[nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs

Mon May 7 23:43:06 UTC 2012

Your stories would be interesting i'm sure!  I think the neat thing will be 
to compile stories from different schools and also from different folks 
representing different walks of life.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs


> 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>
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>
>> 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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>> -- 
>> Laurel and Stockard
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