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Magpie Monday
Here’s what shiny that caught my eye last week: ♦ A Month of Letters. In just a few days, February will close and the 2013 Month of Letters Challenge will end. I’ve been very good, mailing something every day the … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
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 →
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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
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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: ♦ It’s still National Poetry Month, people! Are you reading and sharing poems? The third poem in Tor.com’s series in honor of NPM is “The Ballad of Death and the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arts & Crafts Movement, Batman, Booklife, Cameron Cook, Chuck Wendig, Domythic Bliss, editing, Emily Brontë, emotions, Eric Del Carlo, Funds for Writers, horror fiction, Ian Withrow, libraries, living alone, Looper, Mad Men, Mad X-Men, Maggie Stiefvater, main characters, mash-ups, minimalism, Nathan Bransford, Nathan Heller, National Poetry Month, Neil Gaiman, Night Shade Books, Remembrance, Roz Kaveney, show don't tell, The Ballad of Death and the Maid, The Raven Boys, Theodora Goss, Victorian decorating, Vulcan, Weird Fiction Review, William Shakespeare, X-Men, Zachary Jernigan
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