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Magpie Monday
“Darkness cannot put out darkness; only light can do that…. [H]ate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Also: “This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.” ~David … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Moore, albino peacock, An Exaltation of Larks, Angora rabbit, Apollo Robbins, banana ice cream, battle (writing), book shelves, bookcases, Brian Wood, Cameron Cook, Casting Call by Alexandra Grunberg, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Classic Double Challenge 2013, Claudia Noble, coffee, Colby Marshall, collective nouns, Colleen Doran, D.B. Cooper, Daily Science Fiction, David Lynch, DC Women Kicking Ass, Deep Down by Deborah Coates, Diesel Reviews the World, dollhouse in a guitar, Downsizing Pluto by Shane Halbach, echidna, edible packaging, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Eric Standley, Ernest Hemingway, Fairy Meadows Miniatures, film trailers, Fisher Space Pen, flax-golden tales, folklore (Japanese), free will, glittens, Golden Globes 2013, Grant Snider, greng-jai, Helen Mirren, Hi-Fructose, Hydnellum peckii, illusion, In Search Of (TV show), In Search Of and Others, io9, Isaac Cordal, Jodie Foster, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, koi no yokan, Lena Dunham, Leonard Nimoy, Lethe Press, libraries, London Underground, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malissa Kent, Marilyn Monroe, Marnie Bullock Dresser, Martin Luther King Jr., Michele Catalano, miniatures, Misty Knight, Myke Cole, near-lightspeed travel, Neil Gaiman, Night Shade Books, No Return, Oliver Coipel, One-Horned & Wild-Eyed by Manual Gonzales, PegaPop, phantom limbs, pickpockets, PoL Úbeda Hervàs, Preludes and Nocturnes, procrastination (positive), psychics, Psylocke, Publishers Weekly, Quantum Entanglement by Rajan Khanna, Rachel Grey, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Angels by Michele Lang, Red 2 (trailer), rejection, rejection letters, Robbie Trevino, Rogue (X-Men), Russell Hinson, Safo Sofa, seahorse, Searching for Sugar Man, Shadowhawk, shampoo and physics, Shane Carruth, She-Hulk, Slitten Gorge by Conrad Williams, social media marketing, Star Trek (evolution), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Storm (X-Men), strawberries and cream, The Beastmaster (film), the bleeding tooth fungus, the Devil's tooth, The Fearless Defenders, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Light at the Edge of the World by Erin Morgenstern, The Miniature Wife, the red-juice tooth, The Remnant by Cassie Beasley, The Robin Hood Foundation (Library Initiative), The Sandman, The Simpsons, The Smithsonian, The Super Team Family Blog, The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston, The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston, The Wyrd for Water is Water by Marie Croke, Thomas Barbèy, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tunguska Event, Twitter, Upstream Color (trailer), Valkyrie, vampires, warfare (writing), Weird Fiction Review, When We Were Heroes by Daniel Abraham, Will Ludwigsen, winged devourers, Wonder Woman, Wool by Hugh Howey, writing (by hand), writing (dialogue), X-Men, Zachary Jernigan, Zack Kopplin, Ze Frank
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Magpie Monday
“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 →
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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
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Prior to seeing the image below on Terri Windling’s blog, I’d never heard of Kelly Louise Judd before. How is that possible? Her work is exquisite and reminds me … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Tequila" Yuen, AlphaBooks, Andrew Wheeler, animation, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beautiful Evidence, Ben Towl, Bill and Ted, Birds and Birthdays, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Brian Azzarello, China Miéville, Chris Bird, Christopher Barzak, Cloudburst by Thomas Allen, cosplay, costumes, cremation, Dana Scully, Dante and Virgil in Hell by William Adolphe Bouguereau, Darren Criss, Davinder Brar, dolls, Edward Scissorhands, Endymion by Roz Kaveney, Espresso Book Machine, film trailers, Fire, Fox Mulder, free indirect discourse, Harry Potter, Joe Hill, John Byrne, Justice League, Justine Larbalestier, Kelly Louise Judd, Kingdom Come, know what you write, Leonora Carrington, magic realism, magic systems, magical-realist films, Marc Basile, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Downs (The Craft), Nancy Drew, Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), Neil Gaiman, Perched by Kelly Louise Judd, poetry (found), Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia by Rachel Swirsky, Remedios Varo, Roz Kaveney, Rufus, school lunch, Song of the Sea, spontaneous combustion, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Steve McQueen, Stray Books by Grant Snider, stress and genes, Superman, Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest by Bruce Boston, Swan Bones Theater, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Terri Windling-Gayton, Th Dark Knight Strikes Again, The Corinthian, The League of Extraordinary Gentlepersons 1996, The Mafra National Palace library in Mafra Portugal, The Sandman, The Secret of Kells, The Watchmaker's Wife by Lydia S. Gray, Thomas Allen, Tom Gauld, Under the Tree by Tania Hershman, Where the Wonder Women Are, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman (villains), writing (process), Zach Morris (sociopath)
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Look at this beautiful little monster! My friend Laura shared this photo on Facebook, and I just fell in love with this baby Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix). I … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Good Man is Hard to FInd by Flannery O'Connor, Adèle Blanc-Sec, Alan Rickman, AlphaBooks, Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix), and Watched by Rahul Kanakia, anti-suicide nasal spray, apostrophes (possessive), Argentina, Batman, Ben Towle, Bigby Wolf, Blue and Blue by Jennifer Linnaea, Bone and Ash and Butterflies by Julia Rios, book cover art, bookcases, bookshelves, bookstores, bookworms, Borg Mary Poppins by Kelly Tindall, Cat Hellisen, Christopher Boffoli, Chuck Wendig, comics (writing), copyright, Dana Scully, David Michalek, DIY writing fellowship, DNA as a data storage, DNA testing, Doctor Strange, Doctor Who, Dr. Seu, drainpipes, drinking cocoa prevents senility and lowers blood pressure, Edward Burne-Jones, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Frost, Emma Peel, Ernest Hemingway, feminism, Fifty Shades of Grey, Flannery O'Connor, Gillian Anderson, Hellfire Club, Herman Melville, how to read someone's mind, Hugh Laurie, Inception (soundtrack), Isaac Cates, Jakita Wagner, Jill Thompson, John Constantine, John Hughes, Juan Santapau, Kirsty Stonell Walker, koalas have human fingerprints, Late Bloomers, Lexa Hillyer, literal green eggs, lonely galaxies, male contraceptive pill, Malekith the Accursed by Patricio Oliver, Matilda, metaphor, Mitch Pileggi, Moby-Dick, Molly Ringwald, money-saving tips for writers, myth studies, Neil Gaiman, Oh My God, Oracle, peacocks, pensions for writers, plotting, Portraits in Dramatic Time, Pre-Raphaelites, private writing, Quentin Blake, Rhoda Belleza, Roald Dahl, scene breaks (writing), Shark Week, Sharktopus, short films, super-hero films, superheroes, Tansy Rayner Roberts, TARDIS, The Avengers (Steed & Peel), The Fire Gown by Michael Swanwick, The Hotel of Suicides by Mike Resnick and Sabina Theo, The Last Sleep of Arthur by Edward Burne-Jones, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Seven Deadly Sins, The X-Files, Three Panels, Time Ladies, trans fat (evil), truck driving, virgin births, voice (writing), Warren Ellis, We Planted the Sad Child, What an assault on the imagination, When the Sea is Rising Red, Whisper, William Shunn, X-Men, YA literature
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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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