Tag Archives: characterization (writing)

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 28 January 2013 by Robert

“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, A Pretty Mouth, Aaron Hamburger, Abed Nadir, Adam Mills, Adventure Time, Alan Moore, Alexandra Petri, Amery Carlson, Angela Still, Anne Enright, Ant-Man, artisan author, astrology, astronomy, bananas, Battling Boy, Beyond the Gate by Terr Light, bibliographics, blogging, book building (art), book collecting, Burke Heffner, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cannibalism (sexual), Carey Farrell, Carol Gluck, Cartoon Cakes, Cathy Day, characterization (writing), cheese, cheesemonger, Chuck Wendig, Community, Cory Doctorow, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Darick Robertson, David Malki!, Debbie Brown, depression, Derek Blasberg, Diesel Reviews the World, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange (movie), Drown by Tora Fisher, E.L. James, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Temple, Eternity (Marvel character), Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evil Dead, evolution, experimental writing, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Fletcher Hanks, Frank Halmans, fromage, Gail Carriger, Garfield Minus Garfield, Genevieve Valentine, Golden Age Bakery, grand mal seizure, Grant Snider, Gravity by Sara Bareilles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Handwritten Letter Helpers, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hogwarts Library, home libraries (design), Hubble telescope, Irene Gallo, Jeff Gordiner, Jim Jones, José Guízar, Juan Diego Solanas, Kevin Feige, Kevin Sharkey, Kirsten Larson (American Girl doll), L. Jamal Walton, libraries (fictional), Library of Babel, lightning, lightning storms, Little Red Robin Hood by Melissa Mead, Lucha Libre, Lucien's Library, Lynda Carter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Rockefeller, Michel Gondry, Molly Tanzer, Mood Indigo, multitasking, Murder Mysteries (story), music videos, Myke Cole, Neil Gaiman, New York Public Library, optical illusions, ornithology, outlining, Oxford comma, Paul Pope, Perfect Pairs by Erin Morgenstern, Philip Kenney, poetry, red-bellied woodpecker, Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Richard Davies, Ron Jones, Russell Hinson, Ryley Swan, Sedna (planet), serial comma, Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, Sheldon Cooper, short stories (Irish), Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis, Soulless by Gail Carriger, Stephen Sonneveld, Stepping Stone and The Love Machine, Storybird, Sunnydale High Library, Susan Steinberg, Sylvia Toth, the Beast's library (Disney), The Big Bang Theory, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, The Doll's House, The Exterminator by Erik B. Scott, The Fearless Defenders, The Knights of Badassdom, The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger by Yoko Ogawa, The Library (planet), The mMod by Ken Liu, the monastery library (Umberto Eco), The Month of Letters Challenge, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Powerpuff Girls, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tourtes, Transmetropolitan, typography, Upside Down (film), Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Walter Mosley, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, What to Expect when You're Expecting an Alien Parasite by Rebecca Adams Wright, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Will Staehle, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, xkcd, Zack Smith | 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 1 October 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ All Hallow’s Read. Ah, it’s October again, and time for recommending books for Hallowe’en and All Hallow’s Read. Each Monday this month I’ll recommend something spooky or scary to give … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged "I Used to Sing" by The Indelicates, Adam Mills, Alison McMahan, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, American Gods, animation, Anthony Ryan, author photos, Ava Jae, Awesome People Reading, Axel Medellin Machain, Ben Towle, Bluebeard, book shelves, book trailers, bookcases, Brothers Grimm, Bryan Talbot, BubbleCow, Cadbury's Screme Eggs, Cameron Cook, Cartoon Network (20th anniversary), Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. Valente, chapters in novels (writing), characterization (writing), Charles Perrault, Chris Abouzeid, Chris Brogan, Christine A. Jones, Chuck Wendig, colonoscopies (exploding), concept art (animation), content edit, contract law, Corelli's Mandolin, cowboy slang (food & drink), Daily Science Fiction, Dark Tower, Darwyn Cooke, David Malki!, DC's New 52, depression, Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, Devourer of Worlds, discourse markers, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Thompson, Erin Morgenstern, fairy tales, fairy tales (disturbing), Faith Erin Hicks, Fantastic Four, fetal microchimerism, fingerprints, Firefly, Firefly: A Celebration, Firefly: Still Flying, Firefly: The Official Companion, Fitcher's Bird, Fitcher's Brides, flax-golden tales, Friends with Boys, Galactus, Gerry Obadiah Salam, Grandville, Grandville: Bête Noire, graphic novels, Greek myths, Gregory Frost, Hallowe'en, history and epic fantasy, horror films, info graphics (analysis of), infographics, Jabberwocky, James Alan Gardner, Jennifer Schacker, Joel Priddy, Joseph Campbell, Joss Whedon, Journey of the Hero, libraries, Library by Lori Nix (2007), Lindsay Stern, Literary Journals and Rejections, Living Tribunal, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, Maris Wicks, Mark Siegel, Marvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Fairy Tales and Contemporary Critical Perspectives, Monomyth, monsters (Asian), music videos, mythology and fantasy, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, novel (writing), pain, Parker: The Outfit, Parker: The Score, philosophy, Professor Jennifer Magda-Chichester's Time Machine by Julian Mortimer Smith, Promethea, Prudence Shen, research (writing), Rubbish Designer, Russell Hinson, Rusty Shackles, Ryem, Sailor Twain or The Mermaid in the Hudson, Sam Wolk, Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz), Serenity, Shardik, Sherlock Holmes, short films, short stories (success), Solomon Grundy, Spymaster, Steamboat Willy, Stephen King, Super Best Friends Forever, Teaching in the Margins, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Department of Alterations by Gennifer Albin, The Falcon, The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Leaf by Erik T. Johnson, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Silver Surfer, The Whisper by Douglas Sterling, The Wraith, third eye, Tim Callahan, Tom Read, Tor.com, Town of Shadows, Troy Jensen, Twitterfic, Vanessa Place, vector portraits, Victoria Hooper, Virginia Woolf, War and Peace, Warren Ellis, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Wendigo, Where You End and the World Begins by Sam Ferree, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, worker ants, writing (novels), writing mentors | Comments Off

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