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Magpie Monday

Posted on 27 May 2013 by Robert

It’s the return of Magpie Monday! Happy Memorial Day, everyone! ♦ I’ve written about her before, but she bears repeating: photographer/model Ellie Lane (you can follow her on Facebook). I really like her work, whether she’s photographing herself or other … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged About Time (trailer), Adam Mills, Admont Benedictine Monastery library (Austria), Aliens, Allie Brosh, Ang Lee, Arch Nemesis art show, Awesome People Reading, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bibliothèque Saint Geneviève in Paris, bookbinding, BookRiot, Break of Reality, Brian Wood, Captain America: The First Avenger, Chuck Wendig, clichés, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daft Punk, Daily Science Fiction, DividingME Photography, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Edward Klister, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Ellie Lane, Enchanted Conversation, Encounter with My Younger Self at an Intersection of Paths Taken and Not by Erin Morgenstern, Erin Morgenstern, fiction markets, film trailers, Flavorwire, flax-golden tales, Forgiving Dead by Jeff Stehman, Game of Thrones, Georges Seurat, gossip, Hero Complex Gallery, I Speak Coldy of Her Now (2013), Idris Elba, Iron Man, James Patrick Kelly, Janelle Monáe, Jim Moray, Juristische Bibliotek (Munich), Kylie Minogue, Lana Del Rey, Lonely Ghosts in the Machine by Erin Morgenstern, Lord Douglas by Jim Moray, Luther, Michelle Yeoh, Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas, MyBookTable, National Short Story Month, Nightmare Magazine, Not a Real Dog by Erin Morgenstern, Oliver Coipel, Paradigm Shift by Julie C. Day, PBS: The Movie (PBS Meets The Avengers), Pharrell Williams, poetry gene, Prestidigitation (2013), Puppet Man by Cate Gardner, Radio Free Other, reading nooks, Rey Taira, Richard Tuttle, Riddick (trailer), Russell Hinson, Shall We Gather by Alex Bledsoe, Skin Like Porcelain Death by Daniel José Older, Skottie Young, Skulk, Strange Horizons, Super Bass by Kai Ashante Wilson, Super Best Friends Forever, Teddy Has an Operation, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Avengers, The Bacchae, The Button Man and the Murder Tree by Cherie Priest, The Curious Tale of Mr. Fox by Lissa Sloan, The Entomologist's Three Ballgowns by Brooke Wonders, The Great Gatsby, The Night Circus, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, The Siren by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, The Three Sisters and the Dragon of the North by Laura Beasley, The Troll (A Tale Told Collectively) by Marissa Lingen, The Worm Troll by Sam Alden, The X-Men, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Timebomb, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, tsundoku, Weird Fiction Review, Zefrank | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Robert

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 →

Posted in Magpie Monday | 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 | Comments Off

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 26 November 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Art Nouveau portraits. Artist kishokahime created a series of Art Nouveau portraits of fantasy heroines from the 1980s (film and animation). I do prefer my Art Nouveau a little more ornate, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged akinetopsia, ambient music, Anastasia, animation, Art Nouveau (portraits), astronomy, Bigby Wolf, Bill Willingham, Billy Nunez, Black Lady (Sailor Moon), book cover art, Book Mania!, Bryan Singer, Christina Oppold, Chuck Wendig, Cinder, Craig Hamilton, Crysta (Fern Gully), Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Daniel Dos Santos, Dave Hensley, David Malki!, death of film, Derek Kirk Kim, Dr Atmo, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, etymology, Fables, failing vs. quitting, FAX +49-69/450464, film trailers, first editions (books), flax-golden tales, frogs, frost flowers, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Hawkeye, home libraries (design), I Have Your Heart, intelligence supplements, interviews, io9, Irvine Welsh, Isles of the Sun by Margo Lanagan, Jack the Giant Slayer, jerks (attraction to), Jim Batt, Jim Fern, Joe Daly, John Kenn Mortensen, Joss Whedon, Judd Apatow, Juls Chong, Katherine Salant, Kickstarter, Kim Boekbinder, kishokahime, Leakey’s Second Hand Bookshop, Lili (Legend), linguistics, London, lunar phases, Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice), Machine Guns Loaded with Pomegranate Seeds by Mike Allen, Malta (The Sea Prince and the Fire Child), Mark Farmer, Molly Crabapple, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil's Puppet Dreams, Night Shade Books, No Return, Odette (The Swan Princess), Pete Namlook, Pi vs. Pie, Porno, Ray Snyder, Right Here by David Steffen, Robbie Trevino, Russell Hinson, Sarah (Labyrinth), Scarlet, science fiction (history), seals, self-surgery, short films, siblings, Skagboys, Slow by Erin Morgenstern, Sorsha (Willow), Speed of Love by Deborah Walker, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Susan J. Morris, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Childlike Empress (The Neverending Story), The Lady Amalthea (The Last Unicorn), The Milky Way, The Most Important Man in the Universe by Joseph Zieja, The Nerdist, The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer, The Simpsons, The Stone Badger by Misha Nogha, The Trap by Steven Kahn, The Wizard of Oz, This Is Your Problem, Thumbelina, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Trainspotting, Tune: Vanishing Point, Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wonder Women Are, Wondermark, Zachary Jernigan | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 12 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Do your ears a favor right now and go listen to DJ Carlos Serrano’s awesomely superb mash-up of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” and Daft Punk’s “Something about … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 2012 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade and Festival, Adele, Ali Luke, alternate history, Babylon 5, Book Monster, bookmarks, BookRiot, Brit Mandelo, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carlos Serrano, cartography, Cathy Day, Charlie Jane Anders, Charlize Theron, Chris Buzelli, Chuck Wendig, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, commercials, Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar, creativity, Cynthia Kraack, Daft Punk, David Kowalski, David Malki!, Delenn, Downton Abbey, E.B. White, E.M. Forster, fairy tales, Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Heart of Darkness, humanities, Jack Finney, Jack Zipes, Jean Cocteau, Jodi Chromey, Joe Fassler, Joseph Conrad, Ken Parille, Kit Steinkeller, Korea National Ballet, Leigh Bardugo, Levi's Stretch to Fit jeans, maps, Maria Popova, masks (disturbing), Matt Switliski, Meghan Deans, MFA programs, Mike Mignola, Mirror Mirror, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nick Mamatas, Paul M. Raine, poetry, Rasputin, religion, show don't tell, Simon Whaley, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, STEM, Strange Horizons, superheroes, The Comics Journal, The Company of the Dead, The Corinthian, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Sandman, The Universe, The X-Files, theMountainGoat, Theodora Goss, Thomas Jonte, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Victoria Strauss, Wondermark, word choice, zombies | 5 Comments

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