[stylist] Introduction of a New Writer

Thu Apr 22 21:13:38 UTC 2010

Jewel you can also go to www.myblindspot.org it is a site run by my dear 
Friend Albert J. Rizzi, he is not a member of the NFB yet and trying to get 
him to come to our chapter meetings here on Long Island.

I am the travel resource on the Marco Polo Part of the website which is 
dedicated to travel for the blind and other resources related to travel.

Plus other resources as well.  He is currently a fore runner for a White 
House Grant, and has gone through the first part and now just waiting to see 
if he moved forward to washington, D.C.

Cheryl Echevarria
Independent Travel Consultant
C10-10646

http://Echevarriatravel.com
1-866-580-5574

http://blog.echevarriatravel.com
Reservations at echevarriatravel.com
Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel CST-1018299-10

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer

> Jewel, Your writing sounds wonderful.  I think when most of us write, our
> own conflicts enter into whatever format we are writing in.  Welcome to 
> the
> list, Judith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:55 PM
> Subject: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Some of you likely know me from some of the other listservs...I seem
> > to be everywhere these days, eh? *grin* So, I'll only give a short
> > introduction, and one about what brings me to this listserv.
> >
> > My name is Jewel. I am 25 years old, and live in Raleigh, NC. I am a
> > member of the Raleigh chapter of the NFB, as well as the North
> > Carolina Association of Blind Students. I am a research geek, loving
> > to write about things I research about. So, that brings me to why I'm
> > here.
> >
> > I write many different things. Lately, I've been doing a lot on my
> > blog, Treasure Chest for the Blind (found at
> > <http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com>), a blog about resources for
> > blind people, such as alternate screenreaders like NVDA, sources of
> > e-books, such as NLS' BARD, RFBD, and there will be one soon about the
> > Internet Archives, software (games, business tools, home tools, and
> > much more), and anything else I think people will find of use. It's
> > really more of a way to allow me to share with other all the amazing
> > things I have found on the Internet and out in the world, and also a
> > way for me to write often.
> >
> > Beyond the blog writing, I also write for my local chapter's
> > newsletter. My article each month will be a Member Profile. I have
> > written so far, that was supposed to be in last month's, but was left
> > out, and will be in this month's newsletter. I've just started doing
> > this, and am very much enjoying the phone interview process of
> > learning about the members of my home chapter.
> >
> > I have also written a lot of poetry. Some of it is crap, but some of
> > it is not half bad. Much of it can be found at poetry.com under "Amber
> > Gaspard," my maiden name. Some of it is quite depressing, poetry
> > written in my childhood, being raised by an emotionally, verbally, and
> > occassionally physically abusive mother. I have written poetry about
> > wanting to destroy a mirror and cut myself with it, about how the
> > tracks on my arms are reminders of my past, and descriptives of the
> > verbal abuse. This was a sort of therapy for myself. Some of my poetry
> > is more upbeat, however, like descriptives of nature much like haikus,
> > and medieval-style poetry about books, reading, and other stuff.
> >
> > Finally, I have written a few short stories that went nowhere, but
> > have two books that have been slowly developing over time. The first
> > is a fantasy about a half-troll child searching for her past after
> > learning that her mother never knew how she came to be, and her search
> > for herself. She really is searching for herself, trying to find where
> > she fits in between two different worlds (troll and human), neither of
> > which will accept her. The story is sorta a fantasy adopted-child
> > story, and a few friends who were adopted said they can really relate
> > to the story.
> >
> > The other that has developed over time is a fantasy mystery. Erica is
> > a young girl who has, for as far back as she can remember, had the
> > same dream every night, of an old man at a well. As the story
> > progresses, you learn more about what this dream is (or do you?), and
> > the story is about Erica trying to understand who she is, what this
> > dream means to her life, and how it has shaped her entire being.
> >
> > The first book has been thus far called Unknown Past, and the second
> > has thus far been called simply "The Well" The first is pure fantasy;
> > however, the second is loosely based (at least at the beginning) on my
> > own life as an abused child and the dream that I often had as a child
> > and my own search for the meaning of the dream.
> >
> > I have also written a children's book about a rabbit who lives near a
> > farm and decides one day to live on the farm, since the grass is
> > always greener, and quickly learns that he is much better off being
> > what he is, a rabbit, after trying to be a cat, dog, horse, chicken,
> > and other farm animals. It is a story of acceptance of self, at the
> > same time teaching about farm animals.
> >
> > One last story that is not developed much at all, but is only an idea
> > is about a world where everyone is blind, where everyone has always
> > been blind, where there is no such ting as humans seeing with eyes
> > like people do in the real world. Instead of vision, people have echo,
> > a form of echolocation that sometimes is seen in children who are born
> > totally blind. But then a sighted child is born, then another, and
> > schools for the echo-impaired (those who see with their eyes, but
> > can't use echolocation) open, and the world slowly tries to help these
> > poor impaired people who have eyes like animals. It is kinda a role
> > reversal that has a subtle message of teaching sighted people what it
> > is like to be a minority as blind people are.
> >
> > So, that's my stories and such, and I hope to share my writing, learn
> > from others, and enjoy this list.
> >
> > Later,
> > ~Jewel
> >
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