[nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs

Mon May 7 23:33:23 UTC 2012

Yeah!  A book about guide dog users and our dogs written from the 
perspective of a guide dog user.  Don't think there's much around.

I havwen't seen it yet, but there's a guy locally who has written a book. 
He's a guide dog user with a dog from GDB.  It's called "Confessions of a 
Guide Dog: The Blond Leading the Blind" by Mark Carlson and Musket.  Musket 
is a yellow Lab and I think he retired recently.  Mark is also hearing 
impaired and I've know him arouond town for many years although I don't see 
him since the agency he works for moved out of a neighborhood I spend alot 
of time in.  It is an e-book that should be available on www.amazon.com and 
www.barnesandnoble.com .  Mark has a website www.musketmania.com .

I am at work writing a book about my life as a blind LGBT person and I think 
I may use www.lulu.com as an e-publisher.

I'd like to participate in the material for your book if you like.

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurel" <laurel.stockard at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs

> Awesome!
> By the way, for those of you on the GDUI list, I'm sorry that you are
> getting this message twice from me. I don't want to put two list
> addresses in the "to" or "cc" fields.
>
> What I'm thinking about doing is sending those interested a survey to
> fill out. This will be pretty basic and just is somewhere for me to
> start. This way I can get a better feel for you guys since I've never
> personally met you face to face. I can also gage the kind of stories
> people might want to include and the content of my book. If it's ok, I
> will have you all fill out an initial survey, and then I will contact
> you each further to talk to you all about the information included in
> this book. Do you guys think this is a good way to begin? Thoughts?
> Also, if any of you want to forward my messages to another list, aka
> your school's list etc, I have no problem with that whatsoever. The
> more people I have from the more places who are willing to
> participate, the better. Also, if any of your friends wish to
> participate and want to contact me, they can do so at
> laurel.stockard at gmail.com.
>
> This is really important, if you know any puppy raisers, trainers or
> volunteers at your school, I would love their participation as well. I
> want to try to include people's stories who are involved in our
> greater community but who aren't specifically handlers.
>
> Thank you for your help you all, I have this idea, but I will never be
> able to do this without you all. You are an extremely important part
> of this.
>
> On 5/7/12, rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  that wound be really cool!
>>  i'm in.
>>  smile.
>> ..
>> On May 7, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>>
>>> Count me in!  I'd love to see such a book!  Currently, iether the books
>>> are just about training, just for kids or involve just one school.  I'd
>>> love to see a book with all kinds of different stories both serious and
>>> humours abbout our guide dog experiences!
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel" <laurel.stockard at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 11:20 AM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs
>>>
>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Laurel and Stockard
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I have a project I would like to bounce off of y'all and get your
>>>> opinions/feedback about. I am working on the meer beginings of a book
>>>> project. I have read many wonderful books about people and their guide
>>>> dogs over the years. I am working on a project that would incorporate
>>>> various people's stories into one book. I am hoping to interview
>>>> people from all different schools, and places about their experiences.
>>>> I would love to interview people who have self trained as well as who
>>>> have gone to different schools. What do you all think of this idea?
>>>> And if anybody is interested in participating in this project, feel
>>>> free to let me know. You can write me here or off list whichever you
>>>> prefer. Of course, if a person allows me to write about them and their
>>>> dogs, I would let them view and edit my piece about them before I ever
>>>> published my book so no worries there.
>>>> Thanks all
>>>>
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