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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
All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week…. *I’ll have a full slate of posts again this week, so check back tomorrow, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for more tantalizing tidbits. ♦ TURN THE PAGE. Looking for a … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Softer World, Andrew Gilstrap, Anne Tyler, aspect ratio, Audrey Tautou, author photos, Bart van Es, Batman, Batman/Superman (preview), Bee Wilson, bees, bidets, Bill Bernbach, Boing Boing, book promotion, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Byzantium (film), calories, Cate Blanchett, Catwoman, chatelaine, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Chuck Wendig, Consider the Fork, Daily Science Fiction, Dalek dress, Dave Hax, Dave McKean, deer doing odd things, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, elves, Emily Horne, Erin Morgenstern, Erin Underwood, Ernest Hemingway, escapism, Farah Mendlesohn, Fascinating, fetuses, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Gail Carriger, Grá Linnaea, Hall and Oates, Harry Potter, Heiresses of Russ, Helen Mirren, Hogarth Shakespeare, io9, Iron Man 3, J.M. Sidorova, James McAdam, Jeanette Winterson, Jeff Pruitt, Jem and the Holograms, Joey Comeau, John Hess, Joseph Campbell, Jug Face (film), lava, Leonard Woolf, Letters of Note, lightning deaths, Luca Parmitano, Madéleine ♥ Flores, Madeline Ashby, mantis shrimp, Marissa Meyer, Matt Smith, Melissa Mead, memory, Monomyth, motivational penguin, Neil Gaiman, Neil Jordan, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, outlining, Paula Treick DeBoard, Radio Free Other, Red 2, Richard Lee Byers, Robin Mizell, Safe Bedside Table, Seinfeld, Shirley Jackson, shirt folding, snow leopards, Spock, Superman, Tara Calaby, Terry Jacks, The DeFranco Family, The Fall (film), The Film Doctor, The Hobbit (film), The Mourning Hours, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Sandman, The Super Team Family Blog, The Wasp, Thérèse, Toni Tesori, Tor.com, universe colliding, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, William Shakespeare, Wonder Woman, World War Z
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Marking Time. I am obsessed with calendars. Not too obsessed, mind you, but I have four wall calendars and two desk calendars at home and another wall calendar in the office. … Continue reading →
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Tagged "Who Could That Be at This Hour?", Adam Gallardo, Adam Mills, Adam Rex, Alison Ann Woodward, Angela Still, Anthony Hopkins, Archie comics, Aslan Malik, Balder, bee models (19th century), bees, Ben Franklin, Beneath 360, blinking, book cover art, book shelves, bookcases, Brooke Graddon, Buii, Caitlín R. Kiernan, calendars, cannibalism (medicinal), Carey Farrell, characterization (writing), Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, Chthon, Chu's Day, Chuck Wendig, copyright, corn flakes, Cory Doctorow, Daily Science Fiction, Daniel Merriam, Dave McKean, Death Before Dishonor by Shannon Leight, Downton Abbey, Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evan Shaner, flax-golden tales, food sweaters, gene patenting, Gertrude Yorkes of the Runaways, Grant Snider, Green Lantern, Greer Gilman, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, He Could Be Ambrose Bierce by Shaenon Kelty Garrity, heirloom pop-up book, Hyperion, hypothermia, Ian Withrow, In the White of the Snow by Mark Patrick Lynch, Intestate by Charlie Jane Anders, io9, Ivy Rose by Dan Hart, Jabberwocky, James Patrick Kelly, Jason Reeves, John Harvey Kellogg, Joyce Carol Oates, Justice League, Kate Beaton, Kyle Roberts, Lemony Snicket, letters, libraries, Life in Space by Leslie Jane Anderson, Lightspeed, Luis Guerrero, Magma, Malissa Kent, marshmallows, Matthew Broderick, metaphors, Meyers-Briggs, Michael Bukowski, Molly Hayes/Bruiser of the Runaways, MTO, Neil Gaiman, Oblivion (film), optical illusions, Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing, pandas, Patricio Oliver, Paul Kirsch, Phantom Eye Syndrome, pizza (cutting), Please Look After This Angel by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Poppies by Megan Lee Beals, psychopaths, Pubslush, resolutions for writers, Russell Hinson, SAD, Salvage by K.S. Dearsley, Seth, Sheila Boneham, Shirley Jackson, short films (writing), SketchEmily by reenin, Slinkachu, Sniperphotog, snow scenes in literature, So Far Faithful by Sarah Kanning, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Sutured Infection, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Tanith Lee, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Taylor Preston, Teres Frohock, The Beginning of the World Again by Erin Morgenstern, The Cries of the Dead and Dying by Sarah Goslee, The Dead Letter Office by Matthew Marinett, The Film Doctor, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hades Hotline by Alex Petri, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Miracle on Tau Prime by Alex Shvartsman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Race by Sadie Mattox, The Road to Wellville, The Sounds of Old Earth by Matthew Kressel, The Subatomic Fiber-Optic Deconstruction/Construction Transportation Chamber by Dylan Otto Krider, The Super Team Family Blog, The Venus Effect, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tiny Lives by Alan Baxter, Tom Cruise, Tom Daley, Tom Gauld, Tools to Build the Stars by Erin Morgenstern, Tor.com, Victoria Vincent, Warren Ellis, Weird Science Fiction, werewolves (genetics), When She Is Empty by Damien Walters Grintalis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, William Morris, Wing by Amal El-Mohtar, Wisdom for the New Year by Erin Morgenstern, Wonder Woman, writer's block, X-Men (cartoon), Zachary Jernigan
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Magpie Monday
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Krampus Carol, A.S. Byatt, Adam Mills, Adrian Garcia, advent, Alan Moore, Aliya Tarmo, Alone by Siegfried Sassoon, Alton Brown, Andrew Gilstrap, Anthony Bourdain, Ariel, art (Victorian), Barry Dwight Steel Rodger, Bittersweet Romance of Leaves and Snow by Erin Morgenstern, Boing Boing, book shelves, bookcases, Borden eggnog, brokeback poses (superheroines), Brom, Chuck Wendig, comas, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Domythic Bliss, dracunculiasis, druids, Druids Cutting Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon (c. 1890), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, eggnog (history), Elizabeth Hand, eschatology, Fables, Fearnet, flax-golden tales, French Foreign Legion, Gabriel by Adrienne Rich, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gingerbread (sci-fi), Gingerhaze, Hans Christian Andersen, Hanukkah, Henri Paul Motte, Hero4Hire Creative, heteropaternal superfecundation, home libraries (design), Ian McEwan, Ideomancer, Introverts, io9, James Joyce, Jodi Harvey-Brown, Joel Robinson, Juan Santapau, Justin Simon, Karen Berger, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Krampus, Krampus: The Yule Lord, Krissy Brady, latke-hamentash debate, LCD contact lenses, Lewis Carroll, Lindsay Small-Butera, Lindsey Mann, LitReactor, Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse by Ian Creasey, magic tricks, Marie Chapmen, Maya, Mean Geimhridh, Megan Hotz, MiracleMech by Tim Deans, mistletoe, Nancy Alsop, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Nicholas Humphries, nitrous oxide, novella, Prophet Hen of Leeds, PSAs, Psylocke, pupils (dilation), Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury Square, Russell Hinson, Saint Nicholas, Sally Franckowiak, Samantha Jewell, Santa Claus, See Jane, Shattered Amber by Mari Ness, sickles, Silas House, space (darkness), Su Blackwell, sunlight (weight), Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, taboos in speculative fiction, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Artist in the Tower by Adam Mills, The Brief, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, The Dead, The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hawkeye Initiative, The Kissed Mouth, The League, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Little Mermaid, The Magic of Christmas: An Advent Calendar of Fantasy Fiction, The Perfect Match by Ken Liu, The Rise of Ransom City (excerpt) by Felix Gilman, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Show Must by Matt London, Three Panels Open, Through the Looking-Glass, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tom O'Bedlam, Tor.com, Travis Price Architects, typography (kinetic), Ulysses, Under a Sky of Knives by Michelle Muenzler, Vancouver Film School, Vertigo Comics, Vylar Kaftan, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, writer's block, writing routines, Yann Frisch
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Magpie Monday
Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently, for this my fiftieth Magpie Monday post: ♦ This image by Jeremy Dower makes me happy. Based in Melbourne, Dower uses Photoshop to create his digital 2D paintings, and his … Continue reading →
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Tagged 'Salem's Lot, A Sketch of the Past, Adam Leipzig, Alexandra Seidel, Aliette de Bodard, AlphaBooks, aMAZEme, Andrew Neal, Annalee Newitz, Aqueduct Press, Batgirl, Batwoman, Ben Towle, Best Books for Writers, Birds and Birthdays, Blue Moon, blurbs, book promotion, card illusions, Catherynne M. Valente, Catwoman, Chris Claremont, Christopher Barzak, Chuck Wendig, Data Never Sleeps (infographic), Dave McKean, David Mohan, Days of Future Past, Deathless, Doctor Strange, Domo, Dorothea Tanning, Douglas Coupland, Dr. Doom, formatting, genre, Gina Rosati, gravity hills, Gualter Pupo, Huntress, immortality, Jabberwocky, Jeremy Dower, John Byrne, José Luis Borges, Just MyType, Kaa, Kendall Evans, Kickstarter, Kinbote, Koschei the Deathless, Krissy Brady, Kurt Barlow, Leah Palmer Preiss, Lee Pegler, Leonora Carrington, Madame Xanadu, Marcos Saboya, Mary Marvel, Marya Morevna, Mike Scott, Mr. Fox, Mur Lafferty, nasal hallucinations, Neil Gaiman, Nicole M. Taylor, Night Shade Books, No Return, Nora Ephron, Pale Fire, Paul Tobin, Penelope Trunk, Poets & Writers, Queen, Rachel Summers, Remedios Varo, Robin, Rudyard Kipling, Samantha Henderson, Sentinels, Simon Garfield, Smoke and Mirrors, Stephen King, Subterranean Press, Superman, Superman vs. Wonder Woman, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Ancient One, the art of the remake, The Cairn in Slater Woods, The Jungle Book, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Periodic Table of Typefaces, The Phantom Stranger, The Super Team Family Blog, The White Road, Thomas Allen, Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Where the Wonder Women Are, Who Wants to Live Forever, Wonder Woman, writing (query letters), X-Men, X-Men: First Class, Zachary Jernigan
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