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Magpie Monday

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Robert

“He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary. His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.” ~Henry James Here are some shiny things that caught my eye … Continue reading →

Magpie Monday

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ All Hallow’s Read. Ah, it’s October again, and time for recommending books for Hallowe’en and All Hallow’s Read. Each Monday this month I’ll recommend something spooky or scary to give … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged "I Used to Sing" by The Indelicates, Adam Mills, Alison McMahan, All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, American Gods, animation, Anthony Ryan, author photos, Ava Jae, Awesome People Reading, Axel Medellin Machain, Ben Towle, Bluebeard, book shelves, book trailers, bookcases, Brothers Grimm, Bryan Talbot, BubbleCow, Cadbury's Screme Eggs, Cameron Cook, Cartoon Network (20th anniversary), Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. Valente, chapters in novels (writing), characterization (writing), Charles Perrault, Chris Abouzeid, Chris Brogan, Christine A. Jones, Chuck Wendig, colonoscopies (exploding), concept art (animation), content edit, contract law, Corelli's Mandolin, cowboy slang (food & drink), Daily Science Fiction, Dark Tower, Darwyn Cooke, David Malki!, DC's New 52, depression, Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, Devourer of Worlds, discourse markers, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Thompson, Erin Morgenstern, fairy tales, fairy tales (disturbing), Faith Erin Hicks, Fantastic Four, fetal microchimerism, fingerprints, Firefly, Firefly: A Celebration, Firefly: Still Flying, Firefly: The Official Companion, Fitcher's Bird, Fitcher's Brides, flax-golden tales, Friends with Boys, Galactus, Gerry Obadiah Salam, Grandville, Grandville: Bête Noire, graphic novels, Greek myths, Gregory Frost, Hallowe'en, history and epic fantasy, horror films, info graphics (analysis of), infographics, Jabberwocky, James Alan Gardner, Jennifer Schacker, Joel Priddy, Joseph Campbell, Joss Whedon, Journey of the Hero, libraries, Library by Lori Nix (2007), Lindsay Stern, Literary Journals and Rejections, Living Tribunal, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, Maris Wicks, Mark Siegel, Marvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Fairy Tales and Contemporary Critical Perspectives, Monomyth, monsters (Asian), music videos, mythology and fantasy, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, novel (writing), pain, Parker: The Outfit, Parker: The Score, philosophy, Professor Jennifer Magda-Chichester's Time Machine by Julian Mortimer Smith, Promethea, Prudence Shen, research (writing), Rubbish Designer, Russell Hinson, Rusty Shackles, Ryem, Sailor Twain or The Mermaid in the Hudson, Sam Wolk, Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz), Serenity, Shardik, Sherlock Holmes, short films, short stories (success), Solomon Grundy, Spymaster, Steamboat Willy, Stephen King, Super Best Friends Forever, Teaching in the Margins, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Department of Alterations by Gennifer Albin, The Falcon, The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Leaf by Erik T. Johnson, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Silver Surfer, The Whisper by Douglas Sterling, The Wraith, third eye, Tim Callahan, Tom Read, Tor.com, Town of Shadows, Troy Jensen, Twitterfic, Vanessa Place, vector portraits, Victoria Hooper, Virginia Woolf, War and Peace, Warren Ellis, webcomics, Weird Fiction Review, Wendigo, Where You End and the World Begins by Sam Ferree, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, worker ants, writing (novels), writing mentors | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 17 September 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Ransom & Mitchell take some of the most elaborate, magical, and wild photographs I’ve ever seen. Their photography (and film work) is housed in the intricate sets they create, and … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged "Get Out of My House" (song), "Houdini" (song), A Silly Love Story by Nicole Cipri, A Wrinkle in Time (graphic novels), Alice in Wonderland, AlphaBooks, Andrew Thaler, aphorism, Aquaman, Axel Medellin Machain, Batman: Earth One, Ben Towle, Billy (gay male vampire slayer), bookcases, bookshelves, Bryan Thom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, cake, cake (comic books), cake (Zelda Fitzgerald), cannibalism (infant), Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Chad VanGaalen, Chris Ware, Chuck Wendig, crows, Daily Science Fiction, DC Comics, Dinah Shore, Don Quixote, Down the Wall by Greer Gilman, Electric Velocipede, film trailers, food (most expensive), Frankenstein, Gangnam Style (video), glassfrog, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Gypsy, Havok (Marvel), Hawkman, Highland Bakery, Hope Larson, horror films, J.H. Williams III, Jason Mitchell, Jonny Quest, José Andrés, K-pop, Karen Portaleo, Kate Bush, Kate Elliott, Krissy Brady, Leah Palmer Preiss, Lord Byron, Madeleine L'Engle, male gaze, Mama (film), Marc Bas, Mary Shelley, Matt Lindsay, Miklós Felvidéki, music videos, Neil Gaiman, Nell by Karen Hesse, Nova Ren Suma, Paris, parthenogenesis, Phil Noto, placebo, Polaris (Marvel), presidents and psychopaths, Psy, Queen of Hearts, Queequeg (Moby-Dick), race & writing, Radio Free Other, Ransom & Mitchell, Scheherezade's Bequest, Scott Musgrove, Sean Ferrell, Smoke & Mirrors exhibition, Stacey Ransom, Stockholm, Su Blackwell, Summer Reading by Ken Liu, Supergirl, Superman: Earth One, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Dreaming (Kate Bush), The Gifter by Torrey Podmajersky, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente, The Halo Effect, The Last Good Man by Ransom & Mitchell (2012), The Lotus Eaters by Michelle Muenzler, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Perfectly Fried Egg, The Quietus, The Super Team Family Blog, The Touch of Love by Day Al-Mohamed, The Wasp, Third Time's a Charm by Melanie Rees, Thor, Tintin, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Varnish Fine Art, Warren Zevon, Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman: Earth One, Wreckage by Ransom & Mitchell (2012) | 2 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 10 September 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I came across Kris Kuksi‘s elaborately detailed sculptures about two years ago, and for some reason unknown even to me I didn’t do any further research on him. Clearly, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged Alex Ross, Alfred Stieglitz, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed Meets Parkour in Real Life, Athenaeum by J★RYU, author photos, Awesome People Reading, Axel Medellin Machain, Ben Towle, bird funerals, book cover art, BookRiot, bookstores, Chuck Wendig, comic books (organization), Daily Science Fiction, Deepa Mehta, Divination & Delusion, Don't Write Comics, Downton Abbey (Season 3), El Ateneo in Buenos Aires, Electric Velocipede, Elizabeth Hand, Errantry: Strange Stories (cover art), fairy-tale films, fake foreign accents, film trailers, For They Heard the First Sound and Trembled by Jessica Breheny, Game of Thrones (theme song), Georgia O'Keeffe, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, J★RYU, John Bishop, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julie Ditrich, KellyThompson, Kris Kuksi, Le Parkour, Leah Palmer Preiss, Let's All Sing like the Birdies Sing by Paul G. Di Filippo, Lindsey Stirling, Marc Basile, Medusa, Michael Cunningham, Midnight's Children, Overheard at The Platonic Ideal Bar and Grill by Aimee Vanessa Blume, Paul Muad'Dib (Dune), Peter Hollens, post-genre, Rachelle Gardner, Richard Scarry, Rotofugi Gallery, Salman Rushdie, sculpture, sex (19th century euphemisms), sex (writing), sexual promiscuity, Small Beer Press, style guides, testosterone, The Ghost of You Haunted Me... by J★RYU (exhibit), The Mobius Garden by James Bambury, The Taste of Salt by Rachel Halpern, The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac by Joyce Johnson (cover art), Trouble Magazine, Will Ludwigsen, William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman (TV series), zombies | Comments Off

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