tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post3620608153629081647..comments2024-03-28T10:36:04.929-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Sometimes We MarchJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16548997041096918802017-01-24T13:14:01.753-05:002017-01-24T13:14:01.753-05:00Diana - Okay, that would freak me out! I did love ...Diana - Okay, that would freak me out! I did love that movie, however. The was my latest Library Lover's Mystery - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. The character Paula develops a relationship with another character Hannah. What killed me was that she accused me of including these people out of some sense of political correctness, not knowing about my past, obviously, but also not knowing that one of them becomes a suspect in this year's DEATH IN THE STACKS. I am glad she has quit on me and will be spared the agony of reading about them. Oy! I, too, am very careful in what i say about other people's books. Writing is hard - I may not like someone's book, but I always respect the effort they put into it.<br />Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77148842482871253862017-01-24T10:19:46.553-05:002017-01-24T10:19:46.553-05:00Jenn,
You have my condolences. I cried when you ...Jenn,<br /><br />You have my condolences. I cried when you mentioned that your favorite uncle died because of who he was. I think it was mean-spitited of one reviewer to give you a one star review because of the characters. Can I ask which book? I just discovered your books at the library.<br /><br />On a slightly different topic, I saw an Emma Thompson-Will Ferrell movie called Stranger Than Fiction and it resonated with me because I had read a teen novel with a character so eerily similar to me that it freaked me out! And that character was killed off. I was sixteen when I read that novel and I got so mad that I stopped reading that series. It never occurred to me to trash the book in a book review.<br /><br />As an adult, I am more careful about giving reviews on Goodreads. I read that one of my favorite authors was upset about a bad review and there was a blog about this. Other authors and readers mentioned not giving less than 3 star reviews. Since I read that blog, I decided that if I do not like a book for whatever reason, I do not write a review at all. Often, it is because the story is hard for me to follow.<br /><br />However, I write reviews or give 3 or 4 or 5 stars to books that I enjoyed reading. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84363621554061257652017-01-23T20:01:20.111-05:002017-01-23T20:01:20.111-05:00I paricipated in a
local march and am so thrilled...I paricipated in a<br /> local march and am so thrilled to see the writers I love share my beliefs. My sign said 'we stand for love and compassion' and I'm really feeling that here. Thank you!<br />soniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699796086402523726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42292357662094616802017-01-23T10:19:38.471-05:002017-01-23T10:19:38.471-05:00Love love love love the photos, especially the one...Love love love love the photos, especially the one with the police wearing pink hats :-) Love all of the photos! Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />Bravo to everyone who participated in Women's March. A friend invited me to go and I planned to go. Sad to say I missed because I came down with this awful 24 hour flu bug!<br /><br />DianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59096327607446407762017-01-23T09:14:51.040-05:002017-01-23T09:14:51.040-05:00Thank you all!!! Thank you for being there when we...Thank you all!!! Thank you for being there when we could not.Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027824918114690029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54744700954545220952017-01-23T00:11:42.907-05:002017-01-23T00:11:42.907-05:00Thank you all -- I just arrived home from a one we...Thank you all -- I just arrived home from a one week vacation -- but I spent most of yesterday following friends and family on social media. My sister in LA, a daughter in Manhattan, a daughter with her son in Boston, and a daughter with two of her daughters in Hartford. Loved the marches so much -- especially the small towns and places around the globe.<br /><br />I do hope that action follows marching -- our children and grandchildren need usDenise Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790883493798517829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15052169092841712552017-01-22T23:21:09.864-05:002017-01-22T23:21:09.864-05:00Love you,Reds! I marched with a wonderful crowd in...Love you,Reds! I marched with a wonderful crowd in Sacramento. So inspiring �� Carolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78001895965195354602017-01-22T22:14:22.945-05:002017-01-22T22:14:22.945-05:00Hugs and respect to my sisters. I did not march, ...Hugs and respect to my sisters. I did not march, breathing issues, but my great-niece and her family marched here in St. Louis, and a former student went to D.C. -- and credited me with inspiring a budding feminist. My Shakespeare class asked for a definition, confirmed my "equal pay, equal rights" definition and spontaneously and unanimously voted that they all were feminists . . . if I did nothing else in 26 years of teaching, that would be enough. <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90747711735484263032017-01-22T21:08:32.000-05:002017-01-22T21:08:32.000-05:00congratulations to all of us who marched, who stoo...congratulations to all of us who marched, who stood up to be counted, and who believe that America can be kind again to EVERYONE! Thank you for publishing these comments and pics!<br />blanet jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621376092671317114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29881428453629131712017-01-22T20:22:43.207-05:002017-01-22T20:22:43.207-05:00Proud to know you all, Reds' family!Proud to know you all, Reds' family! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35249847069485198492017-01-22T19:47:33.833-05:002017-01-22T19:47:33.833-05:00I have voted in every election since Carter/Ford. ...I have voted in every election since Carter/Ford. Sometimes my candidate wins; sometimes he loses, and I'm disappointed because I don't agree with the views of the winner. However, I've never before been fearful after an election. I marched yesterday to remind the powers that be that there are a huge number of people around the country and around the world who don't agree with the agenda of this administration. As Americans, we have a right to protest peacefully--that is democracy in action. Protests helped women get the vote, helped win civil rights legislation, and helped end the war in Vietnam. Protests don't produce results instantaneously, but they are heard.<br />As a mystery author, I am primarily an entertainer--I know that. But I try in my work to introduce my readers to all kinds of characters they might not have an opportunity to meet in real life, and to consider the nuances of those characters' situations. I've written about mentally ill people who refuse help, and young women struggling with an unplanned pregnancy, and a young black man fearful of the police, and rural white men unable to find enough work to allow them to live in the community they love. Recently, a reader gave one of my books a one-star review and called me a "libtard" because I portrayed an undocumented worker sympathetically. Well, that was her prerogative, but I'll tell you this--I'll never water down my writing so I don't offend anyone just to make a few more sales. <br />S.W. Hubbardhttp://www.swhubbard.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79761601290732763632017-01-22T18:37:02.282-05:002017-01-22T18:37:02.282-05:00Karen in Ohio! Yes. xoxooKaren in Ohio! Yes. xoxooHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4586161014574679662017-01-22T18:29:21.922-05:002017-01-22T18:29:21.922-05:00Fabulous! One and all!!!Fabulous! One and all!!!Libby Doddhttp://www.libbydoddart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15228664132534789912017-01-22T18:25:14.682-05:002017-01-22T18:25:14.682-05:00Thank Jungle Red folks, for sharing thoughts, expe...Thank Jungle Red folks, for sharing thoughts, experiences, and pictures of yesterday's amazing grace. I want to mention that women from all around the world — London, Oslo, Brazil, India, Africa (there's a slide show on the N Y Times website with 30 pictures) — also supported the march with demonstrations of their own.. <br /><br />One tidbit from the press: Trump asked the military to provide tanks and other war machines for the inaugural parade. The military refused, citing that the roads can't accommodate these vehicles. It's hard to believe that Trump wants the USA to use the same tactics as Russia and North Korea. I hope that the president and his minions bump up against reality checks often as they try to destroy rather than build. <br /><br />There are many reasons for hope. I believe in yesterday as the beginning of a greater movement. Never, never, never give up.Roberta Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920172220432178110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56016685826777016492017-01-22T17:57:44.955-05:002017-01-22T17:57:44.955-05:00Karen: eloquent!Karen: eloquent!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41289652561825096162017-01-22T17:57:39.369-05:002017-01-22T17:57:39.369-05:00Jenn, yesterday as we approached the park where th...Jenn, yesterday as we approached the park where the rally was being held, we started to pass a group of elderly black women sitting on some steps. They were thanking us for marching. I was incredibly touched by this. <br /><br />And I was equally touched by the bravery of the young woman whose sign read "My life was saved by a late-term abortion". Now that took courage. She was not anonymous, but right out there holding her sign.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-710924577830798322017-01-22T17:50:58.384-05:002017-01-22T17:50:58.384-05:00Brava, Reds! I'm so proud of all of us.
In t...Brava, Reds! I'm so proud of all of us. <br /><br />In the early part of the last century our foremothers marched for suffrage, and eventually we got the vote. In the middle of the century, they (and some of us) marched for civil rights, and we were able to change the course of the history of this country with rights for those who previously had no say. In the 1960's and beyond marches for legal abortion helped save countless women from dying from illegal, back alley abortions, and helped millions of women choose their own destinies and the fate of their own bodies. The demonstrations against the war in Vietnam helped urge our government to stop that war.<br /><br />We stand on broad shoulders, the shoulders of all the women who came before us, who helped us realize our own better wages, higher education, broader career opportunities, marital equality, and so many other strides made over the last century. The very least I can do now is march, is to stand up and lend my loudest voice to the cause of equality, and to provide broad shoulders for the next generation of women, and of all people, to stand upon. <br /><br />To that end I marched yesterday here in Cincinnati, with a smiling, peaceful crowd of women, but also more than a third of the crowd was men. I was never more proud of humanity than I was yesterday, standing up for human rights for everyone. It was an incredible experience. Then coming home to find photos and testimonials of people who had taken part in demonstrations, rallies and marches all over the world, millions and millions of people in solidarity. The single largest march in history, lasting for thirty hours with the sun's travel around the globe. And not a single violent act associated with any of them. My friends, that is an awakening of spirit.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17107853209667327502017-01-22T17:01:56.847-05:002017-01-22T17:01:56.847-05:00I marched yesterday in San Jose for my sons and ni...I marched yesterday in San Jose for my sons and nieces, who are just beginning their adulthood and may lose the right to marry who they love and control over their own body. I marched because I believe that our political leaders should have compassion and respect for the citizens they are representing. I also can't believe that I still have to defend being a feminist after 40 years.Teri Soareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857726595089810271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-25702388697560322022017-01-22T16:28:42.556-05:002017-01-22T16:28:42.556-05:00I was recently trashed on Amazon for having two le...I was recently trashed on Amazon for having two lesbian characters in my book for no other reason, according to this reviewer than to be PC. What this reader didn't know is that my dear uncle, one of my most favorite people, was gay and he killed himself a few years before because he was just so tired of fighting - fighting to be allowed to be married to his partner of thirty years and so many other rights the rest of us take for granted. To put it simply, I marched for him and for everyone else who is too tired to fight on their own anymore. If a reader chooses to quit on me because my personal tragedies have shaped me, that is absolutely okay. I understand completely and offer you nothing but love and respect for following your own heart and ask for nothing but the same in return.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62404023733912414452017-01-22T15:28:21.569-05:002017-01-22T15:28:21.569-05:00After getting on a bus for DC at midnight on Frida...After getting on a bus for DC at midnight on Friday, arriving in DC Saturday (after two bus breakdowns, being held up for 40 + minutes behind a bad accident) and changing to a new bus, we arrived in DC a little later than planned, but in high spirits. The bus left DC Sat. at 7, arrived back in Boone at 3 a.m.<br /><br />For those asking WHY we marched?<br /><br />For me, it was more things than I feel comfortable saying here in a comment, but basically it was for human rights. I'm sorry you don't get that. And if you think ANY of the Reds would give up their right to peaceful protest for sales, I'd have to say you don't know the Reds well, at all.<br /><br />Yes, I'm the mouthy one in the crowd. <br /><br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64854633448267549952017-01-22T15:06:13.291-05:002017-01-22T15:06:13.291-05:00Ann in Rochester, well said.
Under President Bara...Ann in Rochester, well said.<br /><br />Under President Barack Obama the important qualities of kindness, compassion, equality (for pay, for women and all minorities), common sense, fair play, uncensored press, for respecting our fellow human beings, dignity in the face of criticism and personal attacks--all of this and much more that made me proud to be an American were extant under our 44th President. Now, we have a President who is the polar opposite to these qualities. We have to stand for ourselves and those who are unable to stand for themselves in this new disorder of tyranny. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89630028235648247732017-01-22T14:38:33.231-05:002017-01-22T14:38:33.231-05:00How interesting that Anonymous is anonymous. How interesting that Anonymous is anonymous. Ann in Rochester.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81282278134912263022017-01-22T14:05:13.648-05:002017-01-22T14:05:13.648-05:00Fantastic!! I marched with about three thousand in...Fantastic!! I marched with about three thousand in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. In solidarity. In sisterhood. In hope. #strongertogether Amanda Le Rougetelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975933690463168906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5323719192150640792017-01-22T13:59:44.316-05:002017-01-22T13:59:44.316-05:00We had a terrific march in Toronto. I am so pumpe...We had a terrific march in Toronto. I am so pumped that so many thousands of us could stand up with our sisters in America and let you know we're all concerned about all of us.Susan Dhttp://www.susandaly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27130572739538678402017-01-22T13:37:10.538-05:002017-01-22T13:37:10.538-05:00Different people at the march were there for diffe...Different people at the march were there for different personal reasons. <br /><br />What did I march for? K: I agree with 80-year-old your friend. To be counted. To say I think the country is going in the wrong direction. To stand up for what I believe in: equal rights, human rights, reproductive rights, free press, excellent public education, income equality, climate science, science science, human decency and respect... that just scratches the surface.<br /><br />Even mystery writers have personal beliefs. Most of the time we're out there, flogging our books, trying not to disappoint or offend... This seemed like a time to take advantage of the slightly public platform that having written what people like to read gives us, and stand up for what we think. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.com