[stylist] Introduction of a New Writer

Thu Apr 22 21:43:33 UTC 2010

Hi Jewel,
Welcome to the list. I can relate to your enjoyment of doing phone 
interviews for your chapter. I have been doing PR for the Performing 
Arts Division for a few years. We don't have a newsletter, though. Our 
goal is to get the information to the general public, so I publish to 
online magazines.

I write about blindness issues in general as well, and I've recently 
branched out to cover other interests like folk music, wildlife 
conservation and health issues like osteoporosis -- I'm 60.

I also write fantasy. My novel "The Heart of Applebutter Hill" should be 
done sometime this year. The two main characters were thrown out of 
their homeland, so I think people who were adopted, foster children or 
just felt disenfranchised can relate to that part.

I love your idea of the roal reversal.

Best,
Donna Hill

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Jewel S. wrote:
> 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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