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Magpie Monday

Posted on 12 November 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Belgian artist Stéphane Halleux creates wonderful, whimsical sculptures, vaguely Steampunkish in design. He started working first in animation, but now creates his sculptures full time. If you speak French, … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alan Moore, Aliette de Bodard, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, Angel, Aniron, Ansa and the Lost Thing by Sophie Wereley, Be Happy for No Reason by Erin Morgenstern, bebionic v3, Ben Towle, Better Than Visiting Sunnydale, Black King, Bound Man by Mary Robinette Kowal, Brad Pitt, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Limerick Episode Guide, Cameron Cook, card catalogs, Carl Sagan, Carl Warner, Cat Mihos, Chuck Wendig, Cosmos, cuckoos, Cullen Bunn, Daily Science Fiction, Dark Horse, Deathbird, deceptive dust covers, Did Someone Say Hellmouth?, Doc Savage, Doctor Strange, Doheny Library (USC), Dr. Light, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Enya, fairy-wrens, film trailers, finding time to write, first editions (books), flax-golden tales, foodscapes, Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Hamlet, Hannah Jarrett, Hawkman, Henry James, Idris Elba, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino, James Bond, Jimmy's End, Joe Queenan, John Lingan, Just Today by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Justice League Dark, Kevin St. Jarre, Leah Palmer Preiss, Letters of Note, Lightspeed, Locke & Key, London Falling by Paul Cornell, macaroni and cheese, Marnie Dresser, Martha Stewart, Matt Kaplan, Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters, Michael Cunningham, Michael Dirda, Mireille Enos, Misty Knight, Mitch Jenkins, Monsieur Hublot, Mumford and Sons, My Mother's Shadow by Henry Lu, myths about science, Neil Gaiman, Nigel Ackland, Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, parthenogenesis, Perdido Street Station, polar bears, President Barack Obama, prosthetics, Rachelle Gardner, Red at the End of the World by Lynda E. Rucker, Richard Symons, Roderick Constance, Russell Hinson, Sam Wolk, sculpture, Searching for Slave Leia by Sandra McDonald, Seth Abramson, solar system (photographs), Song of the Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown, spices, Steampunk, Stéphane Halleux, Swamp Thing, talent and discipline, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, teaching writing, teapots, The Fearless Defenders, The Hellboy Timeline, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean, The Super Team Family Blog, The Tides by Ken Liu, Theodora Goss, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Waffle Meringue Productions, Warren Ellis, Where the Wonder Women Are, Wild Things by Alyx Dellamonica, wildlife photography, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, William Hodge, William James, winter storms, Wired.com, Wonder Woman, World War Z, Yagharek, Yorick | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 22 October 2012 by Robert

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ All Hallow’s Read. … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged All Hallow's Read, AlphaBooks, anatomy, astronomy, Banshee, Bean Sidhe, Bell Witch of Tennessee, Ben Towle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blue Sand by Caroline M. Yoachim, book edit, Book Mania!, book shelves, bookcases, Cameron Cook, cannibalism, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel #9 (cover), Caput Mortuum by Andrew Kaye, Cat Burglar Black, chapters in novels (writing), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Christian Sager, Chuck Wendig, coma, Coraline, costumes, Daily Science Fiction, David Aja, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive (aka Braindead), death, depression, Doctor Strange, ducks (physics), Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Elsa Lanchester, Erin Morgenstern, Event Horizon, Farmer's Daughter by Brian Luong, film trailers, flax-golden tales, folklore, forensics, Forest Rogers, Gail Carriger, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Goblin Fruit, Halloween (2007), Hawkeye #7 (cover), heterochromia, History of the Kings of Britain, horror fiction, Invisible Woman, IQ tests, Ivan Ewert, James Whale, Jamie McKelvie, John Keats, Jordie Bellaire, Judy Drood, Leah Palmer Preiss, Lemony Snicket, literary foundation, Lost and Found by Jamie Todd Rubin, Macdonald Triad, Mad Night, Marc Basile, Margaret Atwood, Marie Brennan, medieval weapons, memory, microbial ecosystem, Mike Bell, Mike Walton, monsters (African), Natasha Hawley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Neil Gaiman, nightmares, Ode to a Nightingale, organ regeneration, Peculia, poetry, postcards, prison slang, production plan, Psycho (1998), PTSD, pumpkins, Rachelle Gardner, RescueTime, Richard Sala, Roald Dahl, Rosemary's Baby, Scenting the Dark by Mary Robinette Kowal, sculpture, Shimmer by Amanda C. Davis, Sigmund Freud, Sinister, Su Blackwell, Superman, suspending disbelief, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Baskerville Effect, The Bride (1985), The Bride of Frankenstein, The Chuckling Whatsit, The Emperor's Soul (excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson, The Ghastly Ones and Other Fiendish Frolics, The Hidden, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Ring (2002), The Super Team Family Blog, The Velveteen Rabbit, Theodora Goss, tongue twisters, Tor.com, Twitter fiction, vampires, Violet Beauregarde, Vortigern, Vulcan, wedding invitations, weddings (Hallowe'en-themed), werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Wonder Woman, Wreck-It Ralph | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 24 September 2012 by Robert

F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” Here are some shiny, crisp things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Irene Gallo curated an awesome autumnal gallery, Picturing Autumn, An Equinox Celebration, last … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Wizard of Earthsea, Agyar by Steven Brust, Aitor Iñaki Eraña, AlphaBooks, American Gods, Andrew Liptak, Andrew Neal, Anne Hathaway, Arctic forests, Autumn, Batman: The Tailor by Aitor Iñaki Eraña, Ben Towle, Black Widow, bookcases, BookRiot, bookshelves, Brothers Grimm, Cameron Cook, Carey Farrell, Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), Catwoman, Cheong-ah Hwang, Chris Thile, Christopher Moloney, Colleen Wing, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, death (Victorian), diner lingo, Distraction by Cheong-ah Hwang, Doctor Strange, Dylan Meconis, Earthsea, Edgar Meyer, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, electron microscope photography, Elektra, Elephants of the Platte by Thomas Israel Hopkins, Erin Morgenstern, Eve and Adam (excerpt) by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fairy tales, film trailers, FILMography (tumblr), FIrestar, flax-golden tales, Fool's Gold by Frank Dutkiewicz, Ged, George R. R. Martin, global warming, Grimm Tales: For Young and Old, Harry Potter, Hellboy in Hell, How Not to Write Comics Criticism, Hugh Jackman, I Am Legend, Indiana Review, Irene Gallo, J.K. Rowling, Joe Hiland, Juan Santapau, jus prime noctis, Kelly Link, Kevin Steele, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Les Misérables, libraries (amazing), Little Red Riding Hood, Little Red Riding Hood Does Over the Big Bad Wolf by Wendy O'Malley, Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link, Luc Latulippe, Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread, Marc Basile, Marianne Stokes (1855-1927), Marvel Comics, Melisande (1895) by Marianne Stokes, Michael Joyce, Mike Mignola, Misty Knight, Mortless by Henry Szabranski, music videos, narrative hooks (writing), Neil Gaiman, New Zealand Listener, No One But You (song), O'Donovan, OCD cleaning tricks, Old Friends by Shane Wilwand, paper sculpture, Paul Smith, Philip Pullman, Postcard Stories, procrastination, reading nooks, Rising Falling by Leah Thomas, Robert Neville, Russell Crowe, Russell Hinson, Said the Princess by Dani Atkinson, Scarecrow, serialized novels, slushpile, Steven Brust, Stranger Things Happen, Stuart Duncan, Subterranean Press, superheroines, Sutured Infection, Suzy McKee Charnas, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Teaching in the Margins, Tehanu, Tenar, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Faun (1923) by Carlos Schwabe, The Girl Detective by Kelly Link, The Goat Road Sessions, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Night Circus, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Secret Knots, The Specialist's Hat by Kelly Link, The Unwritten, The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas, The Weird, Theodora Goss, Tom Hooper, Tor.com, translucent animals, Travels with the Snow Queen by Kelly Link, Ursula K. Le Guin, Vampire novel (history), Weird Council, Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, Women's Auxiliary (photo), Write Place Write Time, xkcd, Yo-Yo Ma, Yuko Shimizu, Zadie Smith | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 20 August 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Look at this beautiful little monster! My friend Laura shared this photo on Facebook, and I just fell in love with this baby Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix). I … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Good Man is Hard to FInd by Flannery O'Connor, Adèle Blanc-Sec, Alan Rickman, AlphaBooks, Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix), and Watched by Rahul Kanakia, anti-suicide nasal spray, apostrophes (possessive), Argentina, Batman, Ben Towle, Bigby Wolf, Blue and Blue by Jennifer Linnaea, Bone and Ash and Butterflies by Julia Rios, book cover art, bookcases, bookshelves, bookstores, bookworms, Borg Mary Poppins by Kelly Tindall, Cat Hellisen, Christopher Boffoli, Chuck Wendig, comics (writing), copyright, Dana Scully, David Michalek, DIY writing fellowship, DNA as a data storage, DNA testing, Doctor Strange, Doctor Who, Dr. Seu, drainpipes, drinking cocoa prevents senility and lowers blood pressure, Edward Burne-Jones, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emma Frost, Emma Peel, Ernest Hemingway, feminism, Fifty Shades of Grey, Flannery O'Connor, Gillian Anderson, Hellfire Club, Herman Melville, how to read someone's mind, Hugh Laurie, Inception (soundtrack), Isaac Cates, Jakita Wagner, Jill Thompson, John Constantine, John Hughes, Juan Santapau, Kirsty Stonell Walker, koalas have human fingerprints, Late Bloomers, Lexa Hillyer, literal green eggs, lonely galaxies, male contraceptive pill, Malekith the Accursed by Patricio Oliver, Matilda, metaphor, Mitch Pileggi, Moby-Dick, Molly Ringwald, money-saving tips for writers, myth studies, Neil Gaiman, Oh My God, Oracle, peacocks, pensions for writers, plotting, Portraits in Dramatic Time, Pre-Raphaelites, private writing, Quentin Blake, Rhoda Belleza, Roald Dahl, scene breaks (writing), Shark Week, Sharktopus, short films, super-hero films, superheroes, Tansy Rayner Roberts, TARDIS, The Avengers (Steed & Peel), The Fire Gown by Michael Swanwick, The Hotel of Suicides by Mike Resnick and Sabina Theo, The Last Sleep of Arthur by Edward Burne-Jones, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Seven Deadly Sins, The X-Files, Three Panels, Time Ladies, trans fat (evil), truck driving, virgin births, voice (writing), Warren Ellis, We Planted the Sad Child, What an assault on the imagination, When the Sea is Rising Red, Whisper, William Shunn, X-Men, YA literature | 4 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 6 August 2012 by Robert

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 →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | 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 | 3 Comments

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