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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: ♦ 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
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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
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My thanks to my friend Laura Crary for sending me this image, a still life with books by Stockholm artist Maria Friberg (part of her Still Lives series, 2003-2007). … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Mighty Girl, Alan Moore, AlphaBooks, Alzheimer's Disease, Andreas Feininger, animation, Annie Owens, annotations (LXG), anxiety, Before Watchmen, Ben Towl, Bizarro Classic, Black Lodge, Breaking Bad, Bruce Bickford, busyness, Cameron Cook, Captions, Cat Rambo, Cate Blanchett, Cecelia Holland, Charles Tan, cheese, Christopher Barzak, chronologies, color acuity, color tests, Cracker Barrel, Dale Cooper, DC Comics, Doctor Strange, Double R Diner, Easter Island, Ellen Datlow, Ellen Klages, F. Brett Cox, Fabio Fernandes, family trees, Franz Kafka, Galadriel, Gary K. Wolfe, geek culture, Green Man, Gregor Samsa, Guy Gavriel Kay, Guys Read, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeffrey Ford, Jeremiah McDonald, Jess Nevins, Juan Santapau, Karen Burnham, Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Kevin O'Neill, Laura Crary, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Leah Palmer Preiss, left-brain right-brain, Locus, Loki, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Project, Mad Men, maps, Maria Friberg, Marvel Comics, Mary Poppins, Matthew Salesses, Michel Fiffe, Mikhail Bulgakov, miniatures, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fury, Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe (Deluxe Edition), Organization, Ourit Ben-Haim, Paul Graham Raven, Paul Witcover, Peter Jackson, photography, psychic powers (faux), puppets, Red Room, revision, Robb Pratt, Russell Letson, Sam Howzit, Sarcastic Voyage, Siobhan Carroll, Stefan Dziemianowicz, subtitles, superheroes, Superman, Superman Classic, Sutured Infection, Terry Bisson, The 'Busy' Trap, The Avengers, The Big Bang Theory, The Glass Noose, The Hobbit, The Master and Margarita, The Metamorphosis, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Underground New York Public Library, Theodora Goss, Tim Kreider, timelines, Twin Peaks, Watchmen, Who's Who, Will Ludwigsen, Witch House, witches, writing (research), xkcd
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