[stylist] Hi, I'm new!

slery slerythema at insightbb.com
Thu Oct 8 02:55:17 UTC 2009 

Sorry about that, I actually meant "most" new writers. I can't count the
number of times I have heard this question.

I try to proof my emails before they are sent but occasionally something
will get through that does not represent what I actually wanted to say.

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of helene ryles
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:42 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Hi, I'm new!
> 
> 
> Cindy,
> It's not true that all writers worry about their ideas being 
> stolen. I don't really.
> 
> I write for the love of writing and also to fill in what I 
> feel is an empty space literacy because so many books are 
> written about non disabled people or 'disabled people' in 
> literacy tend to be misrepresented and made to be all sad 
> wheras this isnt always the case. I don't care if people 
> steal my ideas since I've more then enough to go round.
> 
> 
> In particular, I would welcome someone to share my idea of 
> having a book with a blind or otherwise disabled  
> character/characters in their novels, that would be really 
> great since we need more such books about. Instead of just 
> writing about non disabled people.
> 
> Helene
> 
> On 07/10/2009, slery <slerythema at insightbb.com> wrote:
> > Toni,
> >
> > First, don't worry about your ideas being stolen. All new writers 
> > worry about this. The truth is, only you can write your 
> story. Even if 
> > some one liked the idea, the story they would come up with 
> would not 
> > be the same. And, other writers are busy working on their own ideas.
> >
> > Second, there is no such thing as "sort of" fiction. If the story 
> > happened in real life, it is non-fiction. If you made up the 
> > characters and story, it is fiction. Fiction can be set in 
> real time, 
> > real places, and even mention real people.
> >
> > Welcome to the list.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> >> On Behalf Of Toni
> >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 3:23 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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