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Magpie Monday

Posted on 8 July 2013 by Robert

Monday morning has broken, like the first morning Magpie has spoken, like the first bird* Welcome to another week-long Magpie Monday fest (well, Friday is only Video Friday, but a week full of posts!). Please to enjoy these dainty dishes … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Alice Munro, Ampisound, Amy Winfrey, Andi Smith, Apex Magazine, armor, Benjamin Roy Lambert, bonsai trees, book shelves, bookcases, Brit Mandelo, Cat Stevens, Catherynne M. Valente, Cathy Day, Christopher Barzak, Colin Heck, Convos with My 2-Year Old, Daily Science Fiction, Dale Irby, Damien Walters Grintalis, Das ist mir Wurst (This is sausage to me), Dave Waite, Derrick Brown, Dominique Whitten, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Erin Morgenstern, female power, first-draft maps, flax-golden tales, Georgina Bruce, Gloria Bigelow, Grant Lyon, Grant Snider, Haikus of Regret, Henrietta Bean, io9, It Gets Better, It Gets Worse, J.D. Hancock, J.T. Howard, James Kingston, Jane Yolen, Jaym Gates, Kate Lebo, Ken To, Lady Snowblood, Lee Hallison, Letters of Note, Lightspeed, Liz Belsky, Louise Richardson, Marly Youmans, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Maureen McGovern, Nathan Ballingrud, Neil Gaiman, neo-noir fiction, Nightmare Magazine, ninjas, parkour, PetaPixel, Poets & Writers, readings, Richard Burton, Rusell Hinson, Samuel Bean, samurai, Sarah Monette, social media, Stephen P. Kiernan, Steve Grand, Susanna Bean, Sydney Smith, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Goblin Market, The Lord of the Rings Online, The Mary Sue, The Nymphs, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Puzzle Tombstone, Tina Fey, Tom Gauld, Tommy James & The Shondells, Tor.com, Usman T. Malik, vercingertorix09, Violet Baudelaire, Wanda Sykes, Weird Fiction Review, Wesley Burt, Will Ludwigsen, William Shakespeare | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Wednesday

Posted on 12 June 2013 by Robert

So much interesting stuff lately I need (yet again) another day to share it all. That’s just how I roll, yo. ◊ LET’S GET HISTORICAL. Women in the 19th Century, John Green’s sixteenth Crash Course U.S. History, is pretty entertaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 19th century, A Streetcar Named Desire, Aaron Paul, Adam Nevill, Adam Scott, Adam WarRock, Alec Baldwin, AmazonFresh, Amy Poehler, Amy Winfrey, animation, Artcake (Jane Zubova), Batgirl, Batman (TV series), Blue Jasmine, Breaking Bad, Brian Wood, cake, Came Back Haunted (song), Captain Krypton, Cate Blanchett, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Comic Sans, Craig Leyenaar, Crash Course U.S. History, Daenerys Targaryen, dialogue, Doctor Who, donuts, dragons, Eartha Kitt, Eric Guzman, Essra Mohawk, Fables, film trailers, Francesca Ramos, Gabi Jguma, Game of Thrones, grammar, Grayson: Earth One, Haikus of Regret, Hart to Hart, If a Child Is Born (song), In the Flesh (TV series), Jane Yolen, Jessica Hynes, John Green, John Rogers, Julie Newmar, Karen Gillan, Kelly Thompson, Lauren Beukes, Luc Besson, Luke Newberry, Marc Osborn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mighty Avengers, Mike Lacher, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Wonder, Neil Gaiman, Nine Inch Nails, Not Another Happy Ending, Olivier Coipel, One Wipe Charlies, PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome), Peleș Castle, poetry, portable farms, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Donuts, Robert DeNiro, Ruiz Burgos, Schoolhouse Rock!, short-story collections (how-to), Sodabit, Spaced, style sheets, Sufferin' 'til Suffrage, suffragettes, Superman, Tangled, The Amazing Spider-Bat, The Family (film), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Mary Sue, The Shining Girls, The Super Team Family Blog, Tommy Lee Jones, Up the Women, virtual supermarkets, Wonder Woman, Woody Allen, writer tricks, X-Men, Yvonne Craig, zombies | Comments Off

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 17 December 2012 by Robert

“I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future—the timelessness of the rocks and the hills—all the people who have existed there. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, A Natural History of Dragons (excerpt) by Marie Brennan, A Winter Night's Tale (1867) by Daniel Maclise, Abigail's Song (Silence Is All You Know), Alison Moyet, Am I Free to Go? by Kathryn Cramer, Amy Winfrey, Andrew Wyeth, author photos, Batman: The Animated Series, Better Book Titles, book cleaning, Bookshelf Porn, bookshops (second-hand), Brad Hill, Bree Odgen, Cameron Cook, Cathy Day, Charles M. Schulz, cheese, Christmas trees, Chuck Wendig, Cinderella, Cindy LIttlefield, Corinne May, Coventry Carol, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Wilbur, Daniel Maclise, David Tennant, dinner party (death of), diphallia, Doctor Mid-Nite, Doctor Who, Eclipse Online, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Enya, Erin Morgenstern, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Futurama, Gabriel's Message, Gail Carriger, Gangnam Style (video), genitals, ghost stories (Victorian), gift-giving, gingerbread houses, Grab the Holiday Cheer by Erin Morgenstern, Haunted Mansion (Disneyland), Hawthorne Effect, headless portraits (19th-century), Headstone in Your Pocket by Paul Tremblay, Henry Cavill, Hogwarts, homosexuality, ice buildings, In the Bleak Midwinter, Invader Zim, Invisible Men by Christopher Barzak, Jack Skellington, John Kenn Mortensen, Karolina Dean, Kate Beaton, Katherine Jenkins, Kimberly Turner, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Making Fiends, Man of Steel, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Smith, Michael Shannon, Minas Tirith, mistletoe, Moon Knight, Nadav Nachmany, NASA's Johnson Space Center (videos), Neil Gaiman, Nico Minoru, novella, Oriel Window, PEN World Voices Festival, Peppermint Pig, poinsettia, Rachelle Gardner, Randall Munroe, Samurai Jew: The Eighth Night, Sandy Claws, Scott Bakal, Seashells by Lavie Tidhar, Share Your Shelf, St. Basil's Cathedral, Stanislawa P, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Sting, Sutured Infe, tails (human), Tansy Rayner Roberts, The 12 Days of Christmas, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The House of the Seven Gables, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Little Helper by Kat Otis, The Merger by Michael Adam Robson, The Moth, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Refugee by Meg Everingham, The Runaways, The Super Team Family Blog, Theodore Dalrymple, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Twelve Days of Fast Fiction, web-spinning, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why (poem), wheat, Where the Wonder Women Are, Why Can't Reindeer Fly by Lee Barnett, Will Ludwigsen, winter clothing, winter is coming (winter is here), wrapping paper, writing (novellas), xkcd | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 6 April 2012 by Robert

If you don’t know Amy Winfrey’s Making Fiends, you’re in for a treat. What started as a web series of animated shorts eventually became a full season on Nicktoons (only one thus far, alas!). The premise: Charlotte, a friendly, perky … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Amy Winfrey, animation, Fresh Guacamole, Making Fiends, PES | Comments Off

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