Bowie, David Malki!, Derby Square Book Store, Doctor was Madman Family Man by Paul Blonsky, Don Draper, Douglas Stewart, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Perez, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily St. John Mandel, Emma Straub, Fahrenheit 451, Fidelity by Ben Heldt, Filmakademie Baden, flax-golden tales, foxes, Frank O'Hara, Girls, Grant Snider, grotesque, Gullible Georgina Agravaine by Michael J. Greenhut, Hawkeye (comic book), In Gratitude to the Lions who Guard the Saints by Erin Morgenstern, In Search Of and Others, Isay Weinfeld, Ivy Pochoda, J. Michael Straczynski, J.H. Williams III, J.W. Waterhouse, James Patrick Kelly, Jay Justice, Jennifer Egan, Jess Nevins, John Baxter, Jon Hamm, Jonathan Creek, Jonathan Lethem, Joss Whedon, Katana (comic book), Katherine Langrish, Kevin Bolk, Kevin O'Neill, Kiel West, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Laura Navarre, Legion of Super-Heroes, Lisa Stock, Little Boots, Mad Men, Magick by Moonrise, Margot Livesey, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Fraction, melons, Metro, Michael Karpelson, micro-orchestra, Mikhail Bulgakov, Molly Greene, Montmartre, Motorway (fr Nocturnes), Much Ado About Nothing, Musée d'Orsay, music videos, Myke Cole, Nat King Cole, National Portrait Gallery, Nature Boy, Nemo: Heart of Ice, Nightcrawler, Nina Katchadourian, No Return, Order Here by Erin Morgenstern, Palookaville (comic book), Parce Domine by Adolphe Willette, Paris, Paul Vogel, poets, Radio Free Other, Ramona Ausubel, Ray Bradbury, Red Doc> by Anne Carson, Rollin' Wild, Ronit Bigal, Russell Hinson, Sean Manning, self-editing, Sequart, Seth, sexy author photos, Shakespeare and Co., Spider-Man, Spirit Gum by Mike Resnick and Jordan Ellinger, Stuart Warren, Su Blackwell, subway library, TalkingCovers, Ten Grand (comic book), The Angel of the Odd: Dark Romanticism from Goya to Max Ernst, The Fearless Defenders, The Hanging Game by Helen Marshall, the Hulk, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Master and Margarita, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Raven (Grimm fairy tale), The Sandman, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), The Super Team Family Blog, The Underground New York Public Library, Tilda Swinton, Tim Callahan, To Maintain the Balance by Jamie Lackey, Tom Gauld, Trevor McCarthy, Two-Face, unreliable narrators, Vierge au lys (1878) by Eugène Delaplanche, voice recording (writing tool), W. Haden Blackman, Waylines, Well-Intentioned Snow Coercion by Erin Morgenstern, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, William Shakespeare, Wonder Girl, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, writers' homes, xkcd, Zachary Jernigan | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 28 January 2013 by Robert

“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, A Pretty Mouth, Aaron Hamburger, Abed Nadir, Adam Mills, Adventure Time, Alan Moore, Alexandra Petri, Amery Carlson, Angela Still, Anne Enright, Ant-Man, artisan author, astrology, astronomy, bananas, Battling Boy, Beyond the Gate by Terr Light, bibliographics, blogging, book building (art), book collecting, Burke Heffner, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cannibalism (sexual), Carey Farrell, Carol Gluck, Cartoon Cakes, Cathy Day, characterization (writing), cheese, cheesemonger, Chuck Wendig, Community, Cory Doctorow, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Darick Robertson, David Malki!, Debbie Brown, depression, Derek Blasberg, Diesel Reviews the World, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange (movie), Drown by Tora Fisher, E.L. James, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Temple, Eternity (Marvel character), Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evil Dead, evolution, experimental writing, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Fletcher Hanks, Frank Halmans, fromage, Gail Carriger, Garfield Minus Garfield, Genevieve Valentine, Golden Age Bakery, grand mal seizure, Grant Snider, Gravity by Sara Bareilles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Handwritten Letter Helpers, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hogwarts Library, home libraries (design), Hubble telescope, Irene Gallo, Jeff Gordiner, Jim Jones, José Guízar, Juan Diego Solanas, Kevin Feige, Kevin Sharkey, Kirsten Larson (American Girl doll), L. Jamal Walton, libraries (fictional), Library of Babel, lightning, lightning storms, Little Red Robin Hood by Melissa Mead, Lucha Libre, Lucien's Library, Lynda Carter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Rockefeller, Michel Gondry, Molly Tanzer, Mood Indigo, multitasking, Murder Mysteries (story), music videos, Myke Cole, Neil Gaiman, New York Public Library, optical illusions, ornithology, outlining, Oxford comma, Paul Pope, Perfect Pairs by Erin Morgenstern, Philip Kenney, poetry, red-bellied woodpecker, Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Richard Davies, Ron Jones, Russell Hinson, Ryley Swan, Sedna (planet), serial comma, Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, Sheldon Cooper, short stories (Irish), Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis, Soulless by Gail Carriger, Stephen Sonneveld, Stepping Stone and The Love Machine, Storybird, Sunnydale High Library, Susan Steinberg, Sylvia Toth, the Beast's library (Disney), The Big Bang Theory, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, The Doll's House, The Exterminator by Erik B. Scott, The Fearless Defenders, The Knights of Badassdom, The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger by Yoko Ogawa, The Library (planet), The mMod by Ken Liu, the monastery library (Umberto Eco), The Month of Letters Challenge, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Powerpuff Girls, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tourtes, Transmetropolitan, typography, Upside Down (film), Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Walter Mosley, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, What to Expect when You're Expecting an Alien Parasite by Rebecca Adams Wright, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Will Staehle, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, xkcd, Zack Smith | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 21 January 2013 by Robert

“Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that…. [H]ate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Also: “This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.” ~David … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Alan Moore, albino peacock, An Exaltation of Larks, Angora rabbit, Apollo Robbins, banana ice cream, battle (writing), book shelves, bookcases, Brian Wood, Cameron Cook, Casting Call by Alexandra Grunberg, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Classic Double Challenge 2013, Claudia Noble, coffee, Colby Marshall, collective nouns, Colleen Doran, D.B. Cooper, Daily Science Fiction, David Lynch, DC Women Kicking Ass, Deep Down by Deborah Coates, Diesel Reviews the World, dollhouse in a guitar, Downsizing Pluto by Shane Halbach, echidna, edible packaging, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Eric Standley, Ernest Hemingway, Fairy Meadows Miniatures, film trailers, Fisher Space Pen, flax-golden tales, folklore (Japanese), free will, glittens, Golden Globes 2013, Grant Snider, greng-jai, Helen Mirren, Hi-Fructose, Hydnellum peckii, illusion, In Search Of (TV show), In Search Of and Others, io9, Isaac Cordal, Jodie Foster, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, koi no yokan, Lena Dunham, Leonard Nimoy, Lethe Press, libraries, London Underground, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malissa Kent, Marilyn Monroe, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Martin Luther King Jr., Michele Catalano, miniatures, Misty Knight, Myke Cole, near-lightspeed travel, Neil Gaiman, Night Shade Books, No Return, Oliver Coipel, One-Horned & Wild-Eyed by Manual Gonzales, PegaPop, phantom limbs, pickpockets, PoL Úbeda Hervàs, Preludes and Nocturnes, procrastination (positive), psychics, Psylocke, Publishers Weekly, Quantum Entanglement by Rajan Khanna, Rachel Grey, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Angels by Michele Lang, Red 2 (trailer), rejection, rejection letters, Robbie Trevino, Rogue (X-Men), Russell Hinson, Safo Sofa, seahorse, Searching for Sugar Man, Shadowhawk, shampoo and physics, Shane Carruth, She-Hulk, Slitten Gorge by Conrad Williams, social media marketing, Star Trek (evolution), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Storm (X-Men), strawberries and cream, The Beastmaster (film), the bleeding tooth fungus, the Devil's tooth, The Fearless Defenders, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Light at the Edge of the World by Erin Morgenstern, The Miniature Wife, the red-juice tooth, The Remnant by Cassie Beasley, The Robin Hood Foundation (Library Initiative), The Sandman, The Simpsons, The Smithsonian, The Super Team Family Blog, The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston, The Wyrd for Water is Water by Marie Croke, Thomas Barbèy, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tunguska Event, Twitter, Upstream Color (trailer), Valkyrie, vampires, warfare (writing), Weird Fiction Review, When We Were Heroes by Daniel Abraham, Will Ludwigsen, winged devourers, Wonder Woman, Wool by Hugh Howey, writing (by hand), writing (dialogue), X-Men, Zachary Jernigan, Zack Kopplin, Ze Frank | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Robert

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Krampus Carol, A.S. Byatt, Adam Mills, Adrian Garcia, advent, Alan Moore, Aliya Tarmo, Alone by Siegfried Sassoon, Alton Brown, Andrew Gilstrap, Anthony Bourdain, Ariel, art (Victorian), Barry Dwight Steel Rodger, Bittersweet Romance of Leaves and Snow by Erin Morgenstern, Boing Boing, book shelves, bookcases, Borden eggnog, brokeback poses (superheroines), Brom, Chuck Wendig, comas, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Domythic Bliss, dracunculiasis, druids, Druids Cutting Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon (c. 1890), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, eggnog (history), Elizabeth Hand, eschatology, Fables, Fearnet, flax-golden tales, French Foreign Legion, Gabriel by Adrienne Rich, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gingerbread (sci-fi), Gingerhaze, Hans Christian Andersen, Hanukkah, Henri Paul Motte, Hero4Hire Creative, heteropaternal superfecundation, home libraries (design), Ian McEwan, Ideomancer, Introverts, io9, James Joyce, Jodi Harvey-Brown, Joel Robinson, Juan Santapau, Justin Simon, Karen Berger, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Krampus, Krampus: The Yule Lord, Krissy Brady, latke-hamentash debate, LCD contact lenses, Lewis Carroll, Lindsay Small-Butera, Lindsey Mann, LitReactor, Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse by Ian Creasey, magic tricks, Marie Chapmen, Maya, Mean Geimhridh, Megan Hotz, MiracleMech by Tim Deans, mistletoe, Nancy Alsop, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Nicholas Humphries, nitrous oxide, novella, Prophet Hen of Leeds, PSAs, Psylocke, pupils (dilation), Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury Square, Russell Hinson, Saint Nicholas, Sally Franckowiak, Samantha Jewell, Santa Claus, See Jane, Shattered Amber by Mari Ness, sickles, Silas House, space (darkness), Su Blackwell, sunlight (weight), Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, taboos in speculative fiction, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Artist in the Tower by Adam Mills, The Brief, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, The Dead, The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hawkeye Initiative, The Kissed Mouth, The League, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Little Mermaid, The Magic of Christmas: An Advent Calendar of Fantasy Fiction, The Perfect Match by Ken Liu, The Rise of Ransom City (excerpt) by Felix Gilman, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Show Must by Matt London, Three Panels Open, Through the Looking-Glass, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tom O'Bedlam, Tor.com, Travis Price Architects, typography (kinetic), Ulysses, Under a Sky of Knives by Michelle Muenzler, Vancouver Film School, Vertigo Comics, Vylar Kaftan, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, writer's block, writing routines, Yann Frisch | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 12 November 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Belgian artist Stéphane Halleux creates wonderful, whimsical sculptures, vaguely Steampunkish in design. He started working first in animation, but now creates his sculptures full time. If you speak French, … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alan Moore, Aliette de Bodard, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, Angel, Aniron, Ansa and the Lost Thing by Sophie Wereley, Be Happy for No Reason by Erin Morgenstern, bebionic v3, Ben Towle, Better Than Visiting Sunnydale, Black King, Bound Man by Mary Robinette Kowal, Brad Pitt, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Limerick Episode Guide, Cameron Cook, card catalogs, Carl Sagan, Carl Warner, Cat Mihos, Chuck Wendig, Cosmos, cuckoos, Cullen Bunn, Daily Science Fiction, Dark Horse, Deathbird, deceptive dust covers, Did Someone Say Hellmouth?, Doc Savage, Doctor Strange, Doheny Library (USC), Dr. Light, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Enya, fairy-wrens, film trailers, finding time to write, first editions (books), flax-golden tales, foodscapes, Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Hamlet, Hannah Jarrett, Hawkman, Henry James, Idris Elba, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino, James Bond, Jimmy's End, Joe Queenan, John Lingan, Just Today by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Justice League Dark, Kevin St. Jarre, Leah Palmer Preiss, Letters of Note, Lightspeed, Locke & Key, London Falling by Paul Cornell, macaroni and cheese, Marnie Dresser, Martha Stewart, Matt Kaplan, Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters, Michael Cunningham, Michael Dirda, Mireille Enos, Misty Knight, Mitch Jenkins, Monsieur Hublot, Mumford and Sons, My Mother's Shadow by Henry Lu, myths about science, Neil Gaiman, Nigel Ackland, Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, parthenogenesis, Perdido Street Station, polar bears, President Barack Obama, prosthetics, Rachelle Gardner, Red at the End of the World by Lynda E. Rucker, Richard Symons, Roderick Constance, Russell Hinson, Sam Wolk, sculpture, Searching for Slave Leia by Sandra McDonald, Seth Abramson, solar system (photographs), Song of the Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown, spices, Steampunk, Stéphane Halleux, Swamp Thing, talent and discipline, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, teaching writing, teapots, The Fearless Defenders, The Hellboy Timeline, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean, The Super Team Family Blog, The Tides by Ken Liu, Theodora Goss, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Waffle Meringue Productions, Warren Ellis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Wild Things by Alyx Dellamonica, wildlife photography, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, William Hodge, William James, winter storms, Wired.com, Wonder Woman, World War Z, Yagharek, Yorick | Comments Off

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