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Magpie Monthly — October 2015
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Tagged All Hallow's Read, Baba Yaga's Assistant (2015), Benedict Cumberbatch, Boxcar Press, Brian Michael Bendis, Daryl Toh, Disney Princesses, Ed Harrington, Elizabeth Hand, Emily Carroll, House Hunters, IKEA, Intoverted Wife, Jeffrey Thomas, Jessica Jones, John Kenn Mortensen, Juan Santapau, Krysten Ritter, Mallory Ortberg, Marika McCoola, Martin Freeman, Mary Rickert, Matt Bellassai, Michael Gaydos, Mike Colter, Sherlock, Shirley Jackson, The Magicians, The Memory Garden (2014), The Secret Knots, Whine About It (webseries), Wylding Hall (2015)
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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. *I’ll have a full slate of posts again this week, so check back tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for more tantalizing tidbits. ♦ TURN THE PAGE. Looking for a … Continue reading →
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
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Tagged A Softer World, Andrew Gilstrap, Anne Tyler, aspect ratio, Audrey Tautou, author photos, Bart van Es, Batman, Batman/Superman (preview), Bee Wilson, bees, bidets, Bill Bernbach, Boing Boing, book promotion, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Byzantium (film), calories, Cate Blanchett, Catwoman, chatelaine, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Chuck Wendig, Consider the Fork, Daily Science Fiction, Dalek dress, Dave Hax, Dave McKean, deer doing odd things, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, elves, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, escapism, Farah Mendlesohn, Fascinating, fetuses, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Gail Carriger, Grá Linnaea, Hall and Oates, Harry Potter, Heiresses of Russ, Helen Mirren, Hogarth Shakespeare, io9, Iron Man 3, J.M. Sidorova, James McAdam, Jeanette Winterson, Jeff Pruitt, Jem and the Holograms, Joey Comeau, John Hess, Joseph Campbell, Jug Face (film), lava, Leonard Woolf, Letters of Note, lightning deaths, Luca Parmitano, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Madeline Ashby, mantis shrimp, Marissa Meyer, Matt Smith, Melissa Mead, memory, Monomyth, motivational penguin, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, outlining, Paula Treick DeBoard, Radio Free Other, Red 2, Richard Lee Byers, Robin Mizell, Safe Bedside Table, Seinfeld, Shirley Jackson, shirt folding, snow leopards, Spock, Superman, Tara Calaby, Terry Jacks, The DeFranco Family, The Fall (film), The Film Doctor, The Hobbit (film), The Mourning Hours, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Sandman, The Super Team Family Blog, The Wasp, Thérèse, Toni Tesori, Tor.com, universe colliding, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, World War Z
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Marking Time. I am obsessed with calendars. Not too obsessed, mind you, but I have four wall calendars and two desk calendars at home and another wall calendar in the office. … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Gallardo, Adam Mills, Adam Rex, Alison Ann Woodward, Angela Still, Anthony Hopkins, Archie comics, Aslan Malik, Balder, bee models (19th century), bees, Ben Franklin, Beneath 360, blinking, book cover art, book shelves, bookcases, Brooke Graddon, Buii, Caitlín R. Kiernan, calendars, cannibalism (medicinal), Carey Farrell, characterization (writing), Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, Chthon, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, copyright, corn flakes, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Merriam, Dave McKean, Death Before Dishonor by Shannon Leight, Downton Abbey, Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evan Shaner, flax-golden tales, food sweaters, gene patenting, Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways, Grant Snider, Green Lantern, Greer Gilman, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, He Could Be Ambrose Bierce by Shaenon Kelty Garrity, heirloom pop-up book, Hyperion, hypothermia, Ian Withrow, In the White of the Snow by Mark Patrick Lynch, Intestate by Charlie Jane Anders, io9, Ivy Rose by Dan Hart, Jabberwocky, James Patrick Kelly, Jason Reeves, John Harvey Kellogg, Joyce Carol Oates, Justice League, Kate Beaton, Kyle Roberts, Lemony Snicket, letters, libraries, Life in Space by Leslie Jane Anderson, Lightspeed, Luis Guerrero, Magma, Malissa Kent, marshmallows, Matthew Broderick, metaphors, Meyers-Briggs, Michael Bukowski, Molly Hayes/Bruiser of the Runaways, MTO, Neil Gaiman, Oblivion (film), optical illusions, Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing, pandas, Patricio Oliver, Paul Kirsch, Phantom Eye Syndrome, pizza (cutting), Please Look After This Angel by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Poppies by Megan Lee Beals, psychopaths, Pubslush, resolutions for writers, Russell Hinson, SAD, Salvage by K.S. Dearsley, Seth, Sheila Boneham, Shirley Jackson, short films (writing), SketchEmily by reenin, Slinkachu, Sniperphotog, snow scenes in literature, So Far Faithful by Sarah Kanning, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Sutured Infection, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Tanith Lee, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Taylor Preston, Teres Frohock, The Beginning of the World Again by Erin Morgenstern, The Cries of the Dead and Dying by Sarah Goslee, The Dead Letter Office by Matthew Marinett, The Film Doctor, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hades Hotline by Alex Petri, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Miracle on Tau Prime by Alex Shvartsman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Race by Sadie Mattox, The Road to Wellville, The Sounds of Old Earth by Matthew Kressel, The Subatomic Fiber-Optic Deconstruction/Construction Transportation Chamber by Dylan Otto Krider, The Super Team Family Blog, The Venus Effect, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tiny Lives by Alan Baxter, Tom Cruise, Tom Daley, Tom Gauld, Tools to Build the Stars by Erin Morgenstern, Tor.com, Victoria Vincent, Warren Ellis, Weird Science Fiction, werewolves (genetics), When She Is Empty by Damien Walters Grintalis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, William Morris, Wing by Amal El-Mohtar, Wisdom for the New Year by Erin Morgenstern, Wonder Woman, writer's block, X-Men (cartoon), Zachary Jernigan
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