[nagdu] writing a book about guide dogs

Laurel laurel.stockard at gmail.com
Mon May 7 23:58:55 UTC 2012


Larry,
I completely agree. That's why I want people from different schools,
and different lifestyles to be part of this. I really want to create a
portrait for the reader of the guide dog community as a whole. To do
this, I couldn't simply include people from one school, or from one
social group, or who lead one type of lifestyle. I think it would be
great if I could include guide dog handlers who represent various
groups within our population, ethnic groups, economic groups, groups
who lead certain lifestyles etc. The more the merryer in my opinion.

On 5/7/12, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 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>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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