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Magpie Monday

Posted on 18 February 2013 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ The Horns of Elfland. Does anyone else remember and love “Downtown” by Petula Clark as much as I do? Well, you’re in for a treat because, even if you … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Game of You, A Phone My Heart and Maybe My Last Shred of Dignity by Luc Reid, Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra, April Winchell, Ari Marmell, Art Gray, author photos, Barbara Hurd, Big Freedia, black holes, book cover art, book reviewing advice, book sculpture, book shelves, bookcases, Boxers, Cabinet des Fees, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Cliff Chiang, Constantine, Cut Copy Me, Daily Science Fiction, David Malki!, David Walton, decluttering for writers, digital rewriting, Downtown, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elyn Saks, flax-golden tales, Fortunately the Milk, Franz Kafka, Gene Luen Yang, Gloria Steinem, Goblin Fruit, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hellblazer, Hungry by Robert E. Stutts, Independent Lens, J.K. Rowling, Jeff Lemire, jelly-shaking, Jim Kazanjian, Joe Hill, John Constantine, Judy Blume, Julian Totino Tedesco, Karen Lord, Kathleen Hanna, Kazu Kibuishi, Kelly McMasters, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Lindsay Wagner, Lisa Simpson, Lynda Carter, mantis, Marie Brennan, Mark Brooks, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matthew White, Michaela Roessner, Mirror Image by Peter M. Wood, misdirection, music videos, Myke Cole, Neil Gaiman, nutrition, On the Beach in Purgatory by Erin Morgenstern, Pable Neruda, Peanut Butter, Peter Damien, Petey Rojas, Petula Clark, point of view, Rachelle Gardner, Ray Fawkes, red velvet cupcakes (vegan), Regretsy, Renato Guedes, RuPaul, Russell Hinson, schizophrenia, Skottie Young, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Supergirl, Superman, The Alphabet of Harry Potter by Paul Kirsch, The Bed Song, The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint and Charles Vess, The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist, The Fearless Defenders, The Lisa Simpson Book Club, The Ocean at the En, The Paris Review Daily, The Sandman, The Time Travel Device by James Van Pelt, Thomas Wightman, Thunderbolts, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Unremembered by Jessica Brody, Valkyrie, wedding cakes, Wildness and Wet by Lee Hallison, Will Ludwigsen, Wonder Woman, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Wondermark, writing (novels), Zachary Jernigan | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 6 July 2012 by Robert

Today’s Video Friday is a blast from the past (well, not that far into the past): Statuesque, written and directed by Neil Gaiman in 2009. The short, wordless film features Bill Nighy, who daily observes a group of living statues. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Amanda Palmer, Bill Nighy, Neil Gaiman, short films, silent films, Statuesque | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ In honor of recent college graduations everywhere (and Cameron, Daniel, and Amanda’s specifically), I direct you to BookRiot’s Commencement Speech Real Talk. I wish I’d heard (or really listened … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged advice to graduates, Amanda Palmer, Art Spiegelman, Biltmore House, BookRiot, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Catherynne M. Valente, children's books, Chuck Wendig, college graduation, Cynthia Kraack, David Malki!, death, Ella Hudson, Erin Morgenstern, Every Major's Terrible, fail better, Hamlet, Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, Jeff VanderMeer, Kate DiCamillo, Lego, libraries, Mars Bluff SC, Maurice Sendak, Mike Allen, Mike Mignola, Mystery in Space, Neil Gaiman, nine circles of Hell, Ophelia's Skull, Persephone, Pierre, poetry, reading is magical, reading protocols, Ron Ulicny, Ryan Sook, speculative poetry, submission, The Dresden Dolls, The Night Circus, William Joyce, William Shakespeare, Wondermark, xkcd | 2 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 7 May 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Sutured Infection, a tumblr that appeals to the grisly in me, posted a lovely (non-grisly) image of Alfred Hitchcock in the Thames I’d never seen before (not that I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged Alex Johnson, Alfred Hitchcock, algebra, Amanda Palmer, bees, bees that drink tears, book shelves, bookcases, BookRiot, Bookshelf blog, Brenna Clarke Gray, Cameron Cook, Castle, Chuck Wendig, copyedits, Cynthia Kraack, Daniel Dye, Eclectic Method, editing, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Eljay Daly, Emma Peel, fairy-tale films, film trailers, flowcharts, I Will Write in Words of Fire, imaginary monsters, J*RYU, John Steed, Kate Beckett, Kickstarter, kissing, Kyle Cassidy, La Fée, Lincoln High School, Lola, Malinda Lo, Mary Robin, My Little Pony, Neil Gaiman, optical illusions, productive people, Rachelle Gardner, realizations, remixes, Richard Castle, second lines, seven deadly sins, Sutured Infection, T.S. Eliot, tears, The Avengers, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Twitterfic, Walla Walla, writer's worth, writers and significant others, xkcd | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 9 January 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ This week’s book news: Steve Almond at Salon.com posted an interesting article about how independent bookstores are battling Amazon by becoming publishers. I’m a big fan of small presses, … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Amanda Palmer, Anton Semenov, artist-entrepreneur, Charles Addams, Chet Phillips, Chuck Wendig, David Lynch, e-books, Ed Brubaker, Fatale, John Barrowman, Kevin St. Jarre, Lewis Carroll, Louis CK, Markus Reugels, Marnie Dresser, Morticia Addams, Order of Nefarious Villains, Ronnie Rocket, Sean Phillips, Sol Sallee, Spider-Man theme song, Steve Almond, The Addams Family, The Fantastic, Theodora Goss, Tzvetan Todorov, Union of Superlative Heroes, Warren Ellis, Why is a raven like a writing desk?, Wonder Woman theme song | Comments Off

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