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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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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 →
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
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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
“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 →
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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
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Video Friday
Today’s video comes courtesy of my friend Andy, who sent me the link to this episode of PBS’ Off Book, a webseries that explores experimental and non-traditional art forms. I was really taken by “The Art of Film & TV … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andrew Gilstrap, Ben Conrad, Blue Valentine, Jim Helton, Karin Fong, Mad Men, PBS' Off Book, Peter Frankfurt, The Art of Film & TV TItle Design, title sequences, Zombieland
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