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.
The BBC has detected fakery in a recently released photograph of Kim Jong Il, hereditary dictator (we used to call that "king") of North Korea. Either that, or the Dear Leader casts shadows differently from ordinary men.
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.
2 comments:
Maybe it's just a sign that his shadow hates him, and is trying to get away. I mean, I know I wouldn't be too happy to be a dictator's shadow.
Well, I know Peter Pan's a bit of a monster, but I hate to think of a confluence between him and Kim Jong Il.
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