Hi, I’m Johnny Dale, the author of the YA serial The Darling Budds. Rearrange the letters and you get This Bland Drudge, where I post links and images that fans of the Budds might find interesting.  If you’d like to get in touch, just send an email , follow my Twitter, or ask a question. Tumblr (3.0; @thedarlingbudds)http://blog.johnnydale.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrvs71DfJl1qa57amo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18132465283http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18132465283Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:07:20 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrrvcLYvU1qg4kx9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrrvcLYvU1qg4kx9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrrvcLYvU1qg4kx9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahillustrativeart.tumblr.com/post/18091380011/julian-totino-tedesco">fuckyeahillustrativeart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://jul0022.deviantart.com/">Julian Totino Tedesco</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18091756071http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18091756071Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:27:48 -0500<a href="http://mt-anderson.com/blog/he-talks-talks-2/on-the-intelligence-of-teens/">M.T. Anderson: On the Intelligence of Teens</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thestrangestofplaces.tumblr.com/post/17997054892/m-t-anderson-on-the-intelligence-of-teens">thestrangestofplaces</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>M.T. Anderson, my latest YA writer inspiration. I love this especially:</p> <p><em><span>It sometimes strikes me that there is only one taboo left in young adult literature. By and large, no one complains any more when we write about drugs or sex. We can write about masturbation; terminal illness; the horrors of war; illegal organ transplants; matricide; the chilly delights of necrophilia; scenes of locker-room </span><em>bukkake </em><span>– none of this raises an eyebrow. No, the one thing which still causes people pause – the final hurdle – the last frontier – the one element which still gets </span><em>a few</em><span> adult readers up in arms about whether a book is appropriate for kids</span><em> </em><span>– is intelligence. Some adults still balk at the assumption that our readers, the teenagers of this country, are smart, and curious, and get a kick out of knowing things.</span> </em></p> <p><em><span>One of the great things about writing YA today is that this is changing. </span></em></p> </blockquote>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18086794887http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18086794887Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:06:07 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzqwngfPcf1qzy9tto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Orleans, 1907: The Rex parade on Mardi Gras morning. (via Shorpy; <strong><a href="http://www.shorpy.com/node/12442?size=_original">click here</a></strong> for a humongous version of this picture.)</p>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18008373354http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18008373354Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:40:27 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgg9neWb21qb5gkjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18008181522http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/18008181522Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:32:17 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsvfx9vsbm1qa57amo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17975897045http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17975897045Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:31:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvuvv5GkiP1qa57amo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969325958http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969325958Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:46:15 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwhsebejY31qa57amo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969322810http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969322810Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:46:12 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwkwj29gJf1qa57amo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969316624http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969316624Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:46:06 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwtxak8CBM1qze65vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969313091http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17969313091Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:46:03 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldmiw0KTpX1qz6vufo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://etoystk.tumblr.com/post/2359397951/traveling-with-the-ghost-alexi-lubomirski-x">etoystk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://travelinghost.blogspot.com/2010/12/alexi-lubomirski-heather-marks-all-you.html">traveling with the ghost - Alexi Lubomirski × Heather Marks - All You Need For Fall -</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17955064547http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17955064547Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:52:03 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwpqeaDghZ1qzdiqvo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17953446587http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17953446587Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:23:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lycgx6Tavr1qbuxalo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17952486978http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17952486978Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:05:38 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzmkjpJFP11qdlf7fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17952484474http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17952484474Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:05:36 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg4hy2PZY1qf6jy9o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theniftyfifties.tumblr.com/post/17874739895/books-film-music-internet-designer-fashion-clothes-shopp">theniftyfifties</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Model wearing a two-piece slate blue dress by Heatherlane, 1955.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947600925http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947600925Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:22:33 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydnrrnaTz1qas1mto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydnrrnaTz1qas1mto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.bookspaperscissors.com/post/16488405648/android-jones">bookspaperscissors</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.androidjones.com">Android Jones</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947598086http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947598086Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:22:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzema8yvSf1qb5gkjo1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947570468http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947570468Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:21:46 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lznvuvc5SI1qfhzsvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://magicfran.tumblr.com/post/17907768887">magicfran</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://miquelmontllo.blogspot.com/">Miki Montllo</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947526292http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17947526292Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:20:38 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3lssqafZ1qiltqco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17946973318http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17946973318Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:06:04 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzlgrlNHx01qfhzsvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://magicfran.tumblr.com/post/17822906923">magicfran</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://glamcanyon.blogspot.com/">Glamcanyon</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17946917330http://blog.johnnydale.com/post/17946917330Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:04:31 -0500