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OLD MAN LOGAN #43

writer: ed brisson | artist: juan ferreyra

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Saturday Morning, Joy Jones

Children have always been Primary

never harm children in any way

Value children

I heard people hated this talk, so far its not bad

"I guess i just didn't get far enough in" ... to the gospel

Oh I get it now.

Children are protected from Satan's influence (not really)

Protect children and teach them while they are young

(This is how you get people who think the Church is a cult)

You can't accidentally be converted, you must intentionally teach and guide children to feel the Holy Ghost

Always remember him

Essential conversations to help children feel the spirit.

When we strengthen a child, we strengthen the family

Teach freely to your children

"Train your children to have faith in Christ and be Spiritually Born again"

Joy I used to like you

Joy why are you doing this to me

"Spiritual Resilience"

THESE ARE HER WORDS NOT MINE

Simple caring conversations to help children know TO believe and why they believe it.

Don't let Electronic devices get in between you and your relationship with your child

Roleplaying bad choices to fortify children

Joy Please

Joy this sounds like a cult

Joy I know you know better than this

US military during Vietnam war: grueling training, cruel and inhumane drill instructor

where are we going with this

"Drop to the ground and not move" watching for slightest motion, serious consequences later on. 2 hours in heat, anger at leader.

Then real not just training, shots: drop to ground, enemy looking for movement, any movement would signal location to enemy.

Intense gratitude for the Drill Instructor

Joy i get what you mean but I am too gay for this

"Sweat in safe learning environment of home, than bleed in the battlefields of life"

Beliefs will be challenged (will they though?)

Future Defenders of the Faith

Joy you used to be a real one :(

Teach them to enjoy eternal life now so they can enjoy the eternal life to come (Is this implying that heaven sucks? As much as being shot at or sitting still?)

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✍🏿Debut You: A 2020 Debut Author Series: Joy Jones

“Debut You” is an interview feature on Our Stories Matter blog. Debut authors, who have released or have upcoming releases in 2020, are given five questions to answer about themselves and their book. 

Read👇🏿an excerpt.

Balance is the key to successful living. How do you balance the act of writing with other priorities, such as your job, family or fun activities, and self-care?      

Get the inside right and the outside will take care of itself. This quote from Eckhart Tolle helps me to place things in the right order. I have to figure out what’s important then make that the priority. That requires being in touch with my spiritual center. When I ask myself what’s most important in this situation as well as what’s important in my life overall, then action flows from that. It’s a tricky process; the balance point can change – sometimes family is the priority, sometimes creative work, sometimes rest and recreation. Listening to that still, small voice for direction is key.

Continue reading...Debut You: Joy Jones

📖Jayla Jumps In

Author: Joy Jones

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Genre: Middle-Grade

Ages: 8 and up

Grades: 3rd and up

Pages: 208

Available on Bookshop👉🏿Jayla Jumps In

Find more children’s and young adult books by Black authors here

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"Planning to write is not writing.  Outlining... researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.”            -

E. L. Doctorow

                                          Everybody says they want to write a book. Great idea, but it needs to be supported with some solid practices. Here are some that have proven their worth in my own work.

Make a habit of writing. Keep a journal. Always have a project in progress. If you can't write a lot, then write a little. Early in my writing career, I felt that I had to set aside big blocks of time to do my work. That’s good if you can manage that, but I can seldom manage to do that. So, I write when I can. Over time, the words, the phrases, the pages add up. Eventually, you have a completed work.

What are you scared to talk about? That may be the very thing that you need to write about. Good writing tips into the issues that are deep and meaningful. Working through what your place in the world is and what your personal issues are often resonants with others.

Join a writer's group. Being around others who are writing encourages you to keep going.  I know I would not have finished my novel if I had not been in a writing group. Knowing that I have to produce a chapter at the next meeting  spurs me to get that chapter written. Especially since I have to read and critique the work of everyone else in the group. No way am I going to read your work and miss out on having my work read and reviewed, too!

Read. Read books within the genre you wish to publish.  Read books on the writing life.  Read just for the sheer pleasure of it.  Some of my favorites:

◦ If You Want to Write, by Brenda Ueland

◦ Walking on Alligators, by Susan Shaugnessy

◦ Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg

Stein on Writing by Sol Stein

Understand the market. Write about the things that capture your interest and stir your passion but be sure to ask the hard question - "Who will pay money to read this?" - in order to identify a market for your work. Some writing is just for you. Some writing is for the public. Once, a friend who likes writing poetry asked me where could he get a collection of poems published. “Where do you buy poetry?” I asked him. The answer was, he didn’t buy poetry. He wrote poems but never read the poetry of others. His words - as is much poetry - were mostly for his own soul. There’s not a large market for poems. So, if he wants to get published, he needs to study the market to see what people really want and actually buy. You need to do the same thing.

Don't be envious.  Sometimes there’s a bit of professional jealousy among writers when someone is successful. I’m guilty of feeling, “Why him, and not me?” Use that energy to prod yourself forward. Tell yourself “If she can do it, so can I.” There's enough for everybody. Your progress won't be diminished by someone else's success.

• And finally, pay attention to that still, small voice.  That's the best guide for figuring out what the next step is.

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Joy Jones is a trainer, performance poet, playwright and author of several books including Private Lessons: A Book of Meditations for Teachers; and Tambourine Moon, Her latest book is Fearless Public Speaking. If you like observing the creative process in progress, check out interviews with artists of every variety on her Instagram feed on Fridays at #joyjones1433.

You can follow Joy on Instagram and Twitter.

Join Joey here on the blog on Fridays for interviews, reviews and guest bloggers. If you'd be interested in doing any of those, you can contact Joey here

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character development 😍

Joy Jones in 01x04 vs 01x14 

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Joy Jones is taking over!!! We have a T O N of new and fun content coming your way starring everybody’s favorite, say stay on the look out 👀👀

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From Old Man Logan Vol. 2 #045, “Bullseye Returns - Conclusion”

Art by Juan Ferreyra

Written by Ed Brisson

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American Theater's production of Mary T. & Lizzy K.

The play Mary T. and Lizzy K., directed by Tazewell Thompson, focuses on the unlikely friendship between these two women. It focuses on their relationship inside and outside of the White House, all the while displaying the elaborate fashion that Keckley designed.

CAST

Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Elizabeth Keckley 

Joy Jones as Ivy (Keckley’s apprentice)

Naomi Jacobson as Mary Todd Lincoln

Photos by Scott Suchman