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Magpie Monday

Posted on 22 July 2013 by Robert

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 →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | 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 | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Robert

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 | 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 | 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

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