Thin places, a brave hound, and a very long walk
The Dryad by Evelyn de Morgan
Welcome! I'm Lunar Hine, Terri Windling's editorial assistant, bringing you writing and art by Terri, Bumblehill Studio updates, and exceptional work by other artists and writers in the field.
To become more involved in the Bumblehill community, you can join in the conversation below each post on Myth & Moor, Terri's blog about folklore and mythology, the magical landscape of Dartmoor, England and life in the studio with Tilly, the black springador;
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Bumblehill News:
As you know, Tilly has had a hard time lately. Some of you have very kindly become patrons, or raised your existant pledges, to help pay the ongoing vet bills. Others have also been in touch asking for a way to make a one-off gift to the Tilly Fund. If you would like to do this, you can use bumblehill@gmail.com to send love via PayPal. Here is Tilly, sending thanks with those beautiful brown eyes.
Online recommendations:
For the benefit of our newer readers (Hi, nice to see you here), I'm repeating my recommendation of Ellen Kushner's Bad Advice. Ellen describes her newsletter as a place where 'I will natter on about things that interest me, including writing fiction (including bad advice on same), publishing, daily life in New York City with my brilliant and beautiful wife Delia Sherman, and things I think are important, including but not limited to Judaism, Shakespeare, poetry, kindness, other writers (both living and dead), fantasy and mythic fiction, and strange and compelling anecdotes from my past not available elsewhere.' Now available with parrot, and all for free.
Myth & Moor posts:
Monday July 5th Tunes for a Monday Morning American music from Rhiannon Giddens, I'm With Her, Jake Blount, Eric and Ulrika Bibb, Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, Amy Speace, and Watchhouse. Art by Georgia O'Keeffe
Tuesday July 6th Recommended reading: The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller, with art by Michael Hague
Wednesday July 7th Alison Lurie on The Secret Garden and the magic of nature, with art by Inga Moore
Thursday July 8th Alison Lurie on "The Oddness of Oz" with art by Lizbeth Zwerger
Friday July 9th Alison Lurie on the modern magic of E. Nesbit with art by Inga Moore and H. R. Millar
Saturday July 10th Words and worlds Alison Lurie on Shirley Jackson and Edward Gorey, with art by the latter
Monday July 12th Myth & Moor (& Tilly) update
Tuesday July 20th There and back again Terri's tales from the woods, with art by David Wyatt
Wednesday July 21st A very short story A very old tree, and a very brave dog...
Thursday July 22nd Recommended reading: Thin Places Two very beautiful things: Kerri ni Dochartaigh's book Thin Places, and the stained glass art of Tamsin Abbott.
Friday July 23rd On borders and stories Kerri ni Dochartaigh's Thin Places, with Arthur Rackham's illustrations for Irish Fairy Tales.
and Listening to the Land - a collective project in which 30 "nature pilgrims" (artists, performers, storytellers, & others), including our Howard, will be WALKING from London to Glasgow for the UN Conference on Climate Change. They're just over £500 off their funding target, so if you are able to throw some pennies into the hat, the Crowdfunder link is here.
Sunday July 25th Happy Birthday, Tilly! Twelve wonderful years
Patron's Corner: Your chance to be inspired by - and support - your Bumblehill community:
Adam Stemple
Adam is a Locus Award winning author of a dozen fantasy novels. He writes in other genres, too, and is also a musician and web designer. Details for all of that are on his website.
Excitingly, if you sign up to Adam's newsletter, you will receive, free, the first volume of his
How To Write Fantasy Novels 3-volume series.
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Lunar
Terri's latest ebook, The Color of Angels, is out now on Amazon. This is the UK link.
For shelves of recommendations by Terri, go to the Bumblehill Press bookstore. Everything you see has been recommended by Terri (and we're adding more books all the time), but you can also search for any ebook or audio book, and Myth & Moor Press gets a few pennies each time you buy something. Happy browsing.
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