[stylist] Introduction of a New Writer

Thu Apr 22 22:39:40 UTC 2010

welcome to our list Jewel.
jc

At 04:42 PM 4/22/2010, you wrote:
>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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