[stylist] A New Member

[Robert Newman]

John, the posts  I've seen thus far leads me to believe you will be a very
welcomed and interesting addition to this mailing list. We all love a new
view, an intellect that is sharp, a strong love of writing and sharing. This
list has (last time I asked and that has been a while) 90 members and most
read and do not write; and that is okay. 

I am the current president of the NFB Writers' Division and will ask you to
join the division, if you haven't already. And hey, and know that you do not
have to be a member of the Division to post to this mailing list; here we
just like to talk writing and support one another as writers. In regard to
joining the Division, a person gets additional support, fellowship and sense
of belonging and accomplishment for what we can do collectively. You would
receive 4 issues of our quarterly publication Slate and Style; full of
articles about writing, a showcase for our poetry and short fiction and
more. Also check out our budding wet site the URL found at the bottom of
each of the posts  from Stylist (this mailing list). Also consider attending
our 2009 annual Division meeting and writing workshop coming up in July of
2009, in Detroit.

As for my writing, since September of 1998, I've authored and hosted a web
based discussion forum on blindness issues, called THOUGHT PROVOKER- URL
http://www.thoughtprovoker.info I set up the discussion via a short-short
story that encapsulates a issue of blindness and people read and respond,
and I collect the responses and post them to my web site; I'm on #140 of
these THOUGHT PROVOKERS. And I'm like a lot of other folks in respects to
having written a few articles (posted in the NFB-s monthly magazine the
Braille Monitor and I have a few novels that need a lot of attention before
I could cut them lose and try and put them out there. 

Whue... That is enough for now. Welcome aboard. 

President NFB Writers' Division
Robert Leslie Newman
Email- newmanrl at cox.net
Division Website- 
Http://www.nfb-writers-division.org