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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: ♦ 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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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ This past week my friend Ruth Facebook-linked to Jonathan Moreau’s photograph of the library parking garage in Kansas City. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something like this garage … Continue reading →
Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday
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Tagged AlphaBooks, Aquaman, Arvo Pärt, Batman, Ben Towle, Better Book Titles, Blair Erickson, book shelves, BookRiot, books about books, cake, Cameron Cook, Charles Murray Padday, Charles Santore, Charles Schulz, Charlie Jane Anders, children's books, Chuck Wendig, Cinderella, Comic-Con International: San Diego, comics (writing), Creative Commons, Crockett Johnson, Daily Science Fiction, Dan Hillier, deafness, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Hand, Evan Robertson, Fables, fairy tales, fairy tales (art), fantasy (writing), film trailers, Fractured Fairy Tales (gallery show), Franz Kappus, From Kane to Nolan: Seventy Years of Bat Evolution, Funny or Die, Gennady Spirin, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Helena Garcia, Hellboy in Hell, Hermione Granger, hint reviews, Holli Mintzer, Hope Mirrlees, Hungary, infographics, IQ, J.H. Williams III, James Hutchings, James Joyce, Jeanie Tomanek, Joao Ruas, Jonathan Moreau, Kansas City, Kate Beaton, Kate Chopin, Kelly Thompson, Kelly Williams, Kevin Bapp, Kinuko Y. Craft, Leah Palmer Preiss, Letters of Note, Letters to a Young Poet, libraries, Little Wolf Riding Hood, Love the Mermaids and You, Lud-in-the-Mist, lying, M.D. Herter Norton, Marie Rutkoski, Mermaid, Michael Cunningham, Michael Swanwick, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Nikola Tesla, omniscient narrator, opening sentence (fantasy novels), optical illusions, oxytocin, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Peanuts, Penelope Trunk, polyandry, Prince Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de La Lanne-Mirrlees, prodigy, Pulitzer prize (Fiction), Quotable Arts, Radio Free Other, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ruth Sanderson, Sam Raimi, Seinfeld, self-publishing, selkies, steampunk (cakes), Stefan Kiesbye, Super Golden Friends, Superman, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Awakening, The Golden Girls, The Hanging Garden, The Nature of Cinderella, The Oatmeal, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, toxic waste, typos, Ulysses, Will Ludwigsen, Wonderful World of Animation, WWA Gallery, Your House Is on Fire Your Children All Gone
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I came across so many wonderful images of bookshelves this week I didn’t know what to do with myself. Here are three that really struck my fancy: The first … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Scott, AlphaBooks, Andrew Marvell, Annalee Newitz, author notebooks, Batman, Ben Towle, Benjamin Lacombe, Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Cameron Cook, Charlie Jane Anders, children's books (French), children's books (German), children's books (terrifying), Chocorua Review, Chuck Wendig, Cliff Chiang, Damien G. Walter, DC Comics, deaths (weird), Der Struwwelpeter, Diane Dillon, DIY MFA, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Ellen Von Unwerth, Emily Brontë, Eva Sangnoir, fairy tales, fairy tales (disturbing), fairy tales (horror), fairy-tale films, fairy-tale illustration, film trailers, Fugu & Tako, Gavin Aung Than, goatee (evil), Green Lantern, growing cabinet, Hurry Up We're Dreaming, Irene Gallo, James Joyce, Jenny Chen, Jo Walton, Kate Beaton, Kate Bush, Katherine Langrish, Keira Knightley, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leo Dillon, Leopold Bloom, LitReactor, M83, Mansa Musa, Margo Lanagan, Matej Kren, Midnight City, Neil Gaiman, Nicholas Rombes, Nick Mamatas, poets (humor), Prague Municipal Library, puffer fish, Radio Free Other, Reunion, ROBOT, selkies, Shiba Ryotaro, Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum, Snow White, Superdickery, superheroes (gay), The Brides of Rollrock Island, The Evelyn Variant, The Girl Who Spun Gold, The Onion, The Runaways, The Tyger, Theodora Goss, Time time time see what's become of me, To His Coy Mistress, Ulysses, Van Dyke (evil), Warren Ellis, Wicker Man, William Blake, writing (autobiographical elements), writing (cover letters), writing (crime), writing (dialogue), writing (emotion), writing (mood), writing (novels in verse), writing (novels), writing (preparing for a career), writing workshops, Wuthering Heights
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I’ve long been a fan of Jack Zipes and his work on fairy tales. At Salon.com, Zipes talks with Emma Mustich about the recent trend of fairy-tale films coming … Continue reading →
Posted in Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday
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Tagged Cameron Cook, George O'Connor, Gustaf Mantel, Jack Zipes, James Joyce, Jonny Quest, Olympians, Roger D. Evans, Stanley Kubrick, SwissTech Utili-Key, Ulysses
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