[stylist] Introduction of a New Writer

Mon Jun 7 16:55:02 UTC 2010

Hey Helene,

Thank you for the belated welcome. I totally understand. I am soooo
very busy lately. I don't recall a group called "Fight It" but that
doesn't mean I wasn't on there...I have a very bad long-term memory;
can't remember last month, let alone years ago. What is the group
about?

Your book sounds very interesting; I love dragons! When I have the
time, I'll certainly look it up. The story about the blind world is
proving so very difficult to write, because I have never experienced
echolocation personally, nor will most of my writers, so I have to do
a lot of research on the subject before I can really describe it to
the reader. But it is a concept I really love, and I doubt it will
fade into nothingness. I am hoping to talk to Dr. Kiesh in the future
sometime to learn about echolocation from him, as he is one of the
most well-known teachers of the not-well-known sense of location via
clicks.

~Jewel

On 6/5/10, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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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