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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 30 April 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Today is the last day of National Poetry Month. Have you been taking your poems? Tor.com closes out their celebration of NPM with “Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other, … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Fairy Tales, Magpie Monday | Tagged academic journal subscriptions, Adam Mills, Annie Neugebauer, Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other American 1985, Better Homes and Gardens, book art, Book Mania!, Caitlín Kiernan, Cameron Cook, Caroline Whitney, Catherynne M. Valente, Chet Phillips, Christopher Meloni, Chuck Wendig, commercials, creativity, Dark Tower, David Lynch, E.O. Wilson, Faerie Girl, graphic novels, Harry Potter, Harvard University, In the House of Death, Jeff O'Neal, Jessica Abel, Joe Bolton, Krissy Brady, Lauren Faust, libraries, Little Red Riding Hood, Marauder's Map, Maria Ivanova, Mastering Comics, Matt Madden, men's adventure magazines, Metaphorest, Nadine Boughton, National Poetry Month, Neil Gaiman, Nigella Lawson, novella, Paul Kirsch, poetry, Rhiannon Alpers, sonnet, Stephen King, Super Best Friends, The Death of a Librarian, The Wind through the Keyhole, typewriters, Volvo, Wanderer, wedding invitations, Wild at Heart, You Are Not Your Bookshelf | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 27 February 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ On Facebook this week, Theodora Goss shared this photo by Tatyana Veduta (click to see larger): Wouldn’t that be a charming weekend-getaway cottage? Imagine all the art you could … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged American Psycho, Awesome People Reading, Battle Royale, Beefactory, book carving, book shelves, Brian Dettmer, Brothers Grimm, Catherynne M. Valente, Charles Stross, Charlie Jane Anders, Chuck Wendig, Coraline, Dezeen Magazine, Domythic Bliss, E.B. White, Eljay Daly, Felicia Day, Harry Potter, Harry Turtledove, Jack Woolley, Jeff VanderMeer, Jeffrey Vanhoutte, Jennifer Griffith, Josh Ritter, Lauren Davis, Mary Harron, Mary Robinette Kowal, Meredith Woermer, Nachu Bhatnagar, Neil Gaiman, Radio Free Other, secret doors, SF Signal, Stephen Elliott, Stephen King, Survival books for the apocalypse, Tatyana Veduta, Terri Windling-Gayton, The Hunger Games, The Juniper Tree, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Moth Diaries, The Rumpus, Theodora Goss, typewriters, Weird Tales, Wonder Woman | Comments Off

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