Tag Archives: The Snow Queen

Magpie Monday

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Robert

“He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary. His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.” ~Henry James Here are some shiny things that caught my eye … Continue reading →

Magpie Monday

Posted on 28 May 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I really love paper artist Su Blackwell‘s work, and the reason why is illustrated in “The Snow Queen” (photographed by Johanna Parkin): On her website, Blackwell describes her work thus: … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged Alberto Belli, AlphaBooks, Azazello, Ben Towle, Black Box, BookRiot, Caitlin Lehman, Chuck Wendig, comic-book movie heroines, comics, David Abrams, David Malki!, David R. Slavitt, Eljay Daly, Evelyn Waugh, fairy tales, fairy-tale films, four-letter words, Genevieve Farrell, genre and pop, genre is disruptive technology, George Singleton, Greg Rucka, Henry David Thoreau, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, Ira Glass, Jeff O'Neal, Jennifer Egan, Johanna Parkin, John Scalzi, Jonathan Coulton, Late Bloomers, lending books, Lev Grossman, Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew Humphreys, Mikhail Bulgakov, National Short Story Month, Order vs. Chaos, plotters vs pantsers, quiet desperation, Re: Your Brains, Richard Parks, Ryan Britt, Salts Made from Tears, Shoshana Kessock, small talk, Snow White and the Seven Movies, Su Blackwell, swears, teaching writing, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Master and Margarita, The Snow Queen, Tom Gauld, Twitter, villains, Wondermark, word clouds, Wordle, X-Men | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 26 December 2011 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Just before the holiday break, I took the official Myers-Briggs Type Indicator through our Career Services office. Many years ago, I’d taken an online version and scored as an … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged At the First Touch of Winter, Awesome People Hanging Out Together, C.A. Belmond, Cabinet des Fees, Chuck Wendig, Daniel James Cox, David Lynch, David Malki!, Elizabeth Hand, fantasy, Galactus, Galactus and the Surfer, Hans Christian Andersen, Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time, Indyanimation, INFJ, INTJ, io9, Jeff Gurwood, John H. Stevens, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Michael Cho, Michael Oeming, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Paradise Lost, Parsifal, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rose Theatre, Russell Brand, Scheherezade's Bequest, Sean Ferrell, Su Blackwell, Summer Fades Away, The Kissed Mouth, The Snow Queen, Theodora Goss, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman Flies over Themiscyra, Wondermark, writing | 2 Comments

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