[stylist] Introduction of a New Writer

[Jewel S.]

Thank you for the welcome. ~Jewel

On 4/22/10, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
> 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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