Coming under the heading of Don’t Put Yourself in the Position to be Jealous. I have a twitter stream full of authors whose work I adore, or whose way of working I admire. Every time one of them gets a good review, publishes a book, or places a story, I cheer. I love that the …
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#FridayReads — 3.feb
This week was all about the short stories. Many available free on the ‘net From the World SF blog. The City of Silence by Ma Boyong. A little too easy update of 1984 for the web ruled city. I suspect that there is better material by the same writer. The House of Aunts. Zen ChoTo …
Why Morning Linkage Died and What’s Next for ShinyMagpie
Short version. A switch from curation to creation. Slightly longer version. Morning Linkage was path to finding my way back into thinking about story telling. It is now time to start telling stories of my own again. There’s an even longer version but that should probably stay between me, my therapist, and the happy band of …
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Random Linkage (Sept 19)
Caren Alpert takes photographs of food through a microscope. Here for example is a pineapple leaf. Many more including sprinkles, a spooky sun-dried tomato, and chocolate cake. via: feature shoot Belgian ads advising you to “Take the Bus” done for the bus company De Lijn. Produced by Creative Conspiracy for the Duval Guillaume agency. Ants: Penguins: …
Random Linkage (July 27)
A really lovely little sidecar rig. Honda CB550. The rebuild is appropriate for the era and the paint is so sweet. via: BikeEXIF A look inside the mind of builder Dustin Kott. Cafe Racers from vintage Japanese bikes. By Benedict Campbell. via: Return of the Cafe Racers From Emily Carrol who does dreamlike comics …