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Magpie Monday
Here’s the shiny stuff that caught my eye last week: ♦ In case you didn’t know, Japanese schoolgirls rock. Case in point: a new fad where the young ladies take photos of themselves imitating the Kamehameha, an energy attack seen … Continue reading →
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Look at the vibrancy of colors in this photograph by Ross J. Brown of Rosedale, North Yorkshire, England. Check out his Flickr for more stunning images. Via.
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Tagged Abigail Brand, Albert Einstein, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, American Horror Story, Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, anamorphic illusions, Andrés Denkberg, Andy Wachowski, Ang Lee, antagonists, Archie comics, autism, Baba Yaga, Ben Towle, Bill Pressman, Bill Walko, Bluebeard Possibilities, Boulet, Cate Gardner, character chart, Chicken with Plums, China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Cloud Atlas, cursive, Dan DeCarlo, Daria, David Mitchell, David Remnick, death, dioramas, Director's Cut (2011), disconnection, disease, Don Draper, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, England, Flowers in the Attic, Harry Crews, Harry Potter, Hounds of Love (1985), In Search Of and Others, J.K. Rowling, James Joyce, James Potter, Jane Eyre, Jean-Luc PIcard, John Irving, Jonathan Carroll, Jonathan Lethem, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, Juan Santapau, Jubilee, Kaiju Life, Kate Bush, Kathy Acker, Kelly Williams, Kevin Wilson, Krissy Brady, Lana Wachowski, Lawrence Schimel, letters, Life of Pi, Lisa Simpson, Love and Anger, Margot Tenenbaum, marionettes, Marjane Satrapi, Marnie Dresser, Mary Marvel, Mary Poppins and Henry the Eighth, Matilda Wormwood, Maurice Sendak, Molly Bloom, Myriapod Productions, Mysteries of Vernacular, Natalie Goldberg, Ned Beauman, Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Nicolas Cabaret, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, One Last Look Around the House Before We Go, optical illusions, Patti Smith, photography, polar bears, Postcard Stories, reading lists, Rick Moody, Rory Gilmore, Rosedale, Ross J. Brown, Sawyer, short stories (writing), Sofia Rhei, Stewie Griffin, stress, Subterranean Press, Susanna Clarke, Tansy Rayner Roberts, tattoos (authors'), Terran Lane, The Baining, the human brain, The Mechanical Heart of Him, The New Yorker, The Ninth Wave, The Power of the Cocoon, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Sensual World (1990), The Sensual World (song), The Seven Deadly Sins, The Super Team Family Blog, The Teleportation Accident, The Universe, The Woman Who Married a Cloud, Tom Tykwer, Ulysses, Ursula Nordstrom, V.C. Andrews, vertigo (not Hitchcock), Vincent Paronnaud, Waking the Witch, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, Wonder Woman, writing (organization), writing (submissions), writing prompts, Yann Martel, Yorkshire
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Magpie Monday
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 →
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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
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ In honor of recent college graduations everywhere (and Cameron, Daniel, and Amanda’s specifically), I direct you to BookRiot’s Commencement Speech Real Talk. I wish I’d heard (or really listened … Continue reading →
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Tagged advice to graduates, Amanda Palmer, Art Spiegelman, Biltmore House, BookRiot, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Catherynne M. Valente, children's books, Chuck Wendig, college graduation, Cynthia Kraack, David Malki!, death, Ella Hudson, Erin Morgenstern, Every Major's Terrible, fail better, Hamlet, Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, Jeff VanderMeer, Kate DiCamillo, Lego, libraries, Mars Bluff SC, Maurice Sendak, Mike Allen, Mike Mignola, Mystery in Space, Neil Gaiman, nine circles of Hell, Ophelia's Skull, Persephone, Pierre, poetry, reading is magical, reading protocols, Ron Ulicny, Ryan Sook, speculative poetry, submission, The Dresden Dolls, The Night Circus, William Joyce, William Shakespeare, Wondermark, xkcd
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