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Tag Archives: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Prior to seeing the image below on Terri Windling’s blog, I’d never heard of Kelly Louise Judd before. How is that possible? Her work is exquisite and reminds me … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Tequila" Yuen, AlphaBooks, Andrew Wheeler, animation, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beautiful Evidence, Ben Towl, Bill and Ted, Birds and Birthdays, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Brian Azzarello, China Miéville, Chris Bird, Christopher Barzak, Cloudburst by Thomas Allen, cosplay, costumes, cremation, Dana Scully, Dante and Virgil in Hell by William Adolphe Bouguereau, Darren Criss, Davinder Brar, dolls, Edward Scissorhands, Endymion by Roz Kaveney, Espresso Book Machine, film trailers, Fire, Fox Mulder, free indirect discourse, Harry Potter, Joe Hill, John Byrne, Justice League, Justine Larbalestier, Kelly Louise Judd, Kingdom Come, know what you write, Leonora Carrington, magic realism, magic systems, magical-realist films, Marc Basile, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Downs (The Craft), Nancy Drew, Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), Neil Gaiman, Perched by Kelly Louise Judd, poetry (found), Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia by Rachel Swirsky, Remedios Varo, Roz Kaveney, Rufus, school lunch, Song of the Sea, spontaneous combustion, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Steve McQueen, Stray Books by Grant Snider, stress and genes, Superman, Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest by Bruce Boston, Swan Bones Theater, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Terri Windling-Gayton, Th Dark Knight Strikes Again, The Corinthian, The League of Extraordinary Gentlepersons 1996, The Mafra National Palace library in Mafra Portugal, The Sandman, The Secret of Kells, The Watchmaker's Wife by Lydia S. Gray, Thomas Allen, Tom Gauld, Under the Tree by Tania Hershman, Where the Wonder Women Are, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman (villains), writing (process), Zach Morris (sociopath)
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Video Friday
This afternoon I’m going to see Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild with Molly and Emily, and in honor of my first movie theater-outing since the last Harry Potter film (no, I don’t get out much), I present to you Glory … Continue reading →
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Tagged Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin, Court 13, Glory at Sea, Louisiana, short films
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen draws these wonderful monsters on Post-It Notes, and he posts new monsters regularly on his blog. I have a book of his monsters published … Continue reading →
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Tagged acknowledgement page, Alan Garner, Allen Ginsberg, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, anthropology, antiques (medical), ants (translucent), authors (bizarre deaths), Baba Yaga, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Towle, Benh Zeitlin, bibliophiles, Bob Dylan, book shelves, bookcases, books by the linear foot, Briar Rose, Cameron Cook, Carlos Severe Marcelin, Charlie Jane Anders, Chooo-San, Chuck Wendig, Cormac McCarthy, culling books, Doctor Who, Dr. Seuss, El Libro Que No Puede Esperar, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emilie Simon, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, Eterna Cadencia, F.R. Tallis, fantasy films, Francesca Ramos, Garrett Hedlund, Gary Oldman, George Orwell, Google search techniques, graduation gifts, Graham Joyce, Harper Lee, home libraries (design), home libraries (planning), horror fiction, horror films, houses (floating), Hunter S. Thompson, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Kerouac, Jamie Bell, Jane Yolen, John Kenn Mortensen, John Steinbeck, Julian Barnes, Kristing Kathryn Rusch, Kyle Thompson, Laurent Chehere, lava, libraries, library collection-development services, lists (science fiction/fantasy authors), Looper, Magic Mike, magical-realist films, maps, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Staggs, Maurice Sendak, Michael Kimball, monsters, moon (if it had never formed), Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, music videos, Nagai Hideyuki, Neil Gaiman, Oh The Places You'll Go, optical illusions, Patricia Barletta, poetry, Post-It Notes, Prada, Prometheus, Roald Dahl, Robert C. O'Brien, Sarah Manguso, Sarah Selecky, science (weird and otherwise), science-fiction films, Seamus Heaney, Sean Hathaway, Snow White and the Huntsman, steampunk (clothing), stop-motion animation, TARDIS, Teddy Ruxpin, The Big Rip Theory, The Book That Can't Wait, The McGurk Effect, The Owl Service, The Possession, The Rules of Magic, Time, toilets (physics), Tom Gauld, typewriters, typography, urban fantasy, Virginia Woolf, Visual Capture Illusion, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, world building, writing, writing (cover letters), writing (longhand), writing (organization), writing (outlines), writing (query letters), writing (sex), writing (submission letters), You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack
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