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.
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Today I set off for holiday visits, so I may skip a few days of blogging over the next week. By the time I return, I expect I'll have seen every parent, grandparent, uncle, and aunt that I have.
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.
3 comments:
Have a wonderful time, John, and hope you garner lots of good story material from other generations.
Thanks for the good wishes, Mitali. I actually find rather little inspiration in my own family, not because they aren't fascinating, accomplished, and frustrating human beings, but because my mind doesn't work that way.
At least, that's what I tell them. It avoids the awkward conversations about whether I really think they talk like that, or whatever.
In any event, I've never written as boldly autobiographical as you, and the stories I write which I can directly trace to my own experiences or family life also have griffins or dragons or giant insects in them to protect the innocent.
Enjoy your holidays!
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