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Raindrops on roses, even when they cause blackspot. Whiskers, and just about anything else, on kittens. These are a few of my favorite things – and people.

Writers

Here are some of my favorite contemporary writers. If you like my writing, I think you'll like theirs, although they're all quite different: Isabel Allende, Christopher Barzak, Haddayr Copley-Woods, John Crowley, Alan DeNiro, Rikki Ducornet, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Greer Gilman, Elizabeth Hand, Ellen Kushner, Kelly Link, Ursula Le Guin, Joy Marchand, Sarah Monette, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Holly Phillips, Tim Pratt, M. Rickert, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Vandana Singh, Delia Sherman, Sonya Taaffe, Catherynne M. Valente, Anna Tambour, Jeff VanderMeer, Leslie What, Terri Windling, Jane Yolen, and Marly Youmans.

Artists

Here are some of my favorite contemporary artists: Janet Chui, Tony DiTerlizzi, Mike Finucane, Oliver Hunter, Arthur Ganson, Lori Koefoed, Akino Kondoh, Cal Lane, Virginia Lee, Dorothy Markert, Peter Milton, Socar Myles, Rafal Olbinsk, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Omar Rayyan, Lisa Snellings-Clark, Laura Splan, Connie Toebe, Cynthia Lund Torroll, Tasha Tudor, Charles Vess, Laura Wilder, and Terri Windling. (And yes, I like both Tasha Tudor and Laura Splan. You can't see the relationship between Tasha Tudor and Laura Splan? Look more closely.)

Musicians

Here are some of my favorite contemporary musicians: Leonard Cohen, Loreena McKennit, and S.J. Tucker.

Journals

Here are some of my favorite online journals: Haddayr Copley-Woods, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Catherynne M. Valente, and Jane Yolen.

Resources

Here are some online publications and other resources of interest to writers: Cabinet Des Fées, The Endicott Studio, Fairy Tale Review, Fantasy Magazine, Heliotrope Magazine, The Interstitial Arts Foundation, The Journal of Mythic Arts, The Journal of Mythic Arts: News and Reviews, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Omnidawn Publishing, Polyphony, Prime Books, Realms of Fantasy, The Science Fiction Poetry Association, Small Beer Press, Strange Horizons, and Sur La Lune Fairytales.

Supplies

And finally, supplies for living the impractical life: Antique Articles, Decades of Style Pattern Company, Hancock's of Paducah, Hint of History, Nancy Hearne, The Old Linen and Lace Shop, Sense and Sensibility Patterns, The Sterling Shop, and Stuart Compton.

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