[stylist] For Al's question, publishing

Fri Feb 6 13:07:48 UTC 2009

Good going John! I was going to suggest a search (not too creative). Or, a
more widely spread query of other NFB mailing lists, like the parents of
Blind Children to see if they have found that type of book to read to their
children. Again, this is one of those questions that there doesn't seem to
be one place to find the answer; the pieces of experience and knowledge and
need being scattered about.

Robert Leslie Newman 
Email- newmanrl at cox.net
THOUGHT PROVOKER Website- 
Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of John Lee Clark
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?

April:

Does it feature blind characters?  There are a few children's books
publishers who have readily accepted stories featuring deaf and deaf-blind
characters, and my wife knows most of them, being an illustrator.  And I am
a content consultant for one of them.

Let me know what your story is about, and I may have good ideas.  

John

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of April Enderton
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?

Hi Writers:

I am wanting to get a children's book published.  It is a small chapter
book, probably for kids grades 3 to 6.  Any thoughts on where I begin?

April

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 4:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?

well,
I just thought I'd ask, Robert's sense of humor is quite sneaky, in my
humble opinion.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 01:03 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>Jim:
>
>Of course it was a pun.  Because the story is NOT touching in the OTHER 
>sense of that word!
>
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:16 AM
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
>
>okay Robert,
>did you intend the pun?
>jc
>
>Jim Canaday M.A.
>Lawrence, KS
>
>At 04:22 AM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
> >John, that was a very --- touching story. In the school for the blind 
> >where I attended, we too learned more then one form of brailling.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Robert Leslie Newman
> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
> >THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
> >Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> >On Behalf Of John Lee Clark
> >Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:10 PM
> >To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
> >Subject: Re: [stylist] learning Braille for the wrong reasons?
> >
> >Hey:
> >
> >When I went to my files, I realized that Ii had written something 
> >about
>this
> >a while ago.  I just played a little with it, and here goes:
> >
> >You can't blame me for remembering my early lessons in Braille.  I 
> >loved these sessions.  The teacher gave candy.  The exercises were 
> >fun, like games.  But the thing that excited me the most about this 
> >class, conducted in a small room away from the rest of the school, 
> >was having a pretty girl as my sole classmate.
> >
> >The girl, as I did, had Usher syndrome.  It was through our sharing 
> >these sessions in Braille that we established a strangely furtive yet 
> >sturdy ongoing relationship that lasted well into our high school 
> >years.  Although we had our other puppy loves and silly romantic 
> >affiliations, we considered each other our "Usher mate," our most 
> >important relationship, and it didn't matter what other ties we made 
> >or
broke.  We were our secret default love.
> >
> >Now, our teacher was a kindly if eccentric hearing sighted woman who 
> >was a classic example of that type of female teacher of the Deaf, all 
> >too
>familiar
> >to the signing community, who would confess everything to her 
> >students.  It was almost as if the students were supposed to be her 
> >shrinks, and the classes she taught were actually therapy sessions.
> >Problems poured out of the poor woman, problems about her husband, 
> >her in-laws, her ailments, her car, her children, her taxes, her 
> >life.  This type of teacher never found anything odd about a circle 
> >of Deaf children gaping at her, but instead she drew great solace in
this.
> >
> >Sitting opposite us two--with Perkins Braillers, slates, styli, and 
> >paper between us on the table-the teacher went into confession mode 
> >at least
>twice
> >every single session.  Whenever she launched into a litany of her 
> >woes, we settled our chins on an arm on the table, and we gaped 
> >appropriately at her from this position.  Our respective free hands 
> >under the table, out of the teacher's view, would then begin to explore.
> >
> >This was how I learned the lovely Braille, the textured poetry of 
> >secret parts.  And whenever our teacher winded down after a long 
> >narrative, we hastily withdrew our fondling hands and smiled sweetly 
> >at her.  But feeling guilty and wanting to make private amends, we 
> >were very attentive and serious about the lessons.  Thus, we made 
> >good progress in the fine points of the lesser Braille of the
raised-dots-on-paper kind.
> >
> >One time we were almost caught.  While the teacher was spilling her 
> >beans about the evils of taxes, my hand was reading some interesting 
> >Braille underneath a piece of garment fringed with an elastic band.
> >But then the teacher abruptly came to her senses, and I pulled my 
> >hand out too quickly, snapping the elastic band.  I didn't hear the 
> >sound, but our teacher's head jerked to one side and held it at a 
> >tilt.  My mind scrambling, I wriggled and tugged my pants for 
> >dramatic effect before I asked if I could go to the bathroom.  She 
> >smiled understanding and nodded her permission, and she thought no 
> >more
of what she'd heard.
> >
> >My dual lessons continued that year without any hitch, and to this 
> >day I find what I learned from both to be of great value.  I doubt 
> >that I would have made such rapid progress in either education 
> >without
the other.
> >
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