[stylist] Thoughts on writing and question about blind writer

[Donna Hill]

Hi Folks,

Has anyone ever heard of or read the works of the blind Irish woman 
Frances Brown (1816 -79? I recently finished reading "The Oxford Book of 
Modern Fairy Tales" edited by Alison Lurie. There were brief bios of the 
authors included at the back. Hers said she was blind as an infant and 
eventually supported herself and her sister as a writer. She wrote 
children's stories and poetry mostly and the story included in this book 
was called "Fairy Foot."

Also, I have a book on writing to recommend. It's "Fiction Writer’s 
Workshop" (not sure if there's a "The" in the title), by Josip 
Novakovich, published by Story Press. I read it a couple of years ago 
and I found it helpful and inspireing. It had very interesting 
exercises, most of which I actually did -- unusual for me. I borrowed it 
as a recorded book from NLS, and I liked the reader.

Donna Hill-read.

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