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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My thanks to my friend Laura Crary for sending me this image, a still life with books by Stockholm artist Maria Friberg (part of her Still Lives series, 2003-2007). … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Mighty Girl, Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Andreas Feininger, animation, Annie Owens, annotations (LXG), anxiety, Before Watchmen, Ben Towl, Bizarro Classic, Black Lodge, Breaking Bad, Bruce Bickford, busyness, Cameron Cook, Captions, Cat Rambo, Cate Blanchett, Cecelia Holland, Charles Tan, cheese, Christopher Barzak, chronologies, color acuity, color tests, Cracker Barrel, Dale Cooper, DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Double R Diner, Easter Island, Ellen Datlow, Ellen Klages, F. Brett Cox, Fabio Fernandes, family trees, Franz Kafka, Galadriel, Gary K. Wolfe, geek culture, Green Man, Gregor Samsa, Guy Gavriel Kay, Guys Read, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeffrey Ford, Jeremiah McDonald, Jess Nevins, Juan Santapau, Karen Burnham, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Kevin O'Neill, Laura Crary, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Palmer Preiss, left-brain right-brain, Locus, Loki, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Project, Mad Men, maps, Maria Friberg, Marvel Comics, Mary Poppins, Matthew Salesses, Michel Fiffe, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fury, Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe (Deluxe Edition), Organization, Ourit Ben-Haim, Paul Graham Raven, Paul Witcover, Peter Jackson, photography, psychic powers (faux), puppets, Red Room, revision, Robb Pratt, Russell Letson, Sam Howzit, Sarcastic Voyage, Siobhan Carroll, Stefan Dziemianowicz, subtitles, superheroes, Superman, Superman Classic, Sutured Infection, Terry Bisson, The 'Busy' Trap, The Avengers, The Big Bang Theory, The Glass Noose, The Hobbit, The Master and Margarita, The Metamorphosis, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Underground New York Public Library, Theodora Goss, Tim Kreider, timelines, Twin Peaks, Watchmen, Who's Who, Will Ludwigsen, Witch House, witches, writing (research), xkcd
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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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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ More sad news last week: iconic author Ray Bradbury died June 5th at the age of 91. The interwebs were ablaze with appreciations, essays, obituaries, reflections and tributes, the … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Mills, Alan Rickman, All the Wrong Questions, AlphaBooks, Apex Magazine, Awesome People Reading, Barack Obama, Ben Towle, Beyond Katrina, bisexuality, Blocked, Bonnie Zare, book shelves, bookcases, BookRiot, Cameron Cook, Carmina Burana, Carrie, Catherynne M. Valente, Charlize Theron, Chuck Wendig, Darmok, David Lynch, death, dioramas, Erik Martin, fairy-tale films, film trailers, flashmobs, Flesch-Kinkaid Reading Ease continuum, Flesch-Kinkaid Reading Level, Fragile Things, Game of Thrones, Geoff Ryman, Gregory Benford, Hamish Linklater, horror fiction, Ian Withrow, io9, Jack Zipes, Jeff VanderMeer, John Crowley, John D. Boswell, John W. Doull Bookseller, Junot Díaz, Lego, Leigh Bardugo, Lemony Snicket, libraries, LitReactor, Locus, M.C. Escher, Margaret Atwood, McSweeney's, Memory Palace, metaphors, Mirror Mirror, Mister Rogers, Mr. Peabody, Natasha Trethewey, Neil Gaiman, Nick Mamatas, Once Upon a Blog, Once Upon a Time, Paradoxymoron, Patrick Hughes, PBS, photography (ghost mother), Pittsburgh, Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), readability-index calculator, Sam Wolk, SF Signal, Shadow and Bone, Sherman, Slinkachu, Snow White and the Huntsman, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Wars, Stephen King, Thailand, The Adventures of Rocky and Bulwinkle, The Beat, The Garden of Your Mind, The Hanging Garden, The Ladies' Deposit, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Old Library Trinity College, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Symphony of Science, The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better than You Normally Do, The Washington Post, The Witch of Duva: A Ravkan Folk Tale, Theodora Goss, There Will Come Soft Rains, Time, Tor.com, U.S. Poet Laureate, Ultra Violet, Underwords, Wang Saen Suk Hell Park, Will Ludwigsen, writers (bad behavior), writers' workshops, xkcd
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I came across so many wonderful images of bookshelves this week I didn’t know what to do with myself. Here are three that really struck my fancy: The first … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Scott, AlphaBooks, Andrew Marvell, Annalee Newitz, author notebooks, Batman, Ben Towle, Benjamin Lacombe, Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Cameron Cook, Charlie Jane Anders, children's books (French), children's books (German), children's books (terrifying), Chocorua Review, Chuck Wendig, Cliff Chiang, Damien G. Walter, DC Comics, deaths (weird), Der Struwwelpeter, Diane Dillon, DIY MFA, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Ellen Von Unwerth, Emily Brontë, Eva Sangnoir, fairy tales, fairy tales (disturbing), fairy tales (horror), fairy-tale films, fairy-tale illustration, film trailers, Fugu & Tako, Gavin Aung Than, goatee (evil), Green Lantern, growing cabinet, Hurry Up We're Dreaming, Irene Gallo, James Joyce, Jenny Chen, Jo Walton, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Katherine Langrish, Keira Knightley, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leo Dillon, Leopold Bloom, LitReactor, M83, Mansa Musa, Margo Lanagan, Matej Kren, Midnight City, Neil Gaiman, Nicholas Rombes, Nick Mamatas, poets (humor), Prague Municipal Library, puffer fish, Radio Free Other, Reunion, ROBOT, selkies, Shiba Ryotaro, Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum, Snow White, Superdickery, superheroes (gay), The Brides of Rollrock Island, The Evelyn Variant, The Girl Who Spun Gold, The Onion, The Runaways, The Tyger, Theodora Goss, Time time time see what's become of me, To His Coy Mistress, Ulysses, Van Dyke (evil), Warren Ellis, Wicker Man, William Blake, writing (autobiographical elements), writing (cover letters), writing (crime), writing (dialogue), writing (emotion), writing (mood), writing (novels in verse), writing (novels), writing (preparing for a career), writing workshops, Wuthering Heights
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Magpie Monday
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 →
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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
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