These two picture of the White House before and after Trump can be taken as a metaphor for the USA itself . . .
#Trump #TheWhiteHouse
If it is OK to have 5000 people in an open air venue in front of the White House, then doesn't that sort of prove that we don't need a giant ballroom for security purposes?
Jane Yolen passed away this morning and I am in deep mourning.
I had the great privilige of being friends with her for over four decades. We laughed together, did panels together, edited each other, and eventually wrote a book together.
She was my editor for several books . . . 1/2
including JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER, which would have been a much poorer book without her insistence that I push the ending farther than I had thought possible. (one more to come)
Regarding the Mac Barnett uproar: I just reviewed the 50 pages the current issue of KIRKUS allocated to Kid's & YA. Not much crud detected.
I think Barnett must have misplaced the decimal point in his percent of crud comment. 9.47 would be closer to accurate than his absurd 94.7.
She was a fountain of stories, knew massives amount of folklore, and loved singing. She was rowdy and funny - short of stature but larger than life. And DAMN, could she write!!
I am so stressed out by the world situation & the horrors of the Trump administration that I am contemplating writing a 600 page epic to be called THE TRANQUILIAD. It will be set in a cozy forest glen with a babbling brook and friendly animals, and nothing bad will happen for the entire 600 pages.
Just back from seeing THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, which is wonderfully funny, sometimes oddly wise, and occasionally quite touching. An absolute gem of a film!
