Tag Archives: Kirsty Stonell Walker

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 17 December 2012 by Robert

“I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future—the timelessness of the rocks and the hills—all the people who have existed there. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, A Natural History of Dragons (excerpt) by Marie Brennan, A Winter Night's Tale (1867) by Daniel Maclise, Abigail's Song (Silence Is All You Know), Alison Moyet, Am I Free to Go? by Kathryn Cramer, Amy Winfrey, Andrew Wyeth, author photos, Batman: The Animated Series, Better Book Titles, book cleaning, Bookshelf Porn, bookshops (second-hand), Brad Hill, Bree Odgen, Cameron Cook, Cathy Day, Charles M. Schulz, cheese, Christmas trees, Chuck Wendig, Cinderella, Cindy LIttlefield, Corinne May, Coventry Carol, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Wilbur, Daniel Maclise, David Tennant, dinner party (death of), diphallia, Doctor Mid-Nite, Doctor Who, Eclipse Online, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Enya, Erin Morgenstern, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Futurama, Gabriel's Message, Gail Carriger, Gangnam Style (video), genitals, ghost stories (Victorian), gift-giving, gingerbread houses, Grab the Holiday Cheer by Erin Morgenstern, Haunted Mansion (Disneyland), Hawthorne Effect, headless portraits (19th-century), Headstone in Your Pocket by Paul Tremblay, Henry Cavill, Hogwarts, homosexuality, ice buildings, In the Bleak Midwinter, Invader Zim, Invisible Men by Christopher Barzak, Jack Skellington, John Kenn Mortensen, Karolina Dean, Kate Beaton, Katherine Jenkins, Kimberly Turner, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Making Fiends, Man of Steel, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Smith, Michael Shannon, Minas Tirith, mistletoe, Moon Knight, Nadav Nachmany, NASA's Johnson Space Center (videos), Neil Gaiman, Nico Minoru, novella, Oriel Window, PEN World Voices Festival, Peppermint Pig, poinsettia, Rachelle Gardner, Randall Munroe, Samurai Jew: The Eighth Night, Sandy Claws, Scott Bakal, Seashells by Lavie Tidhar, Share Your Shelf, St. Basil's Cathedral, Stanislawa P, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Sting, Sutured Infe, tails (human), Tansy Rayner Roberts, The 12 Days of Christmas, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The House of the Seven Gables, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Little Helper by Kat Otis, The Merger by Michael Adam Robson, The Moth, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Refugee by Meg Everingham, The Runaways, The Super Team Family Blog, Theodore Dalrymple, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Twelve Days of Fast Fiction, web-spinning, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why (poem), wheat, Where the Wonder Women Are, Why Can't Reindeer Fly by Lee Barnett, Will Ludwigsen, winter clothing, winter is coming (winter is here), wrapping paper, writing (novellas), xkcd | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Robert

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Krampus Carol, A.S. Byatt, Adam Mills, Adrian Garcia, advent, Alan Moore, Aliya Tarmo, Alone by Siegfried Sassoon, Alton Brown, Andrew Gilstrap, Anthony Bourdain, Ariel, art (Victorian), Barry Dwight Steel Rodger, Bittersweet Romance of Leaves and Snow by Erin Morgenstern, Boing Boing, book shelves, bookcases, Borden eggnog, brokeback poses (superheroines), Brom, Chuck Wendig, comas, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Domythic Bliss, dracunculiasis, druids, Druids Cutting Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon (c. 1890), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, eggnog (history), Elizabeth Hand, eschatology, Fables, Fearnet, flax-golden tales, French Foreign Legion, Gabriel by Adrienne Rich, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gingerbread (sci-fi), Gingerhaze, Hans Christian Andersen, Hanukkah, Henri Paul Motte, Hero4Hire Creative, heteropaternal superfecundation, home libraries (design), Ian McEwan, Ideomancer, Introverts, io9, James Joyce, Jodi Harvey-Brown, Joel Robinson, Juan Santapau, Justin Simon, Karen Berger, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Krampus, Krampus: The Yule Lord, Krissy Brady, latke-hamentash debate, LCD contact lenses, Lewis Carroll, Lindsay Small-Butera, Lindsey Mann, LitReactor, Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse by Ian Creasey, magic tricks, Marie Chapmen, Maya, Mean Geimhridh, Megan Hotz, MiracleMech by Tim Deans, mistletoe, Nancy Alsop, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Nicholas Humphries, nitrous oxide, novella, Prophet Hen of Leeds, PSAs, Psylocke, pupils (dilation), Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury Square, Russell Hinson, Saint Nicholas, Sally Franckowiak, Samantha Jewell, Santa Claus, See Jane, Shattered Amber by Mari Ness, sickles, Silas House, space (darkness), Su Blackwell, sunlight (weight), Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, taboos in speculative fiction, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Artist in the Tower by Adam Mills, The Brief, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, The Dead, The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hawkeye Initiative, The Kissed Mouth, The League, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Little Mermaid, The Magic of Christmas: An Advent Calendar of Fantasy Fiction, The Perfect Match by Ken Liu, The Rise of Ransom City (excerpt) by Felix Gilman, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Show Must by Matt London, Three Panels Open, Through the Looking-Glass, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tom O'Bedlam, Tor.com, Travis Price Architects, typography (kinetic), Ulysses, Under a Sky of Knives by Michelle Muenzler, Vancouver Film School, Vertigo Comics, Vylar Kaftan, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, writer's block, writing routines, Yann Frisch | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 20 August 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Look at this beautiful little monster! My friend Laura shared this photo on Facebook, and I just fell in love with this baby Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix). I … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Good Man is Hard to FInd by Flannery O'Connor, Adèle Blanc-Sec, Alan Rickman, AlphaBooks, Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix), and Watched by Rahul Kanakia, anti-suicide nasal spray, apostrophes (possessive), Argentina, Batman, Ben Towle, Bigby Wolf, Blue and Blue by Jennifer Linnaea, Bone and Ash and Butterflies by Julia Rios, book cover art, bookcases, bookshelves, bookstores, bookworms, Borg Mary Poppins by Kelly Tindall, Cat Hellisen, Christopher Boffoli, Chuck Wendig, comics (writing), copyright, Dana Scully, David Michalek, DIY writing fellowship, DNA as a data storage, DNA testing, Doctor Strange, Doctor Who, Dr. Seu, drainpipes, drinking cocoa prevents senility and lowers blood pressure, Edward Burne-Jones, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Frost, Emma Peel, Ernest Hemingway, feminism, Fifty Shades of Grey, Flannery O'Connor, Gillian Anderson, Hellfire Club, Herman Melville, how to read someone's mind, Hugh Laurie, Inception (soundtrack), Isaac Cates, Jakita Wagner, Jill Thompson, John Constantine, John Hughes, Juan Santapau, Kirsty Stonell Walker, koalas have human fingerprints, Late Bloomers, Lexa Hillyer, literal green eggs, lonely galaxies, male contraceptive pill, Malekith the Accursed by Patricio Oliver, Matilda, metaphor, Mitch Pileggi, Moby-Dick, Molly Ringwald, money-saving tips for writers, myth studies, Neil Gaiman, Oh My God, Oracle, peacocks, pensions for writers, plotting, Portraits in Dramatic Time, Pre-Raphaelites, private writing, Quentin Blake, Rhoda Belleza, Roald Dahl, scene breaks (writing), Shark Week, Sharktopus, short films, super-hero films, superheroes, Tansy Rayner Roberts, TARDIS, The Avengers (Steed & Peel), The Fire Gown by Michael Swanwick, The Hotel of Suicides by Mike Resnick and Sabina Theo, The Last Sleep of Arthur by Edward Burne-Jones, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Seven Deadly Sins, The X-Files, Three Panels, Time Ladies, trans fat (evil), truck driving, virgin births, voice (writing), Warren Ellis, We Planted the Sad Child, What an assault on the imagination, When the Sea is Rising Red, Whisper, William Shunn, X-Men, YA literature | 4 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 26 December 2011 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Just before the holiday break, I took the official Myers-Briggs Type Indicator through our Career Services office. Many years ago, I’d taken an online version and scored as an … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged At the First Touch of Winter, Awesome People Hanging Out Together, C.A. Belmond, Cabinet des Fees, Chuck Wendig, Daniel James Cox, David Lynch, David Malki!, Elizabeth Hand, fantasy, Galactus, Galactus and the Surfer, Hans Christian Andersen, Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time, Indyanimation, INFJ, INTJ, io9, Jeff Gurwood, John H. Stevens, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Michael Cho, Michael Oeming, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Paradise Lost, Parsifal, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rose Theatre, Russell Brand, Scheherezade's Bequest, Sean Ferrell, Su Blackwell, Summer Fades Away, The Kissed Mouth, The Snow Queen, Theodora Goss, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman Flies over Themiscyra, Wondermark, writing | 2 Comments

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