[stylist] Monthly telephone gathering- this coming Sunday

Sun Apr 25 00:06:14 UTC 2010

usually goes way over an hour, occasionally two hours.  good to be 
prompt.  of course, that's coming from me [smirk].
jc

At 01:27 PM 4/24/2010, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Thanks Donna. Yes, I realize the number doesn't have a typical toll 
>free designation, but I wasn't sure. Can anyone tell me the average 
>duration of the meetings? Thanks.
>
>Neil
>
>
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>From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
>Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 1:37 PM
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] Monthly telephone gathering- this coming Sunday
>
>>Hi Neil,
>>I thought you posted this before and just assumed it was answered. 
>>It doesn't look to me like the area code is for a toll call. 
>>Normally, toll free calls are 800, 888, 877. Here is the number 
>>Robert lists and the access code you need to input once you get there.
>>218-339-4300 --the code is: 568839# (last character is a number sign)
>>HTH,
>>Donna
>>
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>>Neil Butters wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>Is the call toll free, and if so does it include
>>>Canada?
>>>
>>>Neil
>>>
>>>
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>>>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>
>>>Su        bject: [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
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>>>>Personal Website-
>>>>http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
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