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Magpie Monday
Magpie Monday! Welcome to another week! Please to enjoy the assorted sights, sites, and sounds of the interwebs I have collected for you. And I may have some tasty mid-week snacks for you, too. ♦ HEAVEN IS A KIND OF … Continue reading →
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Tagged 300: Rise of an Empire, A.T. Greenblatt, Adventure Time, Alan Kistler, Auvers-Sur-Oise, Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, Awesome People Reading, Ben Barnes, Ben Burgis, bend and snap, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BMO, Boing Boing, book trailers, BookRiot, bookshops, bookstores, Brian Azzarello, Brian Phillips, C3PO, Calvin Harris, Cat Rambo, Channing Tatum, children's books, Chuck Wendig, Cliff Chiang, Clive Barker, CounterClockWise, Cressida Cowell, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Diane Nelson, Doctor Strange, Dover Thrift Editions, Dr. Doom, dramatic structure, Eli Lieb, Emily Asher-Perrin, Eric Shanower, Erin Morgenstern, Fangirls, First Impressions (short film), flax-golden tales, Florence Welch, Freytag's Triangle, Gabriel Rodriguez, Gallifreyan Detective, George H. Ruiz, Grant Snider, Greg Ruth, Harry Potter, HISHE, Hufflepuff, I do NOT have too many books!, I've Loved You So Long, Idea Channel, Idris Elba, Iron Man 2020, J.K. Rowling, James Smythe, Jamie Madrox, Javier Bardem, Jayson Sanders, Jeff Bridges, Jeffrey Ford, Julianne Moore, Justice League of America, K.J. Kabza, Kazu Kibuishi, La caverne aux livres, Lavie Tidhar, Leigh Evans, Leigh Lahav, Leo Kei Angeleos, libraries, literary agents, Little Boots, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Livia Day, Luther, Marc Laidlaw, Marvel Comics, Mary GrandPré, Max Headroom, Michael McCreary, Morpheus, movie posters, Nancy Kress, Neil Gaiman, New Genesis, Nickelodeon Theatre, Nightcrawler, No, Octavia Butler, Oracle, Oxford Union Library, Phillipe Claudel, Return to Oz, Richelieu, Ryan Gosling, S.F. Said, Salle Ovale, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Grey, Scarlet Witch, Seventh Son (film), Stay Geeky, Supergirl, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Folio Society, the manananggal, The Sandman: Overture, The Spectre, The Super Team Family Blog, Thor: The Dark World, Tina Connolly, Tor.com, Tron, Uhura, Vintageblackglamour, web shooter, Weird Fiction Review, Wensleydale, Wim Wenders, Wolverine: The Musical, Wonder Girl, Wonder Woman, Yanick Paquette
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Two days ago, Neil Gaiman’s beautiful white German Shepherd, Cabal, died unexpectedly. The blog post Gaiman wrote about Cabal was one of the most heart-wrenching eulogies I’ve ever read. … Continue reading →
Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday
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Tagged 100 Girls, a capella, A Non-Periodical by Erin Morgenstern, Aaron Barlow, Adam Gallardo, Adaptation, Adventure Time, Ajantala, Alison Ann Woodward, All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre), American Splendor, Angela Carter, art school, badgers, Batman, Ben Templesmith, Beth Wodzinski, black holes, book nooks, book shelves, bookbinding, bookcases, Breaking Bad, Cabal, Cameron Cook, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Cowell Press, creativity, Daily Science Fiction, David Bowie, Deadman, Diana of Themyscira, education, Esther Inglis-Arkell, Final Corrections, Finn, flax-golden tales, Fool's Gold by Melissa Mead, Gavin Aung Than, Geneva Hodgson, German Shepherd (white), Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Gun Machine, Harmonies of Time by Caroline M. Yoachim, Helen Oyeyemi, home libraries (design), infographics, Jake, Jim Batt, John Constantine, John Crowley, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Keith Smith, Kelly Link, King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise, Kurt Vonnegut, Leaves of Grass, Leila Alvarez, libraries, literary fantasy, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Mitchell, minimalism, Misty Mountains, movie posters, Mr. Fox, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Peter Hollens, Pittsburgh Times-Dispatch by M. Bennardo, Ponies by Kij Johnson, Princess Bubblegum, psychopaths, Radio Free Other, Rahzzah, rattenkönig (or rat kings), rejection letters, Ryan Britt, Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia), San Francisco Center for the Book, self-fictionalization, Sharp Teeth, Shimmer magazine, Stephen Tobolowsky, Superman, Superman logo, Susanna Clarke, Swamp Thing, Synecdoche New York, The Email Game, The Hobbit, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Noxious Guest by Amos Tutuola, The Recondite Times, The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson, The Shape of Stories, The Spectre, The Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin, Toby Barlow, Todd Demong, Tor.com, Unwanted by Holly Jennings, Walking Home by Catherine Krahe, Walt Whitman, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich, Warren Ellis, warrior goddess, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Where Are We Now, White Shepherd, Wil Wheaton, Wonder Woman, Wuthering Heights (song), Zachary Jernigan, Zatanna, Zen Pencils
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ The 2012 Chelsey Awards were given last week in recognition of excellence in genre art. The winners produced quite an amazing collection of art to feast your eyes upon, … Continue reading →
Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday
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Tagged 30 Pounds of Human Tissue by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Dreams, A Wizard at War by A.M. Roelke, Adam Mills, AlphaBooks, autoerotic asphyxiation, Ben Towle, Birds and Birthdays, Bonnie Tyler, book cover art (design theories), Breaking the Frame by Kat Howard, Brothers Grimm, Cartographer's Ink by Beth Cato, Charlie Jane Anders, chocolate, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Barzak, Christopher Kubasik, Courtney Carpenter, Daily Science Fiction, Dark Phoenix, Dorothea Tanning, Edith Wharton's library, Electric Velocipede, electrified plants, Fin Fang Foom, forensics, genre, Grimm's Fairy Tales, haka, harvester ants, Heaven Under Earth by Aliette de Bodard, Hellboy, hermaphrodite sex, Hulu, I Dreamed the Moon by Julia Rios, Jabberwocky, James Scott Bell, Joe Bunting, John Bertram, L. Frank Baum, Lady Sif, Lee Pace, Legion by Brandon Sanderson, Legolas, Lightspeed, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita: Story of a Cover Girl, Marc Basile, Mary Shelley, Matt Damon, Matthew Olin, Michael Parkes, Michael Pollan, miniatures, Moonstruck (bronze) by Michael Parkes, mythology (world) cultural appropriation, Neil Rivas, New Zealand, Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs, Quebec City Magic Festival, Recovering Lolita, Royal New Zealand Infantry, Ryan Gosling, skin cake, Snow White, soft drinks, sperm, Stefan Tosheff, storm troopers, strokes, Superboy (new), Sutured Infection, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The 2012 Chelsey Awards, The Booth at the End, The Highly Sensitive Person and the Writer by Susan Sipal, The Hobbit (film), The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Spectre, The Super Team Family Blog, The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Three Graces (painting) by Michael Parkes, The Wizard of Oz, Theodora Goss, Thranduil, Tim Tadder, Tom Gauld, Total Eclipse of the Heart, travel writing, Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo, Undoing Winter by Shannon Connor Winward, Vampirella, Watching Rockets by John Philip Johnson, Water Wigs, webseries, Weird and Proud of It by Johanna Sinisalo, Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wonder Women Are, William Faulkner, Wonder Man, writing (novellas), writing (novels), writing (romance), writing (setbacks & stumbling blocks), writing (short stories), writing houses, Xander Berkeley
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