[stylist] Hi, I'm new!

Tue Oct 6 03:17:16 UTC 2009

Welcome over here Toni,
one thing about posting on here to remember is that messages are 
archived and I think are accessible via the web.
I think we are all very respectful of each other's ideas.
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 10:12 PM 10/5/2009, you wrote:
>Hi, Toni:
>
>Welcome! I'm relatively new here myself. When I was younger I thought a lot
>about publishing. For me now though I write because I enjoy it and if it is
>published, so be it; and if not, that's OK too. I simply enjoy writing. It
>feeds my spirit.
>
>Thanks for the info about Lulu. I may check it out.
>
>Yes, people bounce ideas off one another on this list. Again, welcome!
>Susan Tabor
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Toni
>Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:23 PM
>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [stylist] Hi, I'm new!
>
>Hi all,
>
>I just joined this list yesterday. I was invited by Robert Newman. I
>recently had a book published through http://www.lulu.com/ It is all about
>using Microsoft Word 2007 with JAWS 10.
>
>
>
>Lulu.com will publish an ebook for someone for free and will market it for
>you. They take a percentage of every sale. I ask $25 for my book. Lulu takes
>$5 and I get $20. You can get your payments through PayPal. If you do, you
>will get your checks quicker. I get my checks directly from Lulu and they
>come quarterly. I like it that way as the checks are bigger. I may at some
>point change my mind about that, but for now, this works. The only problem
>about doing it the way I did is I cannot get an ISBN number. I didn't see a
>point in getting a print copy of the book if its readers cannot read print.
>There is still a copyright on it though. If you go through Lulu, your book
>is considered to be self published. I had contacted AFB Press, but was
>turned down for publication. At least this way I can get my name out there
>so that books I choose to write and try to get published, I can say I have
>had some published. Publishers want to know if you have had other stuff
>published before many of them will consider your work.
>
>
>
>What happens if I spin ideas off of this list? Has anyone ever taken someone
>else's ideas and claimed them for their own? I am working on a book right
>now, but am at a standstill because I need to do more research on my topic.
>It is sort of fiction, but could really happen. The characters in it are
>fictional.
>
>
>
>I am currently not employed, not for lack of trying. I am a volunteer though
>at the Division of Services for the Blind here in the state I live in. I am
>also taking computer classes.
>
>
>
>I have had some poetry published on http://www.poetry.com/ It has been a few
>years, so I don't even know if you can search for my poetry anymore. I can
>say though that I have had some published. I don't do that anymore as they
>charged me to publish my poems in their anthologies. I "won" a Poet of Merit
>Award back in 2001, but they charged me also for my "silver" bowl.
>
>
>
>I just wanted to introduce myself.
>
>
>
>Toni R. Fraser
>
>
>
>Want to learn Microsoft Word 2007 with JAWS? Check out my new ebook at:
>
>  <http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4554432>
>http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4554432
>
>
>
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