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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I really love paper artist Su Blackwell‘s work, and the reason why is illustrated in “The Snow Queen” (photographed by Johanna Parkin): On her website, Blackwell describes her work thus: … Continue reading
Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday
Tagged Alberto Belli, AlphaBooks, Azazello, Ben Towle, Black Box, BookRiot, Caitlin Lehman, Chuck Wendig, comic-book movie heroines, comics, David Abrams, David Malki!, David R. Slavitt, Eljay Daly, Evelyn Waugh, fairy tales, fairy-tale films, four-letter words, Genevieve Farrell, genre and pop, genre is disruptive technology, George Singleton, Greg Rucka, Henry David Thoreau, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, Ira Glass, Jeff O'Neal, Jennifer Egan, Johanna Parkin, John Scalzi, Jonathan Coulton, Late Bloomers, lending books, Lev Grossman, Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew Humphreys, Mikhail Bulgakov, National Short Story Month, Order vs. Chaos, plotters vs pantsers, quiet desperation, Re: Your Brains, Richard Parks, Ryan Britt, Salts Made from Tears, Shoshana Kessock, small talk, Snow White and the Seven Movies, Su Blackwell, swears, teaching writing, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Master and Margarita, The Snow Queen, Tom Gauld, Twitter, villains, Wondermark, word clouds, Wordle, X-Men
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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
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
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ On Facebook this week, Theodora Goss shared this photo by Tatyana Veduta (click to see larger): Wouldn’t that be a charming weekend-getaway cottage? Imagine all the art you could … Continue reading
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
Tagged American Psycho, Awesome People Reading, Battle Royale, Beefactory, book carving, book shelves, Brian Dettmer, Brothers Grimm, Catherynne M. Valente, Charles Stross, Charlie Jane Anders, Chuck Wendig, Coraline, Dezeen Magazine, Domythic Bliss, E.B. White, Eljay Daly, Felicia Day, Harry Potter, Harry Turtledove, Jack Woolley, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Vanhoutte, Jennifer Griffith, Josh Ritter, Lauren Davis, Mary Harron, Mary Robinette Kowal, Meredith Woermer, Nachu Bhatnagar, Neil Gaiman, Radio Free Other, secret doors, SF Signal, Stephen Elliott, Stephen King, Survival books for the apocalypse, Tatyana Veduta, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Hunger Games, The Juniper Tree, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Moth Diaries, The Rumpus, Theodora Goss, typewriters, Weird Tales, Wonder Woman
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My friend Eljay Daly sent me the link to this article on Wim Botha’s Beautifully Grotesque Book Masterpieces—and they are! ♦ A new blog about “fairy tale, mythic, and … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned doll factories, Alex Wong, Cameron Cook, Catty-Corner Cottage, Chuck Wendig, Dancers Among Us, Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Domythic Bliss, Elizabeth Hand, Eljay Daly, Environmental Graffiti, fairy tales, figment, Jack White, Jordan Matter, Katherine Langrish, Kunstkammer (Cabinet of Curiosity), literary salons, Norah Jones, Norwegian horror, Pico Iyer, Scandinavian folklore, Susan Price, Thale, The Beautiful Necessity, the huldra, The Joy of Books, Theodora Goss, Troll-Hunter, Twitter, voice, Will Ludwigsen, Wim Botha, writing workshops
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ The first issue of the new Wonder Woman series by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang came out last week, the third week of DC’s new relaunch. Expectations had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, David Lynch, Eljay Daly, Emma Straub, George Pérez, Greer Gilman, Hellboy, Hope Mirrlees, Jay Lake, Kunstkammer (Cabinet of Curiosity), Little Red Riding Hood, Lud-in-the-Mist, Nightcrawler, Rafael Grampa, Ruth MacKenzie, Steve Stern, Steven Millhauser, SurLaLune Fairy Tales, The Company of Wolves, The Kalevala, Twin Peaks, Ursus Wehrli, Wonder Woman
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