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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 28 January 2013 by Robert

“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, A Pretty Mouth, Aaron Hamburger, Abed Nadir, Adam Mills, Adventure Time, Alan Moore, Alexandra Petri, Amery Carlson, Angela Still, Anne Enright, Ant-Man, artisan author, astrology, astronomy, bananas, Battling Boy, Beyond the Gate by Terr Light, bibliographics, blogging, book building (art), book collecting, Burke Heffner, Caitlín R. Kiernan, cannibalism (sexual), Carey Farrell, Carol Gluck, Cartoon Cakes, Cathy Day, characterization (writing), cheese, cheesemonger, Chuck Wendig, Community, Cory Doctorow, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daily Science Fiction, Damien Walter, Darick Robertson, David Malki!, Debbie Brown, depression, Derek Blasberg, Diesel Reviews the World, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange (movie), Drown by Tora Fisher, E.L. James, Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, Elizabeth Hand, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emily Temple, Eternity (Marvel character), Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, Evil Dead, evolution, experimental writing, film trailers, flax-golden tales, Fletcher Hanks, Frank Halmans, fromage, Gail Carriger, Garfield Minus Garfield, Genevieve Valentine, Golden Age Bakery, grand mal seizure, Grant Snider, Gravity by Sara Bareilles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Handwritten Letter Helpers, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hogwarts Library, home libraries (design), Hubble telescope, Irene Gallo, Jeff Gordiner, Jim Jones, José Guízar, Juan Diego Solanas, Kevin Feige, Kevin Sharkey, Kirsten Larson (American Girl doll), L. Jamal Walton, libraries (fictional), Library of Babel, lightning, lightning storms, Little Red Robin Hood by Melissa Mead, Lucha Libre, Lucien's Library, Lynda Carter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Michael Rockefeller, Michel Gondry, Molly Tanzer, Mood Indigo, multitasking, Murder Mysteries (story), music videos, Myke Cole, Neil Gaiman, New York Public Library, optical illusions, ornithology, outlining, Oxford comma, Paul Pope, Perfect Pairs by Erin Morgenstern, Philip Kenney, poetry, red-bellied woodpecker, Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Richard Davies, Ron Jones, Russell Hinson, Ryley Swan, Sedna (planet), serial comma, Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, Sheldon Cooper, short stories (Irish), Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis, Soulless by Gail Carriger, Stephen Sonneveld, Stepping Stone and The Love Machine, Storybird, Sunnydale High Library, Susan Steinberg, Sylvia Toth, the Beast's library (Disney), The Big Bang Theory, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, The Doll's House, The Exterminator by Erik B. Scott, The Fearless Defenders, The Knights of Badassdom, The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger by Yoko Ogawa, The Library (planet), The mMod by Ken Liu, the monastery library (Umberto Eco), The Month of Letters Challenge, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUXE Edition, The Powerpuff Girls, The Sandman, Theodora Goss, Tim Callahan, Tor.com, Tourtes, Transmetropolitan, typography, Upside Down (film), Valkyrie, Virginia Woolf, Walter Mosley, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, What to Expect when You're Expecting an Alien Parasite by Rebecca Adams Wright, Will Ludwigsen, Will Sliney, Will Staehle, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, xkcd, Zack Smith | 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 2 July 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Danish artist John Kenn Mortensen draws these wonderful monsters on Post-It Notes, and he posts new monsters regularly on his blog. I have a book of his monsters published … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged acknowledgement page, Alan Garner, Allen Ginsberg, AlphaBooks, Andrew Neal, anthropology, antiques (medical), ants (translucent), authors (bizarre deaths), Baba Yaga, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Towle, Benh Zeitlin, bibliophiles, Bob Dylan, book shelves, bookcases, books by the linear foot, Briar Rose, Cameron Cook, Carlos Severe Marcelin, Charlie Jane Anders, Chooo-San, Chuck Wendig, Cormac McCarthy, culling books, Doctor Who, Dr. Seuss, El Libro Que No Puede Esperar, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Emilie Simon, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, Eterna Cadencia, F.R. Tallis, fantasy films, Francesca Ramos, Garrett Hedlund, Gary Oldman, George Orwell, Google search techniques, graduation gifts, Graham Joyce, Harper Lee, home libraries (design), home libraries (planning), horror fiction, horror films, houses (floating), Hunter S. Thompson, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Kerouac, Jamie Bell, Jane Yolen, John Kenn Mortensen, John Steinbeck, Julian Barnes, Kristing Kathryn Rusch, Kyle Thompson, Laurent Chehere, lava, libraries, library collection-development services, lists (science fiction/fantasy authors), Looper, Magic Mike, magical-realist films, maps, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Staggs, Maurice Sendak, Michael Kimball, monsters, moon (if it had never formed), Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, music videos, Nagai Hideyuki, Neil Gaiman, Oh The Places You'll Go, optical illusions, Patricia Barletta, poetry, Post-It Notes, Prada, Prometheus, Roald Dahl, Robert C. O'Brien, Sarah Manguso, Sarah Selecky, science (weird and otherwise), science-fiction films, Seamus Heaney, Sean Hathaway, Snow White and the Huntsman, steampunk (clothing), stop-motion animation, TARDIS, Teddy Ruxpin, The Big Rip Theory, The Book That Can't Wait, The McGurk Effect, The Owl Service, The Possession, The Rules of Magic, Time, toilets (physics), Tom Gauld, typewriters, typography, urban fantasy, Virginia Woolf, Visual Capture Illusion, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, world building, writing, writing (cover letters), writing (longhand), writing (organization), writing (outlines), writing (query letters), writing (sex), writing (submission letters), You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ In honor of recent college graduations everywhere (and Cameron, Daniel, and Amanda’s specifically), I direct you to BookRiot’s Commencement Speech Real Talk. I wish I’d heard (or really listened … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged advice to graduates, Amanda Palmer, Art Spiegelman, Biltmore House, BookRiot, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Catherynne M. Valente, children's books, Chuck Wendig, college graduation, Cynthia Kraack, David Malki!, death, Ella Hudson, Erin Morgenstern, Every Major's Terrible, fail better, Hamlet, Hellboy, Hellboy in Hell, Jeff VanderMeer, Kate DiCamillo, Lego, libraries, Mars Bluff SC, Maurice Sendak, Mike Allen, Mike Mignola, Mystery in Space, Neil Gaiman, nine circles of Hell, Ophelia's Skull, Persephone, Pierre, poetry, reading is magical, reading protocols, Ron Ulicny, Ryan Sook, speculative poetry, submission, The Dresden Dolls, The Night Circus, William Joyce, William Shakespeare, Wondermark, xkcd | 2 Comments

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