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Magpie Monday

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Robert

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Krampus Carol, A.S. Byatt, Adam Mills, Adrian Garcia, advent, Alan Moore, Aliya Tarmo, Alone by Siegfried Sassoon, Alton Brown, Andrew Gilstrap, Anthony Bourdain, Ariel, art (Victorian), Barry Dwight Steel Rodger, Bittersweet Romance of Leaves and Snow by Erin Morgenstern, Boing Boing, book shelves, bookcases, Borden eggnog, brokeback poses (superheroines), Brom, Chuck Wendig, comas, comic-book covers, Daily Science Fiction, Dave McKean, Deerskin by Robin McKinley, Domythic Bliss, dracunculiasis, druids, Druids Cutting Mistletoe on the Sixth Day of the Moon (c. 1890), Edward & Amelia vs The Vampire King, eggnog (history), Elizabeth Hand, eschatology, Fables, Fearnet, flax-golden tales, French Foreign Legion, Gabriel by Adrienne Rich, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, gingerbread (sci-fi), Gingerhaze, Hans Christian Andersen, Hanukkah, Henri Paul Motte, Hero4Hire Creative, heteropaternal superfecundation, home libraries (design), Ian McEwan, Ideomancer, Introverts, io9, James Joyce, Jodi Harvey-Brown, Joel Robinson, Juan Santapau, Justin Simon, Karen Berger, Kirsty Stonell Walker, Krampus, Krampus: The Yule Lord, Krissy Brady, latke-hamentash debate, LCD contact lenses, Lewis Carroll, Lindsay Small-Butera, Lindsey Mann, LitReactor, Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse by Ian Creasey, magic tricks, Marie Chapmen, Maya, Mean Geimhridh, Megan Hotz, MiracleMech by Tim Deans, mistletoe, Nancy Alsop, Neil Gaiman, Netflix, Nicholas Humphries, nitrous oxide, novella, Prophet Hen of Leeds, PSAs, Psylocke, pupils (dilation), Rajan Khanna, Ray Bradbury Square, Russell Hinson, Saint Nicholas, Sally Franckowiak, Samantha Jewell, Santa Claus, See Jane, Shattered Amber by Mari Ness, sickles, Silas House, space (darkness), Su Blackwell, sunlight (weight), Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner, taboos in speculative fiction, Tansy Rayner Roberts, The Artist in the Tower by Adam Mills, The Brief, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, The Dead, The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, The Finite Canvas by Brit Mandelo, The Great Alan Moore Reread, The Hawkeye Initiative, The Kissed Mouth, The League, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Little Mermaid, The Magic of Christmas: An Advent Calendar of Fantasy Fiction, The Perfect Match by Ken Liu, The Rise of Ransom City (excerpt) by Felix Gilman, The Sandman, The Secret Knots, The Show Must by Matt London, Three Panels Open, Through the Looking-Glass, Tim Callahan, Tom Gauld, Tom O'Bedlam, Tor.com, Travis Price Architects, typography (kinetic), Ulysses, Under a Sky of Knives by Michelle Muenzler, Vancouver Film School, Vertigo Comics, Vylar Kaftan, Warren Ellis, Weird Fiction Review, werewolves (historic), Where the Wonder Women Are, Will Ludwigsen, writer's block, writing routines, Yann Frisch | 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

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