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Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 July 2013 by Robert

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 | 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 | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 April 2013 by Robert

Here’s the shiny stuff that caught my eye last week: ♦ In case you didn’t know, Japanese schoolgirls rock. Case in point: a new fad where the young ladies take photos of themselves imitating the Kamehameha, an energy attack seen … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Softer World, AboveAverageNetwork, Adam Mills, Alix Ohlin, Allen Ginsberg, Amy Hempel, Anaïs Nin, AsapScience, author photos, bananas, bees, book bubble, book lovers never go to bed alone (tumblr), Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Boy Bandits: The Rise & Fall of Puberty's Child, Captain Hero, Chris Hardwick, Chuck Wendig, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Wallace, David Malki!, Deer by Erin Morgenstern, Denis Johnson, Doctor Who, Dorian Gray, Dorte Mandrup, Dragon Ball, E. Annie Proulx, e.e. cummings, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, European Cemeteries (blog), film trailers, Flannery O'Connor, flax-golden tales, Foundering Fathers by Brian K. Lowe, George Saunders, goosebumps, Hannah Hart, Hugh Jackman, Inside (novel), Instagram, J.D. Salinger, John Keats, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Santapau, Kamehameha (energy attack), Kamehameha (King of Hawaiian Islands), Karen Russell, Kelly Link, Kinuyu Tanaka, Leonid Tishkov, libraries, Luna (baby polar bear cub), Marcel Proust, Marcus Nispel, Margaret Atwood, Maritsa Patrinos, Mark Twain, Martha Wash, Martin Amis, Martin Siegling, Mary Gaitskill, Mary Karr, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Sendak, Mojo's Famous Burgers & More, murder, My Drunk Kitchen, My First Time Buying Condoms and Other Embarrassing Stories, My First Valentine Was Doctor Who, naked mole rat, Neil Gaiman, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Philip Roth, polar bears, puppets, Read Nest, Rebecca Mock, Riensberg Cemetery (Bremen), Running of the Bulls by Harry Turtledove, Samuel Beckett, Scooby-Doo, Sea Story by A.S. Byatt, Shadow Play by Liz Argall, Share Your Shelf, Skipping Stones by Devin Miller, Steven Millhauser, Superman, Superman II, Sylvia Plath, Talking Covers, The Doctor Puppet, The General Society Library, The Guardian, the Hulk, The Love of Beauty by K.J. Bishop, The Man and the River by Therese Pieczynski, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Strange World of Martin Kardec, The Super Team Family Blog, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Tying of Tongues by Kristi DeMeester, The Wolverine (film trailers), Thomas Hardy, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Toni Morrison, Tor.com, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Weird Fiction Review, William Shakespeare, Wimpy, Wondermark, Ze Frank | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Marking Time. I am obsessed with calendars. Not too obsessed, mind you, but I have four wall calendars and two desk calendars at home and another wall calendar in the office. … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Gallardo, Adam Mills, Adam Rex, Alison Ann Woodward, Angela Still, Anthony Hopkins, Archie comics, Aslan Malik, Balder, bee models (19th century), bees, Ben Franklin, Beneath 360, blinking, book cover art, book shelves, bookcases, Brooke Graddon, Buii, Caitlín R. Kiernan, calendars, cannibalism (medicinal), Carey Farrell, characterization (writing), Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, Chthon, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, copyright, corn flakes, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Merriam, Dave McKean, Death Before Dishonor by Shannon Leight, Downton Abbey, Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evan Shaner, flax-golden tales, food sweaters, gene patenting, Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways, Grant Snider, Green Lantern, Greer Gilman, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, He Could Be Ambrose Bierce by Shaenon Kelty Garrity, heirloom pop-up book, Hyperion, hypothermia, Ian Withrow, In the White of the Snow by Mark Patrick Lynch, Intestate by Charlie Jane Anders, io9, Ivy Rose by Dan Hart, Jabberwocky, James Patrick Kelly, Jason Reeves, John Harvey Kellogg, Joyce Carol Oates, Justice League, Kate Beaton, Kyle Roberts, Lemony Snicket, letters, libraries, Life in Space by Leslie Jane Anderson, Lightspeed, Luis Guerrero, Magma, Malissa Kent, marshmallows, Matthew Broderick, metaphors, Meyers-Briggs, Michael Bukowski, Molly Hayes/Bruiser of the Runaways, MTO, Neil Gaiman, Oblivion (film), optical illusions, Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing, pandas, Patricio Oliver, Paul Kirsch, Phantom Eye Syndrome, pizza (cutting), Please Look After This Angel by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Poppies by Megan Lee Beals, psychopaths, Pubslush, resolutions for writers, Russell Hinson, SAD, Salvage by K.S. Dearsley, Seth, Sheila Boneham, Shirley Jackson, short films (writing), SketchEmily by reenin, Slinkachu, Sniperphotog, snow scenes in literature, So Far Faithful by Sarah Kanning, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Sutured Infection, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Tanith Lee, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Taylor Preston, Teres Frohock, The Beginning of the World Again by Erin Morgenstern, The Cries of the Dead and Dying by Sarah Goslee, The Dead Letter Office by Matthew Marinett, The Film Doctor, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hades Hotline by Alex Petri, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Miracle on Tau Prime by Alex Shvartsman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Race by Sadie Mattox, The Road to Wellville, The Sounds of Old Earth by Matthew Kressel, The Subatomic Fiber-Optic Deconstruction/Construction Transportation Chamber by Dylan Otto Krider, The Super Team Family Blog, The Venus Effect, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tiny Lives by Alan Baxter, Tom Cruise, Tom Daley, Tom Gauld, Tools to Build the Stars by Erin Morgenstern, Tor.com, Victoria Vincent, Warren Ellis, Weird Science Fiction, werewolves (genetics), When She Is Empty by Damien Walters Grintalis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, William Morris, Wing by Amal El-Mohtar, Wisdom for the New Year by Erin Morgenstern, Wonder Woman, writer's block, X-Men (cartoon), Zachary Jernigan | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 8 October 2012 by Robert

“All things on earth point home in old October; sailers to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.” ~Thomas Wolfe Here are … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud, Alabaster, All Hallow's Read, allergies, AlphaBooks, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, animation, Apex Magazine, Banned Books Week, bees, Ben Towle, Blitzen Trapper, Blood Oranges by K.C. Shaw, Bookshelf Porn, Bruce Boxleitner, Cabin in the Woods, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Cape Breton, Catherynne M. Valente, chapters in novels (writing), Chet Phillips, Christopher Blake, Clarkesworlde Magazine, Conjunctions by Neil Gaiman, Crimson Fox, Daily Science Fiction, Dancy Flammarion, Daniel Radcliffe, Darkness by Lord Byron, Darwyn Cooke, David Malki!, DC Women Kicking Ass, Dexter (cupcakes), Documentation Centre at the Library and Archives of the National Museum Reina Sofia Art Centren in Madrid, Dodger (excerpt) by Terry Pratchett, Enchanted Conversation, England under the White Witch by Theodora Goss, Fall of the House of Usher, film trailers, Finland, flax-golden tales, flip food in a pan like a chef, forensics, gender identity, Gerri Ryan, Grant Snider, Gregory L. Ulmer, Hades' Pitch by Rita Dove, Hans Christian Andersen, Harper and the Flood and the Ghost by Michael Ramstead, historical fiction, HIV, honey, Horns, horror films, Introverts, io9, Jason Statham, Jeremy Messersmith, Joe Hill, Kate Beaton, Kenneth Grahame, Kill Kat 1 by Andrew Bell, King of Marbury by Andrew Smith, Kitty Pryde, Krissy Brady, Lantern City, Last by Rich Larson, Laura Marling, Laura Veirs, Leah Palmer Preiss, Little Star (excerpt) by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Lois Lane, Lyria by Miah Sonnel, Manhattan (neighborhoods), Mark Lanegan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Medusa by Patricia Smith, Michael Ramstead, monsters (European), monsters (South American), monsters (Victorian), Mr. Toad, My Mask Humanity by D. Thomas Minton, My Morning Jacket, Mystek, Nina Paley, No Harm in Tears by Lissa Sloan, NYU Press (library), Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, Parker series, pommedauphine, Promethea, psychopaths, punctuation marks (little-known), Radio Free Other, Raylene Rankin, Rebekka Karijord, Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake), sentence length, Sita Sings the Blues, steampunk (definitions of), Steampunk Week 2012, Stoker, Straitened Circumstances, Superman, Sutured Infection, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Commonplace Book by Jacob Clifton, The Dead by Mina Loy, The Descent, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Kalevala, The Talking Fountain by Diana Părpăriţă, The Thing, The Wind in the Willows, This Land Is Mine by Nina Paley, Thomas Wolfe, Threshold by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Thumbelina, Tim Callahan, Tim Hanley, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Watchdragon by Erin Morgenstern, Weaving Dreams by Mary Robinette Kowal, Where the Wonder Women Are, Winnie-the-Pooh, Wondermark | Comments Off

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

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