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Magpie Monday

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Robert

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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Magpie Monday

Posted on 3 December 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ “It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get … Continue reading →

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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 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 →

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