[stylist] Introduction of a New Writer

Sun Jun 6 03:05:15 UTC 2010

hi jewel,

welcome to the list.  sorry it's taken me such a while to welcome you
ut  i am not very active at present.  i find your stories really
interesting.  particularly the last one about the blind world where
sighted people arae differant.  i also write fantasy.  part of my book
trials of an honorary dragon can be found in the archieves if you are
interested enough to dig it out.  although  i am planning to work on
it later on.   it is set in a country called nazdonia  which is run by
dragons whicho think that humans should be airborne like them.  there
are many disabled characters in my book

anyway i also vaguely remember your name from another list you used to
subscribe to a few years back called fight it. are you the same jewel
or have i got you mixed up with someone else.
helene

On 22/04/2010, James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
> 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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