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Magpie Monday

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Robert

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Krampus Carol, A.S. Byatt, Adam Mills, Adrian Garcia, advent, Alan Moore, Aliya Tarmo, Alone by Siegfried Sassoon, Alton Brown, Andrew Gilstrap, Anthony Bourdain, Ariel, art (Victorian), Barry Dwight Steel Rodger, Bittersweet Romance of Leaves and Snow by Erin Morgenstern, Boing Boing, book shelves, bookcases, Borden eggnog, brokeback poses (superheroines), Brom, Chuck Wendig, comas, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Domythic Bliss, dracunculiasis, druids, Druids Cutting Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon (c. 1890), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, eggnog (history), Elizabeth Hand, eschatology, Fables, Fearnet, flax-golden tales, French Foreign Legion, Gabriel by Adrienne Rich, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gingerbread (sci-fi), Gingerhaze, Hans Christian Andersen, Hanukkah, Henri Paul Motte, Hero4Hire Creative, heteropaternal superfecundation, home libraries (design), Ian McEwan, Ideomancer, Introverts, io9, James Joyce, Jodi Harvey-Brown, Joel Robinson, Juan Santapau, Justin Simon, Karen Berger, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Krampus, Krampus: The Yule Lord, Krissy Brady, latke-hamentash debate, LCD contact lenses, Lewis Carroll, Lindsay Small-Butera, Lindsey Mann, LitReactor, Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse by Ian Creasey, magic tricks, Marie Chapmen, Maya, Mean Geimhridh, Megan Hotz, MiracleMech by Tim Deans, mistletoe, Nancy Alsop, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Nicholas Humphries, nitrous oxide, novella, Prophet Hen of Leeds, PSAs, Psylocke, pupils (dilation), Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury Square, Russell Hinson, Saint Nicholas, Sally Franckowiak, Samantha Jewell, Santa Claus, See Jane, Shattered Amber by Mari Ness, sickles, Silas House, space (darkness), Su Blackwell, sunlight (weight), Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, taboos in speculative fiction, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Artist in the Tower by Adam Mills, The Brief, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, The Dead, The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hawkeye Initiative, The Kissed Mouth, The League, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Little Mermaid, The Magic of Christmas: An Advent Calendar of Fantasy Fiction, The Perfect Match by Ken Liu, The Rise of Ransom City (excerpt) by Felix Gilman, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Show Must by Matt London, Three Panels Open, Through the Looking-Glass, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tom O'Bedlam, Tor.com, Travis Price Architects, typography (kinetic), Ulysses, Under a Sky of Knives by Michelle Muenzler, Vancouver Film School, Vertigo Comics, Vylar Kaftan, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, writer's block, writing routines, Yann Frisch | 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 5 November 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ A couple weeks ago, I ran across a re-posted link on mental floss about Graun, Italy’s most famous drowned town, and I was struck both by the story itself … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Handful of Glass a Sky without Stars by Damien Walters Grintalis, Air New Zealand, Alexander Korzer-Robinson, AlphaBooks, American Libraries, Bag End (miniature), Beautiful Stills from Beautiful Films, beautiful words, Ben Towle, Birds and Birthdays, blood pressure tests, book art, bookshe, bookshelves, Brian K. Vaughan, Calvin & Hobbes, Cameron Cook, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, collage, Daily Science Fiction, Dance in the Graveyard by Delta Rae, Daredevil, David Malki!, Death Proof, Delta Rae, DJ Faroff, Don't Look Down by Anatoly Belilovsky, Douglas Adams, Dragon Baby, Dreadknight, drowned cities, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Everything About Secret Bookcase Doors, Ex Machina, flax-golden tales, Gabe Ostley, Grant Snider, Graun, Hand Fixing Hand by Shane Willis, heavy rain (international idioms), IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes by Jonathan Keogh, Iron Baby, Isaac Asimov, Jabberwocky, James Joyce, Joyce Carol Oates, Leah Palmer Preiss, Legends of the Joystick by Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham, libraries (amazing), Mary Robinette Kowal, Nils Cordes, No Country for Old Men, OMNI magazine, Open Road Media, Over There by Dany G. Zuwen, Patrick Boivin, Philip Pullman, robotics (three laws), Russell Hinson, secret doors, secret-passage bookshelves, Shame, short films, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, StashVault, Susumu Must Fold by Tony Pi, The Amber Spyglass, The Dead, The Hobbit (film), The Man Who Wasn't There, The Number Two Rule by Lesley L. Smith, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Super Team Family Blog, The Thin Red Line, Theodora Goss, Thom Dunn, Tom Gauld, Twitter, Unexpected Aftermath of a School Bus Accident by Erin Morgenstern, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, Wondermark, writing "rules", writing (novellas), Xaphania, Xaxisian Giant Robot, Ys | Comments Off

The Giving of Thanks: Book Edition

Posted on 24 November 2011 by Robert

In honor of the holiday, I thought I’d talk a little about things I’m thankful for—yes, I’m thankful for my family, friends, and students, but today I’m going to talk about a few books for which I give thanks. But … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Criticism & Reviews | Tagged Angela Carter, Ariel, Beowulf, Gloria Naylor, Greer Gilman, Grendel, Housekeeping, James Joyce, John Gardner, Kate Chopin, Mama Day, Marilynne Robinson, Mikhail Bulgakov, Moonwise, Steven R. Boyett, The Art of Fiction, The Awakening, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, The Dead, The Master and Margarita | Comments Off

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