Category Archives: Quizzes and Memes
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
(I recommend reading this one aloud to yourself; In fact, I recommend reading all poetry aloud to yourself, to hear the “music”.) As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its [...]
Weekly Geeks 2010-11: In the Beginning
It’s time for . . . Weekly Geeks! This week’s topic: “There seems to be a bit of a theme going around the bookish blogopshere this past little while. Have you noticed many posts and lists and ponderings about books from our past? To go along with this trend, for this Weekly Geek installment, I’m [...]
Cover Attraction: Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev
(Not sure Marcia is still hosting this meme, but I had this post ready so I’m going ahead with it.) Marcia at The Printed Page hosts Cover Attraction, a weekly occasion to post an eye-catching cover. The covers I post may be from books I own, something I’ve recently wishlisted, or just a cool cover [...]
Cover Attraction: The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
(Cover Attraction doesn’t seem to be happening today, but since I already had my post written in advance, I thought I’d go ahead and publish it.) Marcia at The Printed Page hosts Cover Attraction, a weekly occasion to post an eye-catching cover. The covers I post may be from books I own, something I’ve recently [...]
Cover Attraction: Where Everything Ends by Ray Bradbury
Marcia at The Printed Page hosts Cover Attraction, a weekly occasion to post an eye-catching cover. The covers I post may be from books I own, something I’ve recently wishlisted, or just a cool cover I really think everybody should see. Sometimes I may have something to say about the artwork itself, but I’m not [...]
Weekly Geeks 2010-5: Author Fun Facts
“This week’s theme is: fun facts about authors.” Which gives me an opportunity to pimp my absolute favorite author, Patricia A. McKillip. Yes, I will keep on singing her praises, because she is a genius. Multiple-award winning fantasy author Patricia A. McKillip: Was born on on Leap Year, February 29th, 1948. Has won prestigious awards, [...]
Cover Attraction: Hespira by Matthew Hughes
Marcia at The Printed Page hosts Cover Attraction, a weekly occasion to post an eye-catching cover. The covers I post may be from books I own, something I’ve recently wishlisted, or just a cool cover I really think everybody should see. Sometimes I may have something to say about the artwork itself, but I’m not [...]
Weekly Geeks 2010-7: Commenting
Now it’s time for Weekly Geeks. This week’s topic: “Commenting. It can be a fun way to connect to your readers. It can be the a source of frustration as a blogger. A comment can make your day. A comment can cause an argument. Today let’s talk commenting.” Comments. Some people have them, and some [...]