Musings about some of my favorite fantasy literature for young readers, comics old and new, the peculiar publishing industry, the future of books, kids today, and the writing process.
To conserve effort, I point to today's posting on the brilliant Boston 1775 blog about The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation--Volume One: The Pox Party, by M. T. Anderson. This isn't a fantasy novel, to be sure; it's historical fiction. But its elevated prose and the gothic events it portrays--even within the context of the most strenuous efforts for historical accuracy--make it more than simple realism.
J. L. BELL is a writer and reader of fantasy literature for children. His favorite authors include L. Frank Baum, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper. He is an Assistant Regional Advisor in the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, and was the editor of Oziana, creative magazine of the International Wizard of Oz Club, from 2004 to 2010.
Living in Massachusetts, Bell also writes about the American Revolution at Boston 1775.
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