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Magpie Monday

Posted on 23 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Underwater photography makes me happy, and I liked this series of underwater Alice in Wonderland photos by Elena Kalis. The image below is one of my favorites, but do … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, After the Earthquake, Alex Ross, Alice in Wonderland, AlphaBooks, Amy Rose Davis, Andrew Eccles, Awesome People Reading, Axel, Beauty a, Ben Towle, Berlin, Black Canary, Black Widow, bookcases, Bookshelf blog, Brothers Grimm, Captain Marvel, Caroline M. Yoachim, Christopher Plummer, confidence men, cyborgs, Daily Science Fiction, dolls, Donald J. Sobol (1924-2012), Dorothy, Draxorr, duels, Ekaterina Popovy, Elana Popovy, Elementary, Elena Kalis, Encyclopedia Brown, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fairy tales, False Positive, fantasy (writing), Frances Turnbull, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hawkgirl, Hawkwoman, Hellboy, Ignatius J. Reilly, Jack Zipes, Joan Acocella, John Kennedy Toole, John Verdon, Leah Palmer Preiss, libraries, Linda Hamilton, Man of Steel, maps, McAllen (Texas), McDonald's, Melanie Rees, Mike Walton, Neil Gaiman, Niagara Falls, Once Upon a Time: The Lure of the Fairy Tale, orb web spiders, photography, Ray Bradbury, Robert Downey Jr., Rogue, Ron Perlman, serial killers, Seven Sins, Sherlock Holmes, Super Best Friends Forever, Superman, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Illustrated Man, The Sandman, The Suicide Witch, tongue, Vixen, Vylar Kaftan, wax bullets, webcomics, Where the Wonder Women Are, wolves, Wonder Girl, Wonderfalls, writing, xkcd, Zack Snyder | 2 Comments

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 12 March 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Do your ears a favor right now and go listen to DJ Carlos Serrano’s awesomely superb mash-up of Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” and Daft Punk’s “Something about … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 2012 Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade and Festival, Adele, Ali Luke, alternate history, Babylon 5, Book Monster, bookmarks, BookRiot, Brit Mandelo, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carlos Serrano, cartography, Cathy Day, Charlie Jane Anders, Charlize Theron, Chris Buzelli, Chuck Wendig, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, commercials, Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar, creativity, Cynthia Kraack, Daft Punk, David Kowalski, David Malki!, Delenn, Downton Abbey, E.B. White, E.M. Forster, fairy tales, Franz Xaver Von Schönwerth, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Heart of Darkness, humanities, Jack Finney, Jack Zipes, Jean Cocteau, Jodi Chromey, Joe Fassler, Joseph Conrad, Ken Parille, Kit Steinkeller, Korea National Ballet, Leigh Bardugo, Levi's Stretch to Fit jeans, maps, Maria Popova, masks (disturbing), Matt Switliski, Meghan Deans, MFA programs, Mike Mignola, Mirror Mirror, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nick Mamatas, Paul M. Raine, poetry, Rasputin, religion, show don't tell, Simon Whaley, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, STEM, Strange Horizons, superheroes, The Comics Journal, The Company of the Dead, The Corinthian, The Drowning Girl: A Memoir, The Sandman, The Universe, The X-Files, theMountainGoat, Theodora Goss, Thomas Jonte, TJ Dempsey, Tor.com, Victoria Strauss, Wondermark, word choice, zombies | 5 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 5 September 2011 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I’ve long been a fan of Jack Zipes and his work on fairy tales. At Salon.com, Zipes talks with Emma Mustich about the recent trend of fairy-tale films coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged Cameron Cook, George O'Connor, Gustaf Mantel, Jack Zipes, James Joyce, Jonny Quest, Olympians, Roger D. Evans, Stanley Kubrick, SwissTech Utili-Key, Ulysses | Comments Off

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