Comments for J.L. POWERS http://jlpowers.net writer of all sorts of things Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on That Mad Game by review: This thing called the future | Crazy QuiltEdi http://jlpowers.net/works/children-and-war/comment-page-1/#comment-22481 review: This thing called the future | Crazy QuiltEdi Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:33:13 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?page_id=1438#comment-22481 [...] she’s  releasing an anthology in June [...] [...] she’s  releasing an anthology in June [...]

]]> Comment on Calming the Squirrel in the Cage: The Magic of Saying No by review: This thing called the future | Crazy QuiltEdi http://jlpowers.net/2012/04/11/calming-the-squirrel-in-the-cage-the-magic-of-saying-no/comment-page-1/#comment-22476 review: This thing called the future | Crazy QuiltEdi Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:58:51 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1904#comment-22476 [...] she has a life [...] [...] she has a life [...]

]]> Comment on Calming the Squirrel in the Cage: The Magic of Saying No by lindsey lane http://jlpowers.net/2012/04/11/calming-the-squirrel-in-the-cage-the-magic-of-saying-no/comment-page-1/#comment-21844 lindsey lane Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:11:20 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1904#comment-21844 Bravo, Jessica. 'No' can be a very loving word. Bravo, Jessica. ‘No’ can be a very loving word.

]]> Comment on This Thing Called the Future by Jess http://jlpowers.net/2010/08/09/this-thing-called-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21775 Jess Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:39:55 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1462#comment-21775 Atiyaa, thank you for your response. If you read the book, you will find that it is Khosi's mother who believes the old ways are ignorant--not Khosi, the main character. She does find beauty and depth in her cultural heritage and, in fact, finds that it contains the main answer to her problems. I hope you will look at it and find your concerns assuaged. Thanks--J.L. Powers Atiyaa, thank you for your response. If you read the book, you will find that it is Khosi’s mother who believes the old ways are ignorant–not Khosi, the main character. She does find beauty and depth in her cultural heritage and, in fact, finds that it contains the main answer to her problems. I hope you will look at it and find your concerns assuaged. Thanks–J.L. Powers

]]> Comment on This Thing Called the Future by Atiyya http://jlpowers.net/2010/08/09/this-thing-called-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21282 Atiyya Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:05:40 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1462#comment-21282 Sawubona I haven't read your book but I will definitely try to get my hands on it! However, I find the statement "the ignorance of the old Zulu ways" to be offensive and ignorant of the profound beauty and depth of this people and culture. The "old Zulu ways" as I know it, professes concepts like Ubuntu and Masakhane and the family concept is a wide, inclusive and beautiful one that has no equivalent in Western culture. If this was just a sentence in the book, I could let it pass, but to have it written here and on Amazon as part of the review, smacks of Western bias. Sure, Khosi and Zi both need an education, but that education should equally support their own cultural heritage and highlight its depth rather than just pass on skills and a foreign mental framework. Sure, there is a lot flawed about the "the old ways" of any culture - let's not go into that, or how so many of those old ways still influences the way people think in modern times and hinders them - but to include this in a 282 word review implies this sentiment is infused into the book. I would love to read the book and find out that I am wrong. Sawubona
I haven’t read your book but I will definitely try to get my hands on it! However, I find the statement “the ignorance of the old Zulu ways” to be offensive and ignorant of the profound beauty and depth of this people and culture. The “old Zulu ways” as I know it, professes concepts like Ubuntu and Masakhane and the family concept is a wide, inclusive and beautiful one that has no equivalent in Western culture. If this was just a sentence in the book, I could let it pass, but to have it written here and on Amazon as part of the review, smacks of Western bias. Sure, Khosi and Zi both need an education, but that education should equally support their own cultural heritage and highlight its depth rather than just pass on skills and a foreign mental framework. Sure, there is a lot flawed about the “the old ways” of any culture – let’s not go into that, or how so many of those old ways still influences the way people think in modern times and hinders them – but to include this in a 282 word review implies this sentiment is infused into the book. I would love to read the book and find out that I am wrong.

]]> Comment on This Thing Called the Future by Book Preview: This Thing Called the Future « the (book) supplier http://jlpowers.net/works/this-thing-called-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-20675 Book Preview: This Thing Called the Future « the (book) supplier Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:52:41 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?page_id=1550#comment-20675 [...] This is a video of J. L. Powers promoting her book, This Thing Called the Future at the American Library Association’s midwinter conference in San Diego, California. She talks about the novel, and her motivation for writing it. For more info (like a synopsis) of this novel, follow this link. [...] [...] This is a video of J. L. Powers promoting her book, This Thing Called the Future at the American Library Association’s midwinter conference in San Diego, California. She talks about the novel, and her motivation for writing it. For more info (like a synopsis) of this novel, follow this link. [...]

]]> Comment on Juggling a Kid on a Hip at a Snooty Literary Conference and thank God for good friends and for family by Jess http://jlpowers.net/2012/03/05/juggling-a-kid-on-a-hip-at-a-snooty-literary-conference-and-thank-god-for-good-friends-and-for-family/comment-page-1/#comment-19911 Jess Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:05:03 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1899#comment-19911 I love hearing stories about publishers with book tables and young kids. Last year, I saw the Small Beer Press publishers with their child at BEA, and wherever I've taken Nesta, indie publishers have mentioned doing similar things when their kids were small. My bet is that those kids mostly grow up to love books. At library conferences, people have always commented, "You've got a young librarian there," and at writers conferences, "It'll be interesting to see what HE writes when he grows up." I don't know that Nesta will be a writer or a librarian or a publisher or an editor or anything related to books--but I do hope that all of this encourages his innate curiosity about the world and causes him to love learning, love reading, and love travelling. I'm sure all of those things are true for CB. :-) Thanks for sharing, Cirrelda, which reminds me--I need to check out your own blog about parenting and being an artist! I love hearing stories about publishers with book tables and young kids. Last year, I saw the Small Beer Press publishers with their child at BEA, and wherever I’ve taken Nesta, indie publishers have mentioned doing similar things when their kids were small. My bet is that those kids mostly grow up to love books. At library conferences, people have always commented, “You’ve got a young librarian there,” and at writers conferences, “It’ll be interesting to see what HE writes when he grows up.” I don’t know that Nesta will be a writer or a librarian or a publisher or an editor or anything related to books–but I do hope that all of this encourages his innate curiosity about the world and causes him to love learning, love reading, and love travelling. I’m sure all of those things are true for CB. :-) Thanks for sharing, Cirrelda, which reminds me–I need to check out your own blog about parenting and being an artist!

]]> Comment on Anthony Horton: Rest in Peace by Cirrelda http://jlpowers.net/2012/02/09/anthony-horton-rest-in-peace/comment-page-1/#comment-19862 Cirrelda Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:47:49 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1891#comment-19862 Thank you for sharing this. Ditto Ashley - you said it well. Thank you for sharing this.
Ditto Ashley – you said it well.

]]> Comment on Juggling a Kid on a Hip at a Snooty Literary Conference and thank God for good friends and for family by Cirrelda http://jlpowers.net/2012/03/05/juggling-a-kid-on-a-hip-at-a-snooty-literary-conference-and-thank-god-for-good-friends-and-for-family/comment-page-1/#comment-19861 Cirrelda Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:34:06 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1899#comment-19861 Hi Jessica, Good for you! This is a most active time, eh? I love your capturing of the whole shebang, and love hearing about Nesta's personality :) It is great to hear you relishing your time with him, good for you for doing what you know is right though it may be lots of extra work for you, and you have to choose your down-times. Please bear with me as I reminisce ... CB wasn't 2 yet, either, when we traveled to our only BEA in Chicago in 1996 for WSBA ... as we had our strategy meeting with Robert Sheldon from WESTAF around coffeeshop table, there I was with CB on my lap and a picture was snapped of me trying to focus ... We discovered Navy Pier and very wonderful Chicago Children's Museum, taking turns holding her at readings, and then we all also got to meet Barney ... which was too scary for CB Of course, there are all the Border Book Fests we attended year after year with CB - our big bookstand on the table acted as nursing screen and playhouse, and the space underneath the table doubled as a nap and play area along with box storage. And we had our share of good help one year from Joan and Mike Logghe, Judyth Hill and John Townley - how CB loved coloring at that time and would invariably get carried away on her arms and legs. After that, we brought our older niece Daniellen along with us, who helped so much and really appreciated getting to connect with different authors and friends at dinners, plus I appreciated having her older viewpoint and playful spirit. I also remember the copy store where I could leave CB in her car seat parked right in front of the store window so I could stand at the copier and watch for her to wake up while copying reviews and doing mailings. Nice to hear about Scandinavia - the civilized place. -Cirrelda in Albuquerque Hi Jessica,
Good for you! This is a most active time, eh? I love your capturing of the whole shebang, and love hearing about Nesta’s personality :) It is great to hear you relishing your time with him, good for you for doing what you know is right though it may be lots of extra work for you, and you have to choose your down-times.

Please bear with me as I reminisce … CB wasn’t 2 yet, either, when we traveled to our only BEA in Chicago in 1996 for WSBA … as we had our strategy meeting with Robert Sheldon from WESTAF around coffeeshop table, there I was with CB on my lap and a picture was snapped of me trying to focus … We discovered Navy Pier and very wonderful Chicago Children’s Museum, taking turns holding her at readings, and then we all also got to meet Barney … which was too scary for CB

Of course, there are all the Border Book Fests we attended year after year with CB – our big bookstand on the table acted as nursing screen and playhouse, and the space underneath the table doubled as a nap and play area along with box storage. And we had our share of good help one year from Joan and Mike Logghe, Judyth Hill and John Townley – how CB loved coloring at that time and would invariably get carried away on her arms and legs. After that, we brought our older niece Daniellen along with us, who helped so much and really appreciated getting to connect with different authors and friends at dinners, plus I appreciated having her older viewpoint and playful spirit.

I also remember the copy store where I could leave CB in her car seat parked right in front of the store window so I could stand at the copier and watch for her to wake up while copying reviews and doing mailings.

Nice to hear about Scandinavia – the civilized place.
-Cirrelda in Albuquerque

]]> Comment on Juggling a Kid on a Hip at a Snooty Literary Conference and thank God for good friends and for family by Jess http://jlpowers.net/2012/03/05/juggling-a-kid-on-a-hip-at-a-snooty-literary-conference-and-thank-god-for-good-friends-and-for-family/comment-page-1/#comment-19847 Jess Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:02:41 +0000 http://jlpowers.net/?p=1899#comment-19847 I agree! I agree!

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