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Magpie Monday

Posted on 11 June 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ More sad news last week: iconic author Ray Bradbury died June 5th at the age of 91. The interwebs were ablaze with appreciations, essays, obituaries, reflections and tributes, the … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Mills, Alan Rickman, All the Wrong Questions, AlphaBooks, Apex Magazine, Awesome People Reading, Barack Obama, Ben Towle, Beyond Katrina, bisexuality, Blocked, Bonnie Zare, book shelves, bookcases, BookRiot, Cameron Cook, Carmina Burana, Carrie, Catherynne M. Valente, Charlize Theron, Chuck Wendig, Darmok, David Lynch, death, dioramas, Erik Martin, fairy-tale films, film trailers, flashmobs, Flesch-Kinkaid Reading Ease continuum, Flesch-Kinkaid Reading Level, Fragile Things, Game of Thrones, Geoff Ryman, Gregory Benford, Hamish Linklater, horror fiction, Ian Withrow, io9, Jack Zipes, Jeff VanderMeer, John Crowley, John D. Boswell, John W. Doull Bookseller, Junot Díaz, Lego, Leigh Bardugo, Lemony Snicket, libraries, LitReactor, Locus, M.C. Escher, Margaret Atwood, McSweeney's, Memory Palace, metaphors, Mirror Mirror, Mister Rogers, Mr. Peabody, Natasha Trethewey, Neil Gaiman, Nick Mamatas, Once Upon a Blog, Once Upon a Time, Paradoxymoron, Patrick Hughes, PBS, photography (ghost mother), Pittsburgh, Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), readability-index calculator, Sam Wolk, SF Signal, Shadow and Bone, Sherman, Slinkachu, Snow White and the Huntsman, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Wars, Stephen King, Thailand, The Adventures of Rocky and Bulwinkle, The Beat, The Garden of Your Mind, The Hanging Garden, The Ladies' Deposit, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Old Library Trinity College, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Symphony of Science, The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better than You Normally Do, The Washington Post, The Witch of Duva: A Ravkan Folk Tale, Theodora Goss, There Will Come Soft Rains, Time, Tor.com, U.S. Poet Laureate, Ultra Violet, Underwords, Wang Saen Suk Hell Park, Will Ludwigsen, writers (bad behavior), writers' workshops, xkcd | 3 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ In honor of recent college graduations everywhere (and Cameron, Daniel, and Amanda’s specifically), I direct you to BookRiot’s Commencement Speech Real Talk. I wish I’d heard (or really listened … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged advice to graduates, Amanda Palmer, Art Spiegelman, Biltmore House, BookRiot, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Catherynne M. Valente, children's books, Chuck Wendig, college graduation, Cynthia Kraack, David Malki!, death, Ella Hudson, Erin Morgenstern, Every Major's Terrible, fail better, Hamlet, Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, Jeff VanderMeer, Kate DiCamillo, Lego, libraries, Mars Bluff SC, Maurice Sendak, Mike Allen, Mike Mignola, Mystery in Space, Neil Gaiman, nine circles of Hell, Ophelia's Skull, Persephone, Pierre, poetry, reading is magical, reading protocols, Ron Ulicny, Ryan Sook, speculative poetry, submission, The Dresden Dolls, The Night Circus, William Joyce, William Shakespeare, Wondermark, xkcd | 2 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 30 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Today is the last day of National Poetry Month. Have you been taking your poems? Tor.com closes out their celebration of NPM with “Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged academic journal subscriptions, Adam Mills, Annie Neugebauer, Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other American 1985, Better Homes and Gardens, book art, Book Mania!, Caitlín Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Caroline Whitney, Catherynne M. Valente, Chet Phillips, Christopher Meloni, Chuck Wendig, commercials, creativity, Dark Tower, David Lynch, E.O. Wilson, Faerie Girl, graphic novels, Harry Potter, Harvard University, In the House of Death, Jeff O'Neal, Jessica Abel, Joe Bolton, Krissy Brady, Lauren Faust, libraries, Little Red Riding Hood, Marauder's Map, Maria Ivanova, Mastering Comics, Matt Madden, men's adventure magazines, Metaphorest, Nadine Boughton, National Poetry Month, Neil Gaiman, Nigella Lawson, novella, Paul Kirsch, poetry, Rhiannon Alpers, sonnet, Stephen King, Super Best Friends, The Death of a Librarian, The Wind through the Keyhole, typewriters, Volvo, Wanderer, wedding invitations, Wild at Heart, You Are Not Your Bookshelf | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 23 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ What poems have you been reading lately? The fourth and fifth poems in Tor.com’s series in honor of NPM are “What the Dragon Said: A Love Story” by Catherynne … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged Astronomical, Book Mania!, book nooks, Book People Unite, Buttercup, Cameron Cook, Carl Sagan, Catherynne M. Valente, Château de Groussay, Chuck Wendig, Cosmos, Dale Cooper, damn good cherry pie, Death Comes to Me Again a Girl, Dorianne Laux, Jane Austen Among the Women, Jin Kazama, Jo Walton, Kyle Thompson, Matt Switliski, Michael Paulus, Mishka Henner, Naomi Bardoff, National Poetry Month, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, SFCB, Sheung Yee Shing, skeletal studies of cartoon characters, story lengths, Tekken, The Powerpuff Girls, The Rejection Generator Project, Thomas Allen, transmedia storytelling, Twin Peaks, Wallace Yovetich, What the Dragon Said: A Love Story, Which Fictional Character Shares Your Birthday?, Wondermark | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 9 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ It’s National Poetry Month, people! The Academy of American Poets created National Poetry Month in 1996. Check out their site for more information on events in honor of poetry. … Continue reading →

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"How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, trans. M.D. Herter Norton

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