[stylist] tonight's teleconference

Mon Aug 2 22:12:00 UTC 2010

Lori,
I got serious about writing when I was 13, and just never stopped.

---so, that's when the elf and the fairy kidnapped you and stole you 
away for a stay in the valley of the forgotten beyond?

lol.

I enjoyed moderating the discussion of this.
for me: I wanted to write even in high school but was not confident 
or prepared enough to do much.  I certainly enjoyed reading fiction.
I didn't share this last night: I had low vision like 20/200 in only 
my left eye until I was 13 years old.  to that point of course it was 
the pointless "sight saving" philosophy and I had to read using 
cumbersome lights and magnification.  once I became blind, it was 
like being let out of prison.  I read and read and read.  it was 
braille and audio.  I say that I was able to go to college because I 
became completely blind and then I could really read.
so with reading and enjoying fiction I learned about it and liked it.
In college I got some wonderful writing skills.  when you are in the 
college of letters and sciences you are taught to write.

as a student therapist, my supervisors said that my clinic reports on 
clients often read more like short stories.  they may not have meant 
that as a compliment in that context.
so now with a major health issue I cannot work an 8 to 5 job.  I have 
wished I could write since I was a teen.  I often am writing 
nonfiction and political comment items and I like that writing.  but 
when my duties as a caregiver allow me to focus I'd prefer writing fiction.

jc

At 12:12 PM 8/2/2010, you wrote:
>Sorry I couldn't make it.
>I got started telling stories when I was four years old.  THe 
>writing had to wait until 4th grade when I realized my spelling 
>lists could be put to better use than just "use this word in a sentence."
>I got serious about writing when I was 13, and just never stopped.
>How about the rest of you?
>Lori
>
>On Aug 1, 2010, at 10:19:23 PM, "James H. \" <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
>
>From:   "James H. \" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>Subject:    [stylist] tonight's teleconference
>Date:   August 1, 2010 10:19:23 PM EDT
>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>Attachments:    2 Attachments, 8.3 KB
>it was a little slow starting but we had Shawn Jacobson, Chelsea
>Cook, Myrna Badgerow, and myself on board. we just ended at 9:15
>central time.
>we all did talk about how we started writing, what got us interested
>in writing. then, how new story ideas come to us.
>it was a good teleconference.
>we all missed Robert and hope for his quick recovery!
>jc
>
>
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