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Magpie Monday

Posted on 3 December 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ “It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged " She Says. "You're Tails." by M. Bennardo, "You're Heads, A Small But Helpful Stray Panda by Erin Morgenstern, A Wizard of the Roads by Therese Arkenberg, A&E, Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Stott, Asperger's, autism, baby heads made out of chocolate, Bates Motel, BBC, binge-eating, Blake Charlton, Book Mania!, card flourishes, Charles Dickens, Chuck Wendig, City of Dark Magic (excerpt) by Magnus Flyte, conflict & tension, Daily Science Fiction, David Malki!, education, Ego the Living Planet, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Eternal Wanderer, flax-golden tales, Francesca Ramos, Galactus, Galaxy NGC 1277, Grant Snider, Hannah Christenson, Heads Will Roll by Lish McBride, hoarding, home libraries (design), Homo Homarus by Ellen Denham, how a butcher sees a human body, idioms (food), Impulse (excerpt) by Steven Gould, Jabberwocky, James Joyce, Jeremy Zerfoss, John Bishop, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Kate Chopin, Krissy Brady, Kylie Minogue, Lemony Snicket, Letter Writing Day, libraries, Lightspeed, Neil Cohn, New Teen Titans, Nick Cave, novel (writing), novella, Psycho (1960), research papers (writing), sauce, screenplays, Seven Smiles and Seven Frowns by Richard Bowes, story structures, Strange Horizons, structure (writing), Susanna Clarke, The Awakening, The Dead, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Key to Everything by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Lump of Coal, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Safe Road by Caroline M. Yoachim, The Three Immigrations (a poem) by Rose Lemberg, The White by Berit Ellingsen, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Trigon, Vilnius University Library (Lithuania), Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wild Roses Grow, Winter, winter is coming (winter is here), Wondermark | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ All Hallow’s Read. Ah, it’s October again, and time for recommending books for Hallowe’en and All Hallow’s Read. Each Monday this month I’ll recommend something spooky or scary to give … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged "I Used to Sing" by The Indelicates, Adam Mills, Alison McMahan, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, American Gods, animation, Anthony Ryan, author photos, Ava Jae, Awesome People Reading, Axel Medellin Machain, Ben Towle, Bluebeard, book shelves, book trailers, bookcases, Brothers Grimm, Bryan Talbot, BubbleCow, Cadbury's Screme Eggs, Cameron Cook, Cartoon Network (20th anniversary), Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. Valente, chapters in novels (writing), characterization (writing), Charles Perrault, Chris Abouzeid, Chris Brogan, Christine A. Jones, Chuck Wendig, colonoscopies (exploding), concept art (animation), content edit, contract law, Corelli's Mandolin, cowboy slang (food & drink), Daily Science Fiction, Dark Tower, Darwyn Cooke, David Malki!, DC's New 52, depression, Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, Devourer of Worlds, discourse markers, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Thompson, Erin Morgenstern, fairy tales, fairy tales (disturbing), Faith Erin Hicks, Fantastic Four, fetal microchimerism, fingerprints, Firefly, Firefly: A Celebration, Firefly: Still Flying, Firefly: The Official Companion, Fitcher's Bird, Fitcher's Brides, flax-golden tales, Friends with Boys, Galactus, Gerry Obadiah Salam, Grandville, Grandville: Bête Noire, graphic novels, Greek myths, Gregory Frost, Hallowe'en, history and epic fantasy, horror films, info graphics (analysis of), infographics, Jabberwocky, James Alan Gardner, Jennifer Schacker, Joel Priddy, Joseph Campbell, Joss Whedon, Journey of the Hero, libraries, Library by Lori Nix (2007), Lindsay Stern, Literary Journals and Rejections, Living Tribunal, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, Maris Wicks, Mark Siegel, Marvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Fairy Tales and Contemporary Critical Perspectives, Monomyth, monsters (Asian), music videos, mythology and fantasy, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, novel (writing), pain, Parker: The Outfit, Parker: The Score, philosophy, Professor Jennifer Magda-Chichester's Time Machine by Julian Mortimer Smith, Promethea, Prudence Shen, research (writing), Rubbish Designer, Russell Hinson, Rusty Shackles, Ryem, Sailor Twain or The Mermaid in the Hudson, Sam Wolk, Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz), Serenity, Shardik, Sherlock Holmes, short films, short stories (success), Solomon Grundy, Spymaster, Steamboat Willy, Stephen King, Super Best Friends Forever, Teaching in the Margins, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Department of Alterations by Gennifer Albin, The Falcon, The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Leaf by Erik T. Johnson, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Silver Surfer, The Whisper by Douglas Sterling, The Wraith, third eye, Tim Callahan, Tom Read, Tor.com, Town of Shadows, Troy Jensen, Twitterfic, Vanessa Place, vector portraits, Victoria Hooper, Virginia Woolf, War and Peace, Warren Ellis, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Wendigo, Where You End and the World Begins by Sam Ferree, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, worker ants, writing (novels), writing mentors | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 23 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Underwater photography makes me happy, and I liked this series of underwater Alice in Wonderland photos by Elena Kalis. The image below is one of my favorites, but do … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, After the Earthquake, Alex Ross, Alice in Wonderland, AlphaBooks, Amy Rose Davis, Andrew Eccles, Awesome People Reading, Axel, Beauty a, Ben Towle, Berlin, Black Canary, Black Widow, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Brothers Grimm, Captain Marvel, Caroline M. Yoachim, Christopher Plummer, confidence men, cyborgs, Daily Science Fiction, dolls, Donald J. Sobol (1924-2012), Dorothy, Draxorr, duels, Ekaterina Popovy, Elana Popovy, Elementary, Elena Kalis, Encyclopedia Brown, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fairy tales, False Positive, fantasy (writing), Frances Turnbull, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hawkgirl, Hawkwoman, Hellboy, Ignatius J. Reilly, Jack Zipes, Joan Acocella, John Kennedy Toole, John Verdon, Leah Palmer Preiss, libraries, Linda Hamilton, Man of Steel, maps, McAllen (Texas), McDonald's, Melanie Rees, Mike Walton, Neil Gaiman, Niagara Falls, Once Upon a Time: The Lure of the Fairy Tale, orb web spiders, photography, Ray Bradbury, Robert Downey Jr., Rogue, Ron Perlman, serial killers, Seven Sins, Sherlock Holmes, Super Best Friends Forever, Superman, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Illustrated Man, The Sandman, The Suicide Witch, tongue, Vixen, Vylar Kaftan, wax bullets, webcomics, Where the Wonder Women Are, wolves, Wonder Girl, Wonderfalls, writing, xkcd, Zack Snyder | 2 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ This past week my friend Ruth Facebook-linked to Jonathan Moreau’s photograph of the library parking garage in Kansas City. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something like this garage … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged AlphaBooks, Aquaman, Arvo Pärt, Batman, Ben Towle, Better Book Titles, Blair Erickson, book shelves, BookRiot, books about books, cake, Cameron Cook, Charles Murray Padday, Charles Santore, Charles Schulz, Charlie Jane Anders, children's books, Chuck Wendig, Cinderella, Comic-Con International: San Diego, comics (writing), Creative Commons, Crockett Johnson, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Hillier, deafness, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Hand, Evan Robertson, Fables, fairy tales, fairy tales (art), fantasy (writing), film trailers, Fractured Fairy Tales (gallery show), Franz Kappus, From Kane to Nolan: Seventy Years of Bat Evolution, Funny or Die, Gennady Spirin, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Helena Garcia, Hellboy in Hell, Hermione Granger, hint reviews, Holli Mintzer, Hope Mirrlees, Hungary, infographics, IQ, J.H. Williams III, James Hutchings, James Joyce, Jeanie Tomanek, Joao Ruas, Jonathan Moreau, Kansas City, Kate Beaton, Kate Chopin, Kelly Thompson, Kelly Williams, Kevin Bapp, Kinuko Y. Craft, Leah Palmer Preiss, Letters of Note, Letters to a Young Poet, libraries, Little Wolf Riding Hood, Love the Mermaids and You, Lud-in-the-Mist, lying, M.D. Herter Norton, Marie Rutkoski, Mermaid, Michael Cunningham, Michael Swanwick, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Nikola Tesla, omniscient narrator, opening sentence (fantasy novels), optical illusions, oxytocin, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Peanuts, Penelope Trunk, polyandry, Prince Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de La Lanne-Mirrlees, prodigy, Pulitzer prize (Fiction), Quotable Arts, Radio Free Other, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ruth Sanderson, Sam Raimi, Seinfeld, self-publishing, selkies, steampunk (cakes), Stefan Kiesbye, Super Golden Friends, Superman, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Awakening, The Golden Girls, The Hanging Garden, The Nature of Cinderella, The Oatmeal, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, toxic waste, typos, Ulysses, Will Ludwigsen, Wonderful World of Animation, WWA Gallery, Your House Is on Fire Your Children All Gone | 3 Comments

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

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