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.
Man has opened his front door to trick-or-treating teenagers. He's wearing a floppy dark wig, horn-rimmed glasses, and long moustache.
Teens: What are you supposed to be?
Man: Um, how old are you?
One teen: I'm eighteen.
Man: Okay, I'm a '70s porn star.
All teens: Ohhhhh!
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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