The Bookworm Beat 10/20/16 — the illustrated edition and open thread

Again, apologies for the silence, but something good happened. For the past 30 years, I’ve had a vague idea for a novel in my head. I had all sorts of little vignettes, but no theme, no plot, no sub-plots, no nothing. Just those damn vignettes. Last night, in the middle of my usual bout of insomnia, the whole plot and theme suddenly appeared before me. I spent a lot of today putting together an outline before I forget my insight and plan to start real work immediately. It will be a slow process, because a lot of historical research is involved, but I feel as if I’m embarking on a project that’s been 30 years in the making. That’s a very exciting feeling.

I’m so grateful to Caped Crusader for sending the following political posters to liven up the blog:

hillary-and-her-horrible-positions

hillary-antisemitism

hillary-and-bill-lie-under-oath

hillary-screwed-bernie

trump-and-bad-words

trump-not-a-racist-when-he-was-a-democrat

election-nothing-deters-democrats

election-not-investigating-rigging

bill-clinton-rape-call-out

obama-helped-radical-islam

black-lives-movement-civil-war-deaths

abortion-margaret-sanger-on-mercy-killing

media-and-the-big-lie

guns-and-stupid-liberals

free-speech-hillary-silences-assange

stupid-leftists-julian-assange-a-rorschache

stupid-leftists-not-rape-if-youre-a-democrat

stupid-leftists-head-across-the-southern-border-dream

wisdom-people-who-base-positions-on-facts

silly-queen-elizabeth-drives-a-saudi-king

communists-killing-them-rafel-ganowicz