[stylist] Monthly telephone gathering- this coming Sunday

Sun Apr 25 00:04:57 UTC 2010

neil,
2 1 8   is not toll free so whatever your phone charges to call 
it.  many of us have unlimited long distance here.
we certainly wouldn't mind a Canadian joining our discussion, in my opinion.
jc

At 12:22 PM 4/24/2010, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>
>Is the call toll free, and if so does it include
>Canada?
>
>Neil
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
>Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:14 PM
>To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [stylist] Monthly telephone gathering- this coming Sunday
>
>>RE: This coming Sunday, the 25th of April is the Writers' Division's monthly
>>gathering (the last Sunday of the month)
>>
>>
>>
>>--As previously posted- this months gathering will feature two special
>>events- First, is a opportunity to meet and talk with an editor of an
>>on-line magazine called "Breath and Shadow." this is a magazine created by
>>the disabled and seeks disabled authors and pays for submissions. The
>>editor, Chris Kuell is a member of the NFB Writers' Division and I have
>>finally lined Chris up to come on a monthly gathering and to specifically
>>talk to us and to answer our questions about "Breath and Shadow" and about
>>himself. Chris is a great writer of short stories, and I'm sure of other
>>forms of writings, too. You can see some of Chris's stories in Slate and
>>Style; Chris Tooke first place in the 2010 Division writing contest and
>>second in 2009. immediately below is his bio-
>>
>>
>>
>>Biography
>>
>>
>>
>>Chris Kuell is a blind writer and advocate living in Western Connecticut. A
>>former research chemist, he lost his sight at thirty-five as a result of
>>diabetic retinopathy. A few years later, he learned how to use a computer
>>with speech output and turned his efforts to writing. He's had more than two
>>dozen articles about blindness published, and His fiction has appeared in
>>Spillway Review, The Sun, Breath and Shadow, Apollo's Lyre, Gambit, Mountain
>>Echoes, Decomposition, Bewildering Stories, and Dialogue. He was an editor
>>and contributed to the anthology, Mountain Voices: Illuminating the
>>Character of West Virginia, as well as having a short story in, Northern
>>Haunts: Terrifying Tales From New England. He is currently seeking an
>>agent/publisher for Disconnected, a novel about how Alzheimer's disease
>>affects a family and tests the bonds of love. He is also hard at work on his
>>second novel, Rub It In, a novel about a blind massage therapist caught in a
>>thorny love triangle.
>>
>>
>>
>>In January of 2008, he took over as Editor in Chief at Breath and Shadow,
>>the only paying literary journal written and edited exclusively by people
>>with disabilities.
>>
>>
>>
>>--Our second feature of the evening is an opportunity for any member to
>>present, read a short example of their writing. This would be for the
>>purpose is an opportunity to get some on the spot, constructive feedback.
>>This was suggested during last months gathering. this can be any type of
>>writing that you would wish to present.
>>
>>
>>
>>It has also been suggested, that if we do this again, how about sending the
>>work out to members prior to the meeting date. Let's talk about it.
>>
>>
>>
>>--The time for the gathering is- 8:30 PM Eastern; 7:30 PM Central; 6:30 PM
>>Mountain; 5:30 PM Pacific.
>>
>>
>>
>>--The phone number to call is- 218-339-4300
>>
>>
>>
>>--the code is: 568839# (last character is a number sign)
>>
>>
>>Robert Leslie Newman
>>President NFB Writers' division
>>Writers' Division Website-
>>http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
>><blocked::http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
>>Personal Website-
>>http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
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