Tag Archives: Mad Men

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 13 August 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ For those of you who dream of singing in the rain or in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, or who dream of multiple covers of Rhianna‘s “Umbrella” (by the by, I love … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Distant Soil, Agatha Harkness, All Time Low, AlphaBooks, amnesia, Andrew Neal, anime, Annie Bellet, Anthony Hope Smith, Armless Maiden, Armless Maidens of the American West, Barcelona, basilisk, Ben Towle, Better Than Sunnydale, book-spine poetry, Bram Stoker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chris Berens, Christina Hendricks, Chuck Wendig, Colleen Doran, creativity, crime rate, cryptids, cryptozoology, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walters Grintalis, daydreaming, Dear Editor Enclosed Please Find My Story about Your Unfortunate Demise, dioramas, Dracula, Ekaterina Fawl, ElfQuest, fan fiction/fan art, fingernails, Genevieve Valentine, Glenn Barr, Greer Gilman, Harry Potter, Hogwarts fashion, home libraries (organization), Hush, Ice, immortality, Innocence Rearranged, interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jean Grey, Jeff VanderMeer, Kelly Williams, Kickstarter, La memoire douloureuse (The Painful Memory), Lady of the Cloth, landscape, literary devices in science fiction, Lord Voldemort, Luc Reid, Lucy Westenra, Luna Lovegood, Mad Men, Mandy Moore, manga, Marc Giai-Miniet, Mary Poppins, Matthew Weiner, motif, Museum of Modern Art MOMA, Oscar Wilde, Patricia Almeida, psychopath, publishing, pupil dilation, Rhianna, Sailor Moon, self-publishing, sexuality, Sherlock Holmes, sociopath, Stephen Quay, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Curious Case of Version 47.13, The Gentlemen, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Other Woman, The Quay Brothers, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Thomas Jonte, Thoughts of Tethys, Timothy Quay, To Be Undone By Such Small Things, Tokyo's Tokyo, transition as metaphor, Umbrella, Where the Wonder Women Are, wizarding gene | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 9 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My thanks to my friend Laura Crary for sending me this image, a still life with books by Stockholm artist Maria Friberg (part of her Still Lives series, 2003-2007). … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Mighty Girl, Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Andreas Feininger, animation, Annie Owens, annotations (LXG), anxiety, Before Watchmen, Ben Towl, Bizarro Classic, Black Lodge, Breaking Bad, Bruce Bickford, busyness, Cameron Cook, Captions, Cat Rambo, Cate Blanchett, Cecelia Holland, Charles Tan, cheese, Christopher Barzak, chronologies, color acuity, color tests, Cracker Barrel, Dale Cooper, DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Double R Diner, Easter Island, Ellen Datlow, Ellen Klages, F. Brett Cox, Fabio Fernandes, family trees, Franz Kafka, Galadriel, Gary K. Wolfe, geek culture, Green Man, Gregor Samsa, Guy Gavriel Kay, Guys Read, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeffrey Ford, Jeremiah McDonald, Jess Nevins, Juan Santapau, Karen Burnham, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Kevin O'Neill, Laura Crary, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Palmer Preiss, left-brain right-brain, Locus, Loki, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Project, Mad Men, maps, Maria Friberg, Marvel Comics, Mary Poppins, Matthew Salesses, Michel Fiffe, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fury, Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe (Deluxe Edition), Organization, Ourit Ben-Haim, Paul Graham Raven, Paul Witcover, Peter Jackson, photography, psychic powers (faux), puppets, Red Room, revision, Robb Pratt, Russell Letson, Sam Howzit, Sarcastic Voyage, Siobhan Carroll, Stefan Dziemianowicz, subtitles, superheroes, Superman, Superman Classic, Sutured Infection, Terry Bisson, The 'Busy' Trap, The Avengers, The Big Bang Theory, The Glass Noose, The Hobbit, The Master and Margarita, The Metamorphosis, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Underground New York Public Library, Theodora Goss, Tim Kreider, timelines, Twin Peaks, Watchmen, Who's Who, Will Ludwigsen, Witch House, witches, writing (research), xkcd | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 27 April 2012 by Robert

Today’s video comes courtesy of my friend Andy, who sent me the link to this episode of PBS’ Off Book, a webseries that explores experimental and non-traditional art forms. I was really taken by “The Art of Film & TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Andrew Gilstrap, Ben Conrad, Blue Valentine, Jim Helton, Karin Fong, Mad Men, PBS' Off Book, Peter Frankfurt, The Art of Film & TV TItle Design, title sequences, Zombieland | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 16 April 2012 by Robert

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 →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | 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 | Comments Off

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