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Magpie Monday on Wednesday

Posted on 12 June 2013 by Robert

So much interesting stuff lately I need (yet again) another day to share it all. That’s just how I roll, yo. ◊ LET’S GET HISTORICAL. Women in the 19th Century, John Green’s sixteenth Crash Course U.S. History, is pretty entertaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged 19th century, A Streetcar Named Desire, Aaron Paul, Adam Nevill, Adam Scott, Adam WarRock, Alec Baldwin, AmazonFresh, Amy Poehler, Amy Winfrey, animation, Artcake (Jane Zubova), Batgirl, Batman (TV series), Blue Jasmine, Breaking Bad, Brian Wood, cake, Came Back Haunted (song), Captain Krypton, Cate Blanchett, Cathy Day, Chuck Wendig, Comic Sans, Craig Leyenaar, Crash Course U.S. History, Daenerys Targaryen, dialogue, Doctor Who, donuts, dragons, Eartha Kitt, Eric Guzman, Essra Mohawk, Fables, film trailers, Francesca Ramos, Gabi Jguma, Game of Thrones, grammar, Grayson: Earth One, Haikus of Regret, Hart to Hart, If a Child Is Born (song), In the Flesh (TV series), Jane Yolen, Jessica Hynes, John Green, John Rogers, Julie Newmar, Karen Gillan, Kelly Thompson, Lauren Beukes, Luc Besson, Luke Newberry, Marc Osborn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mighty Avengers, Mike Lacher, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Wonder, Neil Gaiman, Nine Inch Nails, Not Another Happy Ending, Olivier Coipel, One Wipe Charlies, PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome), Peleș Castle, poetry, portable farms, Rachelle Gardner, Rebel Donuts, Robert DeNiro, Ruiz Burgos, Schoolhouse Rock!, short-story collections (how-to), Sodabit, Spaced, style sheets, Sufferin' 'til Suffrage, suffragettes, Superman, Tangled, The Amazing Spider-Bat, The Family (film), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Mary Sue, The Shining Girls, The Super Team Family Blog, Tommy Lee Jones, Up the Women, virtual supermarkets, Wonder Woman, Woody Allen, writer tricks, X-Men, Yvonne Craig, zombies | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Robert

“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 →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | 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 | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 26 November 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Art Nouveau portraits. Artist kishokahime created a series of Art Nouveau portraits of fantasy heroines from the 1980s (film and animation). I do prefer my Art Nouveau a little more ornate, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged akinetopsia, ambient music, Anastasia, animation, Art Nouveau (portraits), astronomy, Bigby Wolf, Bill Willingham, Billy Nunez, Black Lady (Sailor Moon), book cover art, Book Mania!, Bryan Singer, Christina Oppold, Chuck Wendig, Cinder, Craig Hamilton, Crysta (Fern Gully), Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Daniel Dos Santos, Dave Hensley, David Malki!, death of film, Derek Kirk Kim, Dr Atmo, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, etymology, Fables, failing vs. quitting, FAX +49-69/450464, film trailers, first editions (books), flax-golden tales, frogs, frost flowers, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Grant Snider, Guillermo del Toro, Hawkeye, home libraries (design), I Have Your Heart, intelligence supplements, interviews, io9, Irvine Welsh, Isles of the Sun by Margo Lanagan, Jack the Giant Slayer, jerks (attraction to), Jim Batt, Jim Fern, Joe Daly, John Kenn Mortensen, Joss Whedon, Judd Apatow, Juls Chong, Katherine Salant, Kickstarter, Kim Boekbinder, kishokahime, Leakey’s Second Hand Bookshop, Lili (Legend), linguistics, London, lunar phases, Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice), Machine Guns Loaded with Pomegranate Seeds by Mike Allen, Malta (The Sea Prince and the Fire Child), Mark Farmer, Molly Crabapple, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil's Puppet Dreams, Night Shade Books, No Return, Odette (The Swan Princess), Pete Namlook, Pi vs. Pie, Porno, Ray Snyder, Right Here by David Steffen, Robbie Trevino, Russell Hinson, Sarah (Labyrinth), Scarlet, science fiction (history), seals, self-surgery, short films, siblings, Skagboys, Slow by Erin Morgenstern, Sorsha (Willow), Speed of Love by Deborah Walker, stop-motion animation, Strange Horizons, Susan J. Morris, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Childlike Empress (The Neverending Story), The Lady Amalthea (The Last Unicorn), The Milky Way, The Most Important Man in the Universe by Joseph Zieja, The Nerdist, The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer, The Simpsons, The Stone Badger by Misha Nogha, The Trap by Steven Kahn, The Wizard of Oz, This Is Your Problem, Thumbelina, Tom Gauld, Tor.com, Trainspotting, Tune: Vanishing Point, Weird Fiction Review, Where the Wonder Women Are, Wondermark, Zachary Jernigan | 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

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