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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 28 May 2012 by Robert

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 | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 14 November 2011 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My friend Andrea sent me the link to “Late Bloomers” by Malcolm Gladwell over at The New Yorker. A fascinating article! (And one that lifted my over-40 spirits.) ♦ … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Battle Babies, Brad Rader, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Earthsea, Etsy, fairy-tale films, Jess Nevins, Jo Walton, Kristen Stewart, Late Bloomers, LeBasse Projects, Malcolm Gladwell, movie posters, Pamela Dean, printed ink, Sleep No More, Snow White and the Huntsman, Super Punch, Surface to Air, T.S. Eliot, Tam Lin, Tanith Lee, The New Yorker, The Other Wind, The Secret Country trilogy, Thomas Doyle, Tom Canty, Ursula K. Le Guin, Weird Fiction Review | Comments Off

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