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What Have you Given Up (in order to write)?

Madeleine L’Engle was one of my favorite writers as a child, and I remember being startled by an excerpt in her memoirs when she remembers the time her family gave her a standing ovation when she actually cleaned the kitchen floor. This made a huge impression on me–the knowledge that one thing (writing) could be more important than another thing (a clean house). It was Madeleine L’Engle’s ability to prioritize and let some things go that allowed her to write through years of rejection letters…See More
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Put me on your calendar for a Saturday meet up around noon. You're on my calendar. Why don't you send me your cell # offline at cynthia@twopens.com and I'll send you mine to arrange a place. I'll see if other She Writers can join…
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Cynthia, definitely, let's try to meet up at AWP. I will only be there on Saturday and I'm reading on a panel just before the She Writes event. But maybe earlier on Saturday? :-)
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The Assembly on Literature for Young People (ALAN) had a fantastic conversation about my book on blog: http://ning.it/tRA5Tl. Check it out!
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Awesome poet and interviewer Marissa Bell Toffoli interviewed me: <a href="http://ning.it/vn8DxD"></a>.
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Final day of the blog tour (whew!). And today's blog is an interview....http://ning.it/qZtmUv
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Day #9 on the blog tour: What books do my characters love? http://ning.it/og41nx
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Day # 8 of the blog tour: a review of This Thing Called the Future, http://ning.it/qPIbvD
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What do I do when I'm not writing? Day #7 on the blog tour. Check it out: http://ning.it/nXhLgx
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Day #6 of the Blog Tour--This or That With my character Khosi Zulu. http://ning.it/oTa55A
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Day #4 of my blog tour: http://www.readingangel.com/2011/09/this-thing-called-future-tour-author.html
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Jessica Powers liked Kamy Wicoff's page 'Writing Classes for Moms' Sep 28, 2011
Writer friends, I need your help finding an Asian writer who can write a memoir piece about growing up in a warzone.
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My guest post on writing a book set in South Africa, on Cynsations, Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog: http://ning.it/kGf7hv
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Who I am:
www.jlpowers.net
www.fertilesource.com
www.twitter.com/jlpowers
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
This Thing Called the Future by J.L. Powers (Cinco Puntos Press, 2011)
The Confessional by J.L. Powers (Knopf, 2007)
Labor Pains and Birth Stories: Essays on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Becoming a Parent, edited by Jessica Powers (Catalyst Book Press, 2009).
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Feminist Review
Girl Future
New Pages (www.newpages.com)
Revista Maryknoll
Poetry Flash
My writing is:
Fiction, Memoir, Journalism, Blog Posts
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
Books
Services I offer to other writers:
I am a writing coach and available to other writers for consultation.

I also run a small literary magazine, The Fertile Source, which publishes fertility, infertility, and adoption related stories, poems, essays, interviews, and book reviews.
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
Yes.
My professional associations:
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
I found out about She Writes from:
Poets & Writers

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What Have you Given Up (in order to write)?

Posted on January 23, 2012 at 1:08pm 0 Comments

Madeleine L’Engle was one of my favorite writers as a child, and I remember being startled by an excerpt in her memoirs when she remembers the time her family gave her a standing ovation when she actually cleaned the kitchen floor. 

This made a huge impression on me–the knowledge that one thing (writing) could be more important than another thing (a clean house). It was Madeleine L’Engle’s ability to prioritize and let some things go that allowed her to write through years of…

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Mother Torn--a book review

Posted on May 15, 2011 at 9:27pm 0 Comments

 Torn: True Stories of Kids, Career & The Conflict of Modern Motherhood

Edited by Samantha Parent Walravens

Coffeetown Press,…

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Goodreads book giveaway of This Thing Called the Future

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Goodreads Book Giveaway…

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Working Moms in a Post-Feminist World

Posted on March 2, 2011 at 9:58am 1 Comment

Because I am a new mother working at home with limited childcare, I have been thinking lately how I have no models for how to do this in a healthy and productive manner—healthy for my relationship with my 5-month-old son, productive for my work and my career.

 

Growing up in the church, I knew very few married women who worked, period. Those who did were usually not professionals, and there was this vague sense that floated from and towards them that they had to work…

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At 11:30am on January 21, 2012, Cynthia HartwigCynthia Hartwig said…

Put me on your calendar for a Saturday meet up around noon. You're on my calendar. Why don't you send me your cell # offline at cynthia@twopens.com and I'll send you mine to

arrange a place. I'll see if other She Writers can join us and you should too.

At 9:55am on March 17, 2011, Lorena BatheyLorena Bathey said…

So sorry Jessica....I was swamped the last couple of days.  My license plate fell off the front of my car so had to go to where happiness goes to die (DMV).  And finishing up my book and getting it all formatted so I have been working like a maniac.  But YES....I wanna meet for coffee.  It might be to short notice but do you have time tomorrow afternoon?  I am working with my graphic girl in the morning but what about 1 at Panama? 

If it's not enough time then I can do next week.  What about next Tuesday afternoon.

Again, I apologize.  I first thought I replied and then couldn't remember because that's how the brain works now ;) 

Let me know about tomorrow....you can email at Lmmtoo@yahoo.com or text or call at 510-219-3851

 

Lorena

At 11:52am on March 14, 2011, Lorena BatheyLorena Bathey said…

Hey Jessica,

 

I am around for the next three weeks, putting finishing touches on my novel to get it to the printers and up on the eBooks sites by April 1.  Then I leave for vacation until the 9th of April.  Any chance you have time for coffee at my favorite place, Red Panama, when you get back?  You can contact me at my email of Lorena@LorenaBBooks.com or on Facebook at Lorena Bathey.

 

So excited to meet you and hear about you and your writing.

Lorena

At 7:39am on November 6, 2010, Vivienne Diane NealVivienne Diane Neal said…
Thank you for adding me as your friend. Best wishes to you.
At 6:41pm on August 24, 2010, Kelli SwearingenKelli Swearingen said…
Welcome to Mother Writer,Jessica! If you haven't already, feel free to introduce yourself, browse our threads, or start one of your own. And again, welcome to Mother Writer.
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At 3:21pm on June 22, 2010, Phoebe WilcoxPhoebe Wilcox said…
I think it actually is a list of people that just in general have not RSVP'd to that SW party event--for wherever they live.
At 2:17pm on November 8, 2009, Tania PryputniewiczTania Pryputniewicz said…
Hi Jessica--how is the Children's Book Writing coursework going? I have a side project going--got Robyn Beattie (that stellar photographer in our family) to start some watercolors to go with a children's book I started 8 years ago. Will show it to you when we get it going.
 
 
 

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