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Magpie Monday

Posted on 8 July 2013 by Robert

Monday morning has broken, like the first morning Magpie has spoken, like the first bird* Welcome to another week-long Magpie Monday fest (well, Friday is only Video Friday, but a week full of posts!). Please to enjoy these dainty dishes … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Alice Munro, Ampisound, Amy Winfrey, Andi Smith, Apex Magazine, armor, Benjamin Roy Lambert, bonsai trees, book shelves, bookcases, Brit Mandelo, Cat Stevens, Catherynne M. Valente, Cathy Day, Christopher Barzak, Colin Heck, Convos with My 2-Year Old, Daily Science Fiction, Dale Irby, Damien Walters Grintalis, Das ist mir Wurst (This is sausage to me), Dave Waite, Derrick Brown, Dominique Whitten, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Erin Morgenstern, female power, first-draft maps, flax-golden tales, Georgina Bruce, Gloria Bigelow, Grant Lyon, Grant Snider, Haikus of Regret, Henrietta Bean, io9, It Gets Better, It Gets Worse, J.D. Hancock, J.T. Howard, James Kingston, Jane Yolen, Jaym Gates, Kate Lebo, Ken To, Lady Snowblood, Lee Hallison, Letters of Note, Lightspeed, Liz Belsky, Louise Richardson, Marly Youmans, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Maureen McGovern, Nathan Ballingrud, Neil Gaiman, neo-noir fiction, Nightmare Magazine, ninjas, parkour, PetaPixel, Poets & Writers, readings, Richard Burton, Rusell Hinson, Samuel Bean, samurai, Sarah Monette, social media, Stephen P. Kiernan, Steve Grand, Susanna Bean, Sydney Smith, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Goblin Market, The Lord of the Rings Online, The Mary Sue, The Nymphs, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Puzzle Tombstone, Tina Fey, Tom Gauld, Tommy James & The Shondells, Tor.com, Usman T. Malik, vercingertorix09, Violet Baudelaire, Wanda Sykes, Weird Fiction Review, Wesley Burt, Will Ludwigsen, William Shakespeare | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 24 June 2013 by Robert

All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week (with another installment to come on Wednesday, and two art MMs on Tuesday and Thursday, so with Video Friday it’s a full week of mayhem here…) ♦ WELCOME TO … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Scream by R.L. Stine, Aifric Campbell, Alice Munro, Alison McMahan, Awesome Book Covers, book chairs, book cover art, book sculpture, book shelves, bookcases, Bunny Williams, Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes, Call of the Wild, Cathy Day, chameleons, City of Chrysanthemum by Ken Liu, Curing Day by Dustin Adams, Daily Science, Dark Beautiful Force by Jessica May Lin, Drake equation, Fermi paradox, Flaming June, flax-golden tales, Folio Society, foxes, Frederic Leighton, Gladstone's Library, Grant Snider, I'll Leave the Light On by Patricia Russo, Iain M. Banks, Ireland, J. Pocker, Jack London, Jane Yolen, Jumping Into the Sky by Samantha Murray, Kate Bernheimer, Kevin Sharkey, Klaus and Christiane Echle, Lightspeed, Lissa Kiernan, Liu Wei, Mary Burns, Michael Hastings, Neil Gaiman, oneirology, Paranormal Romance by Christopher Barzak, Pawel Piotrowski, Penduline, Portsmouth (UK), Rachelle Gardner, Raymond Carver, Revenge (TV series), Roald Dahl, Sandwich Book, Seagull by Erin Morgenstern, Smart Ideas for Smarter Cities, stamps, Suzanne Strempek Shea, The Mafra National Palace library in Mafra Portugal, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Stranger by Anna Banks, toothpaste, Tor.com, virtual dissection table, William Gladstone | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Wednesday

Posted on 12 June 2013 by Robert

So much interesting stuff lately I need (yet again) another day to share it all. That’s just how I roll, yo. ◊ LET’S GET HISTORICAL. Women in the 19th Century, John Green’s sixteenth Crash Course U.S. History, is pretty entertaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 19th century, A Streetcar Named Desire, Aaron Paul, Adam Nevill, Adam Scott, Adam WarRock, Alec Baldwin, AmazonFresh, Amy Poehler, Amy Winfrey, animation, Artcake (Jane Zubova), Batgirl, Batman (TV series), Blue Jasmine, Breaking Bad, Brian Wood, cake, Came Back Haunted (song), Captain Krypton, Cate Blanchett, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Comic Sans, Craig Leyenaar, Crash Course U.S. History, Daenerys Targaryen, dialogue, Doctor Who, donuts, dragons, Eartha Kitt, Eric Guzman, Essra Mohawk, Fables, film trailers, Francesca Ramos, Gabi Jguma, Game of Thrones, grammar, Grayson: Earth One, Haikus of Regret, Hart to Hart, If a Child Is Born (song), In the Flesh (TV series), Jane Yolen, Jessica Hynes, John Green, John Rogers, Julie Newmar, Karen Gillan, Kelly Thompson, Lauren Beukes, Luc Besson, Luke Newberry, Marc Osborn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mighty Avengers, Mike Lacher, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Wonder, Neil Gaiman, Nine Inch Nails, Not Another Happy Ending, Olivier Coipel, One Wipe Charlies, PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome), Peleș Castle, poetry, portable farms, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Donuts, Robert DeNiro, Ruiz Burgos, Schoolhouse Rock!, short-story collections (how-to), Sodabit, Spaced, style sheets, Sufferin' 'til Suffrage, suffragettes, Superman, Tangled, The Amazing Spider-Bat, The Family (film), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Mary Sue, The Shining Girls, The Super Team Family Blog, Tommy Lee Jones, Up the Women, virtual supermarkets, Wonder Woman, Woody Allen, writer tricks, X-Men, Yvonne Craig, zombies | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Robert

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 →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | 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 | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 19 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Whoa: Rob Mulholland created this installation to explore “the essence of who we are as individuals in relationship to others and our given environment.” These mirrored figures (six in … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Brief History of Monsters, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Alessandro Bavari, Alessandro Ferraro, Alessio Morglia, American Libraries, Annie Murphy Paul, Arthurian legends, Brian Azzarello, card catalog, Cartoon Network, Charles de Lint, Charlie Jane Anders, China Miéville, Chretien de Troyes, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, comics, creativity, DC Nation Shorts, Dial H for Hero, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Fantasy Art Now, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Helena Bonham Carter, Interfictions Zero, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, James Morrow, Jane Yolen, Jeanette Winterson, Jennifer Egan, Jennifer Miller, John Baer, John Steinbeck, Kit Steinkeller, Lauren Faust, libraries, literary magazines, Mercedes Lackey, Neil Gaiman, neuroscience, Neverwhere, Nick Ripatrazone, Organization, Out of Body, Raymond Carver, reading, Rob Mulholland, Sherwood Anderson, Small Notebook, Super Best Friends Forever, The Hanging Garden, The Palencar Project, Theodora Goss, Thomas Malory, throughline, Track Changes, Twelve Days of Monsters, Wallace Yovetich, Weird Fiction Review, William Randolph Hearst, Winesburg Ohio, Wonder Woman, writing, Young Justice | Comments Off

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