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Magpie Monday
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. Well, not all—I’ll probably need to do another Magpie post this week to share everything I thought was worth sharing! ♦ THE HORNS OF ELFLAND. When I was young, … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Little Sleep by Melissa Mead, Alex Bledsoe, Alisa Stern, Amazing Stories, An Exodus of Wings by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Ballroom Luminoso, Bartholomew Cubbins, Blessing Hancock, Bryan Furuness, Byzantium (film), Cameron Cook, Charlotte Church, Christopher Barzak, Colosso dell'Appennino (The Appennine Colossus), Convos with My 2-Year Old, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Brown, David Malki!, Dieter Krehbiel, Doctor Who, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Erin Morgenstern, flax-golden tales, Gemma Arterton, Giambologna, Hollywood Movie Dance Tribute, How Not to Be Surprised When You're a Ghost, Innocence, It's Not About the Nail, Jason Headley, Jeanine Schaefer, Joe O'Connell, Johann Thorsson, Joshua Weinstein, Juan Santapau, Justice League of America, Kate Beaton, Lady Gaga, Linda Clare, Matt Smith, Matthew Clarke, Men Without Hats, Moscow But Dreaming by Ekaterina Sedia, Mur Lafferty, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nitpick by K.S. O'Neill, Paris, Phillepe Ramette, Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link, Private Memories by Michael Haynes, public art, reading chairs, reading nooks, rule of three, Russell Hinson, Saorise Ronan, short-fiction contracts, Sister Janet Mead, Storm, Subway Ballet, Swamp Biscuits and Tea, The City by Stella Gemmell, The Death of Love Project by my friend Julie Day, The Doctor Puppet, The Elephants in the Room by Paul Cornell, The Judy Garland Show (1964), The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke, The Left Side of Your Lover's Broken Face by Brynn MacNab, The Lord's Prayer (1973 song), The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Phoenix, The Safety Dance, The Secret Knots, The Shadow of Myself (2007), The Shambling Guide to New York City, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, The Super Team Family Blog, Thirty Seconds to Mars, This Actually Happens A Lot, This Is Love (song), Tom Gauld, Tom Law, Tor.com, Up In the Air, Warmland Films, Wondermark, Worldbuilding Assistance by Erin Morgenstern, X-Men
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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 →
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
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Tagged A Softer World, AboveAverageNetwork, Adam Mills, Alix Ohlin, Allen Ginsberg, Amy Hempel, Anaïs Nin, AsapScience, author photos, bananas, bees, book bubble, book lovers never go to bed alone (tumblr), Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Boy Bandits: The Rise & Fall of Puberty's Child, Captain Hero, Chris Hardwick, Chuck Wendig, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Wallace, David Malki!, Deer by Erin Morgenstern, Denis Johnson, Doctor Who, Dorian Gray, Dorte Mandrup, Dragon Ball, E. Annie Proulx, e.e. cummings, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, European Cemeteries (blog), film trailers, Flannery O'Connor, flax-golden tales, Foundering Fathers by Brian K. Lowe, George Saunders, goosebumps, Hannah Hart, Hugh Jackman, Inside (novel), Instagram, J.D. Salinger, John Keats, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Santapau, Kamehameha (energy attack), Kamehameha (King of Hawaiian Islands), Karen Russell, Kelly Link, Kinuyu Tanaka, Leonid Tishkov, libraries, Luna (baby polar bear cub), Marcel Proust, Marcus Nispel, Margaret Atwood, Maritsa Patrinos, Mark Twain, Martha Wash, Martin Amis, Martin Siegling, Mary Gaitskill, Mary Karr, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Sendak, Mojo's Famous Burgers & More, murder, My Drunk Kitchen, My First Time Buying Condoms and Other Embarrassing Stories, My First Valentine Was Doctor Who, naked mole rat, Neil Gaiman, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Philip Roth, polar bears, puppets, Read Nest, Rebecca Mock, Riensberg Cemetery (Bremen), Running of the Bulls by Harry Turtledove, Samuel Beckett, Scooby-Doo, Sea Story by A.S. Byatt, Shadow Play by Liz Argall, Share Your Shelf, Skipping Stones by Devin Miller, Steven Millhauser, Superman, Superman II, Sylvia Plath, Talking Covers, The Doctor Puppet, The General Society Library, The Guardian, the Hulk, The Love of Beauty by K.J. Bishop, The Man and the River by Therese Pieczynski, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Strange World of Martin Kardec, The Super Team Family Blog, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Tying of Tongues by Kristi DeMeester, The Wolverine (film trailers), Thomas Hardy, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Toni Morrison, Tor.com, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Weird Fiction Review, William Shakespeare, Wimpy, Wondermark, Ze Frank
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Magpie Monday
Here’s what shiny that caught my eye last week: ♦ The Art of Spring and Mythic March. Spring officially hit the calendars last week, but I think many people would consider that idea a bit ludicrous, given how cold it’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Softer World, Aaron Lopresti, Absolutely Fabulous, action figures, Allen Ginsberg, Andrei Bressan, Andrew Belanger, Annabel de Vetten, Anne of Cleves Gables, Ariadne and the Science, Arts & Crafts Movement, Before and Afterlives, Best American Short Stories, Birds of Prey, book shel, book tower, bookcases, Bookshelf Porn, bread, Brian Azzarello, Cadbury Creme Eggs, caffeine, cake, Cameron Cook, camouflage wallpaper portraits, Carnivale, Caroline Whitney, Cathy Day, Catty-Corner Cottage, CDTcrew, Cecelia Paredes, chicken coops, chickens, chocolate bunnies, Christopher Barzak, Christy Marx, Chuck Wendig, Cliff Chiang, Cloak, comics, creative blocks, CultureMass, Daniel Dye, David Malki!, David Mruz, Dean Bakopoulos, death and dying, dogs, Domythic Bliss, Down to a Sunless Sea by Neil Gaiman, Downton Abbey, Downton Zombey, Dr. Beverly Crusher, dream sequences, Easter basket, eggs, Elisabeth Moss, Emily Horne, Ensemble Studio Theatre of Los Angeles, Erin Morgenstern, Evan Dicken, flax-golden tales, frogs, Furious by Jill Wolfson, Galactus, Gates McFadden, gay marriage, Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig, Goran Sudzuka, Grant Snider, Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, Harvard University, Hebridean sheep, Hellboy, Hellhound by Cynthia Rodgers and Amanda Rodgers, Hummingbird (film), InByTheEye, Irene Gallo, J.C. Leyendecker, James Patrick Kelly, Jane Campion, Jason Statham, Jimmy Smith Has a Dinosaur by Gregg Chamberlain, Joe Hill, Joey Comeau, John Updike, Juan Santapau, Junot Díaz, Justin Timberlake, Kate Beaton, Kevin St. Jarre, Kickstarter, Lesléa Newman, Lethe Press, Linger by Ken Liu, Lisa Stock, Locke & Key, London, Lynne Ramsay, Marc Andreyko, Mark Abouzeid, Michael Cisco, Molly Crabapple, Mothtales, Mythic March, Neighbours by Rob Butler, Nervous Tales by Carlos Díaz Dufoo, New Yorker, Peeps, Peter Damien, Petey Rojas, photographic memory, Pop Chart Lab, Pop Rocks, Pre-Raphaelites, productivity, Protector by CJ Cherryh, Pythian Games by Tom Doyle, Queen Latifah, Rachelle Gardner, Renaissance portraits as realistic photos, Riddick, Robin Thicke, Roderick Constance, Romano Molenaar, Scooby-Doo, SDPHOTO, sitcoms, snails (telepathic), snooze button, Star Trek: The Next Generation, starlings (murmations), Strange Tides by Erin Morgenstern, Stung by Bethany Wiggins, Subject AT-171 by Melissa Mead, Suit & Tie, Super Punch, Sword of Sorcery, synesthesia, telegraph, Terry Barr, Terry Pratchett, That Mitchell and Webb Look, The Beatles, The Beautiful Necessity, The Complete Lockpick Pornography, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, The Grail of the Summer Stars by Freda Warrington, The Kindly Ones, The League of Gentlemen, The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu, The Office, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Strange World of Martin Kardec, The Titular Hero by M.K. Reed and Jonathan Hill, The Washington Post, The World of the End by Ofir Touché Gafla, The Young Ones, TheBird-TheBee, Thomas Dempsey, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tony Akins, Top of the Lake, Vicente Cifuentes, Vin Diesel, Vladimir Nabokov, Warren Ellis, webcomics, Where the Red Fern Grows, whoppers, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, writing schedule, xkcd, You Know What You Have to Do by Bonnie Shimko, Zachary Jernigan, zombies
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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
F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” Here are some shiny, crisp things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Irene Gallo curated an awesome autumnal gallery, Picturing Autumn, An Equinox Celebration, last … Continue reading →
Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday
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Tagged A Wizard of Earthsea, Agyar by Steven Brust, Aitor Iñaki Eraña, AlphaBooks, American Gods, Andrew Liptak, Andrew Neal, Anne Hathaway, Arctic forests, Autumn, Batman: The Tailor by Aitor Iñaki Eraña, Ben Towle, Black Widow, bookcases, BookRiot, bookshelves, Brothers Grimm, Cameron Cook, Carey Farrell, Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), Catwoman, Cheong-ah Hwang, Chris Thile, Christopher Moloney, Colleen Wing, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, death (Victorian), diner lingo, Distraction by Cheong-ah Hwang, Doctor Strange, Dylan Meconis, Earthsea, Edgar Meyer, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, electron microscope photography, Elektra, Elephants of the Platte by Thomas Israel Hopkins, Erin Morgenstern, Eve and Adam (excerpt) by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fairy tales, film trailers, FILMography (tumblr), FIrestar, flax-golden tales, Fool's Gold by Frank Dutkiewicz, Ged, George R. R. Martin, global warming, Grimm Tales: For Young and Old, Harry Potter, Hellboy in Hell, How Not to Write Comics Criticism, Hugh Jackman, I Am Legend, Indiana Review, Irene Gallo, J.K. Rowling, Joe Hiland, Juan Santapau, jus prime noctis, Kelly Link, Kevin Steele, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Les Misérables, libraries (amazing), Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red Riding Hood Does Over the Big Bad Wolf by Wendy O'Malley, Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link, Luc Latulippe, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Marc Basile, Marianne Stokes (1855-1927), Marvel Comics, Melisande (1895) by Marianne Stokes, Michael Joyce, Mike Mignola, Misty Knight, Mortless by Henry Szabranski, music videos, narrative hooks (writing), Neil Gaiman, New Zealand Listener, No One But You (song), O'Donovan, OCD cleaning tricks, Old Friends by Shane Wilwand, paper sculpture, Paul Smith, Philip Pullman, Postcard Stories, procrastination, reading nooks, Rising Falling by Leah Thomas, Robert Neville, Russell Crowe, Russell Hinson, Said the Princess by Dani Atkinson, Scarecrow, serialized novels, slushpile, Steven Brust, Stranger Things Happen, Stuart Duncan, Subterranean Press, superheroines, Sutured Infection, Suzy McKee Charnas, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, Tehanu, Tenar, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Faun (1923) by Carlos Schwabe, The Girl Detective by Kelly Link, The Goat Road Sessions, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Night Circus, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Specialist's Hat by Kelly Link, The Unwritten, The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas, The Weird, Theodora Goss, Tom Hooper, Tor.com, translucent animals, Travels with the Snow Queen by Kelly Link, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vampire novel (history), Weird Council, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, Women's Auxiliary (photo), Write Place Write Time, xkcd, Yo-Yo Ma, Yuko Shimizu, Zadie Smith
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