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Magpie Monday
Internet-access problems have been resolved and the first week of classes has been put to bed and now the blog is back. As usual, the last couple of weeks have yielded all manner of shiny bits and bobs worthy of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3d printers, A Softer World, Aaron Lopresti, Adrien Broom, Aki Inomata, alethiometer, Alex Horley, Allen Butt, Amethyst, Ana Flores, Andreas von Einsiedel, Andrew Gilstrap, architecture, Aurelien Police, Belton House (Lincolnshire), Benedicte Lyssand, Bifrost, Bill Glover, Bill Watterson, Bookshelf Porn, bookstores, Brian Azzarello, Bryce Carlson, Callie Snow, Calvin & Hobbes, Charlie Jane Anders, Chip Zdarsky, Chris Schweizer, Christy Marx, Cliff Chiang, coffee press, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, David Barnett, Dome (street artist), Edgar Allan Poe, Edwidge Danticat, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elmore Leonard, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erzebet YellowBoy, flax-golden tales, Gareth D. Jones, Gavin Aung Than, Georgia O'Keeffe, Grace Kelly, Grant Snider, Greg Ruth, hermit crabs, His Dark Materials, home libraries (design), J.D. Salinger, Jacob Tomsky, Jeffrey Brown, Jeremy Erman, Jesmyn Ward, Jhumpa Lahiri, Joey Comeau, John Spinks, Jonathan Lethem, Josie and the Pussycats, Juan Santapau, Julian Barnes, K.M. Weiland, Kat Young, Ken Liu, Kenneth Rocafort, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Schnelbach, libraries, Livraria Lello & Irmão, Lobo, Loki, Lorraine1234, Lucy Knisley, Mari Ness, Matt Fraction, Mica Angela Hendricks, Midori Snyder, mini-comics, miniatures, Mur Lafferty, Nashville, Neil Gaiman, New Adult Fiction, No I do NOT have too many books!, novellas (ebooks), outlines, Patrick Jacobs, Paul Raeside, Philip Pullman, Pinterest, Poets & Writers, Rachel Halpern, Rachel Swirsky, Radio Free Other, Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury, rejection, Richard Dawkins, Rob Bricken, Sara Puls, science-fiction publishing (misconceptions), Seamus Heaney, Sex Criminals, Short Story Thursdays, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Star Wars, Stardust, Sword of Sorcery, Sylvia Anna Hiven, terrarium, The Beat, The Hit, The Impossible Cool, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Secret Knots, The Shambling Guide to the New York City, The Strange World of Martin Kardec, Thomas Doyle, Thorne Miniature rooms, Tobias S. Buckell, Tom Hiddleston, Tony Cliff, Twilight, Twitter, Ursula K. Le Guin, V.E. Schwab, Valerie Smith, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Vladimir Fokanov, William Kass, Wonder Woman, writing advice, writing and taxes, Zen Pencils, Zik
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Magpie Monday
Check out this lovely magpie painting by Frank Gonzales! I’ll have another Magpie Monday on Wednesday post this week, so do stop back by to have a look! ♦ VIEWERS’ PARADISE. People, I am really excited that the third series … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2013 Annual Underwater Photography Contest, A Softer World, A Window or a Small Box by Jedediah Berry, Adventure Time, Alien (film), Aliette de Bodard, all the houses on sesame street are haunted houses by Paul Jessup, Allen Butt, AmazonFresh, Andre Norton, Apex Magazine, Arthur C. Clarke, Associated Press Stylebook, Audrey Hepburn, Band Riders, Batman, Billy Idol, Bite Club, BMO, Bone Shadows by Rose Lemberg, book cover art, book domino chain world record, Booklife, Buzz Aldrin, C.J. Cherryh, C.S. Lewis, Caitlin Levin, Cao Hui, Charted Cheese Wheel, Christopher Nolan, Chuck Wendig, Cirque du Soleil, Cory Doctorow, Creative Action Network, Cuban tree frog, cupcakes, Daily Science Fiction, DailyLit, David (Michelangelo), DC Comics, Django Wexler, Doctor Who, Doritos, Douglas Adams, dreams, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Knox, Emily Horne, Emily Wenstrom, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Frank Gonzales, Frankenstein, Game of Thrones, Gavin Aung Than, Ghosts in the Walls by Shannon Peavey, grammar, Green Lantern, H.G. Wells, harbor seals, Harrison Ford, Haruki Murakami, Henry Hargreaves, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Interfictions Online, Isaac Asimov, Jack Howard, Jennifer M. Brissett, Joey Comeau, John H. Stevens, John Rhys-Davies, Jon Cain, Jonathan Wolstenholme, Joss Whedon, Jumbo Gumdrop Serenade by E. Catherine Tobler, Justice League, Kameron Hurley, Karen Inglis, Karina Who Kissed Spacetime by Indrapramit Das, Kyle McBurnie, Laura Jackson, left-pawed dogs, Lightspeed, Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block, Luis Pardo, Luther, Lydia Davis, Man Booker Prize, Man of Steel, Marvel Comics, Mary Shelley, movie posters, Much Ado About Nothing, Neil Gaiman, Penguin Investigative Services by Erin Morgenstern, Pepperidge Farms Nantucket, Pleated-Jesus, Pop Chart Labs, Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon by Theodora Goss, quiche, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rapunzel Syndrome, Ray Bradbury, recipes, Recovering The Classics, Roger Ebert, s'mores, Seattle Public Library, She Blinded Me with Science (song), Solid Potato Salad (song), space photography, Stanislaw Lem, sugar skulls, tacos, teapots, Terry Pratchett, The Andrews Sisters, The Arrivals by Melissa Marr, The Avengers, The Bargain by Henry Szabranski, The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Mary Sue, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Returned by Jason Mott, The Ross Sisters, The Suit by Robert Reed, The Taming by Kiini Ibura Salaam, The Thing Under the Drawing Room by Jedediah Berry, The Time Machine, The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo, The Wheel of Fortune by Alexander Lumans, Thomas Dolby, Tom Gauld, Tom Hawking, Tor.com, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Shakespeare, wolves, Wonder Woman, xkcd, Zen Pencils
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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 →
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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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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ The summer solstice (the longest day of the year) was last week, and in celebration Irene Gallo rounded up a collection of paintings her artist friends “thought best represented … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Andy Hull, Angelina Jolie, arsenic, Art Spiegelman, Austria Solar, Ben Towle, book cover art, book promotion, Bookfession, BookRiot, Christoffer Relander, Chuck Wendig, colors (women), Daniel Clowes, Disney, dolphin, Dungeons & Dragons, editors, Eeyore, Elizabeth Spann Craig, fairy-tale photography, family trees, fantasy, fantasy (writing), Futurama (title sequence), gas masks, Gérard Dubois, Housekeeping, Irene Gallo, Janice Hardy, Jasper Fforde, Kirsty Mitchell, Leah Palmer Preiss, Leni Zumas, library system, love (addiction), Maleficent, Marilynne Robinson, multiple-exposure portraits, N.K. Jemison, Neil Gaiman, novel (writing), octopus, Once Upon a Blog, peppermints, Pytor, reading speed, scared to death, setting (as character), summer, summer solstice, Sutured Infection, The Eyre Affair, The Rules of Magic, The Simpsons, The Solar Annual Report 2011, The Storyteller, The Woman Who Died a Lot, Theodora Goss, Thomas Allen, Thursday Next, Ursula K. Le Guin, What Was That Book?, world building (short stories)
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Allow me to begin this post extolling the magnificent merits of the Cadbury Creme Egg. My devotion to Peeps is one thing, but the sublimity of the Cadbury Egg … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alma Katsu, author websites, book art, book carving, Brian Dettmer, Cadbury Creme Egg, cake, Charlie Jane Anders, Chuck Wendig, DIY MFA, Doc Savage, Doll Bones, e-books, e-readers, Emily St. John Mandel, Golden Press, Gregory Benford, Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, Holly Black, Horrible Histories, How to Care for Introverts, Introverts, Jess Nevins, Joel Stein, Kate Beaton, Keith Sawyer, Lev Grossman, Lisa Litwack, Marti Guixé, Mike Mignola, Mohamad Itami, Nancy Fulda, Neil Gaiman, Patricia McCormick, Peeps, Rachelle Gardner, Ray Bradbury, Sharon G. Flake, strange children, Susan Cain, Sylvia Plath, The _________'s Daughter, The Palencar Project, The Taker, Theodora Goss, Thomas Umstattd Jr, Toni Morrison, transhumans, Ursula K. Le Guin, Victorians, Will Ludwigsen, xkcd, young adult literature
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