[stylist] New Member Intro

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

welcome Donna, and hunter,  and hubby.

you'll find this a friendly group, where humor frequently breaks out 
among us.
thanks for the link, I might look at that.  I did write a reflection 
on a breast cancer awareness display here.

welcome and you'll get a lot from this group.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 02:44 PM 11/1/2008, you wrote:
>Hi fellow NFB writers,
>
>I just joined the list and thought I'd introduce myself.  I'm Donna 
>Hill, and  I live in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania on 
>seventeen acres with my hubby, Rich, and my guide dog, Hunter.  My 
>interest in writing is many-fold.  Over the years I have written 
>everything from haiku and short stories to newspaper articles and 
>publicity brochures.
>
>Currently, in addition to writing whatever strikes my fancy, I am 
>working on a novel -- a fantacy; I'm just starting Chapter 28.   I 
>spend most of my time doing publicity for the Performing Arts 
>Division (PAD) of NFB.  I am a semi-retired folk singer/songwriter 
>by profession.
>
>Excluding everything that I've had published without any payment, 
>I've only had two successes with my writing and neither article was 
>published.  Since one just happened, I'll tell you about it.  I 
>promise to be less verbose after this initial post.
>
>As part of my work for PAD, I subscribe to a free daily e mail 
>called HARO (Help a Reporter Out).  Reporters post queries and 
>publicists pitch stories to those that seem like a match.  Peter 
>Shankman, the guy who runs it, is a PR guy and people apparently 
>send him loads of samples.
>He occasionally has a contest to give some of it away.  In honor of 
>Breast Cancer Awareness month, he asked for stories about breast 
>cancer.  I sent him my first person account "Butterflies & Me: the 
>healing touch"  which I have been trying to market for several 
>years.  I won first prize!  My prize is a leather computer tote 
>bag.  Now, I'll just have to go buy that laptop I've been dreaming of.
>
>FYI, the other "success" was an article on inclusion of people with 
>disabilities in church communities.  The Lutheran magazine bought 
>it, but never published it.
>
>Anyway, Hi everyone.  I think some of you might know me from the 
>Journalists or Performing arts lists.  If anyone is interested in 
>HARO, here's the link:
>www.helpareporter.com
>
>Cheers,
>Donna Hill
>
>--
>For my bio & to hear clips from The Last Straw:
>http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
>
>Apple I-Tunes
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>Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
>www.padnfb.org
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