[stylist] audio cues benefit sighted also
Bridgit Pollpeter
bpollpeter at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 17 15:51:43 UTC 2010
Anyone who has the sense of hearing can use sound as a means for mobility. Sight and blindness are not required for the use of sound. We all use sound to some degree to travel about safely and efficiently. Ever been on a school bus? School bus drivers open the door to listen when crossing rail-road tracks. True, as blind people we utilize sound more simply because we are making up for another sense, but this does not mean sighted people do not use their ears.
We all use sound differently whether or not we have sight. I have met blind people who do not rely on sound as much as they should (in my opinion) and I have met sighted people who believe sound is essential and rely on their hearing as much as their vision. Different shapes and sizes and all that! *smile*
Bridgit
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> 1. Re: audio cues benefit sighted also (loristay)
> 2. Re: audio cues benefit sighted also (Justin Williams)
> 3. Re: Addressing echo location (Robert Leslie Newman)
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> From: loristay <loristay at aol.com>
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> I just want to weigh in with one comment: ?Sighted people also use their ears getting around: walking, biking and driving. ?To think they don't is wrong.
> Lori
>
> On Jun 14, 2010, at 4:45:13 PM, "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction to a new writer
> Date: June 14, 2010 4:45:13 PM EDT
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> No, I don't think all blind people use echolocation *grin*. Idon't and
> I'm blind...though I think it'd be cool if I did. However, in my
> novel, every one usesecholocationn.In my book, echolocation will be as
> common for humans as it is for bats and sight is for humans in real
> life. In this way, when the children with sight are born in the novel,
> they will be "different"" It will be a sort orf role reversal, a way
> of trying to show people whoat it is like to be blind in a sighted
> world., bty owing them what it would be like to be sighted in a blind
> world. Does that makes sense?
>
> In answer to the question about echolocation and what it is, yes, when
> the sound of your cane bounces off a wall and you find it with the
> sound, that is echolocation. Believe it or not, many epople use this
> form of echolocation without even thinking it's echolocation. However,
> not everyone uses echolocation, even through their cane's tapping. But
> when you listen to the "sound" of wind through an alley versues ound
> through a parking lot, that's echoocation. I think I use echolocation
> to a small degree, perhaps, because when it rains, it is allot hardwer
> for me to go pou and about, because the sounds are so much different,
> and I can't "feel" the buildings, cars, and open spaces as well as
> when it is not raining.
>
> Hope that makes sense,
> Jewel
>
> On 6/7/10, Angela Fowler <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > ` First of all, let me say that I have been touched by the
> > profoundness and depth of the work which has been posted here lately, and in
> > awe of the courage I saw in the folks who shared such personal material.
> > Jewel, Bridget, and others, you have my respect and admiration.
> >
> > At the risk of sounding ignorant, what is echo location? I have had occasion
> > to tap my cane on the ground, say if I were in a parking lot, and have the
> > sound echo off a building so that I could locate it. Is this what you're
> > talking about? If so I think a lot of folks use it.
> >?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 5:45 PM
> > To: writers division
> > Subject: [stylist] Introduction to a new writer
> >
> >
> > Jewel,
> >
> >
> >
> > I may be misunderstanding what you are saying, but not all blind people use
> > echo-location. In fact, I do not know anyone who uses it. Are you just
> > interested in echo-location for your novel? I know it is a means of
> > mobility for a few, but most blind people use a cane or guide dog. I guess
> > I am just trying to understand if you want your blind characters to utilize
> > this mode of mobility, or if you think all blind people actually travel this
> > way. Not trying to be controversial, just trying to understand what you
> > mean.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bridgit
> >
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> >> 3. NYC Teacher/NFB member Targeted for Speaking Out Against
> >> Suspension of Special Ed Services to Students (Donna Hill)
> >> 4. Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> (Bridgit Pollpeter)
> >> 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Joe Orozco)
> >> 6. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (loristay)
> >> 7. From Shelley: Metrolink Tales (Shelley J. Alongi)
> >> 8. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Judith Bron)
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> >> 10. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (Jewel S.)
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> >> From: "Newman, Robert" <robert.newman at nebraska.gov>
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> >> Our June gathering takes place on Sunday, the 28th. (This is the last
> > Sunday of the month.)
> >>
> >> This will be another great "learning event." The topic is all about a
> > super important "writing skill," time management. The presentor will be our
> > very own, Nancy Scott. Nancy has presented this workshop to many others, and
> > it has gotten great acceptance. Below is a short bio of Nancy Scott:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Nancy Scott
> >> 2040 Lehigh Street, apt. 304
> >> Easton, PA 18042
> >> (610)253-9073
> >> nanscot at pmpmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
> >>
> >> Nancy Scott?s over-470 published credits include articles in:
> >>
> >> AIM Magazine, ByLine, Church Educator, Cup of Comfort for Inspiration
> > (anthology), Cup of Comfort for Women (anthology), Dialogue Magazine,
> > Disability Rag, The Express-Times, The Lion, The Lutheran Journal, Opening
> > Stages, News Reel, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sacred Journey, The Sun, and
> > Whole Living Journal. She has also published numerous audio commentaries
> > including essays for public radio station WDIY.
> >>
> >> She received First Prize in the 2009 International Onkyo Braille Essay
> > Contest.
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> > (anthology), Sisters Today, and Voice of the Diabetic.
> >>
> >> Her poetry chapbook Hearing the Sunrise (Anderie Press, 1996) was
> > exhibited in 1997 by The Very Special Arts Gallery in Washington, D.C. Two
> > of the poems from Hearing the Sunrise appear in the disability anthology
> > Staring Back (Plume, 1997). Her second chapbook Leveling the Spin is now
> > available.
> >>
> >>
> >> Nancy regularly performs readings before live audiences. When not writing,
> > she serves as parliamentarian for the AMVETS Auxiliary and chaplain for the
> > local Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary. Nancy is an avid follower of
> > NASA and in another life would have liked to have been an astronaut or a
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> >>
> >>
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> >> NFB Writers' Division, President
> >>
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> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:28:44 -0600
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> >> Subject: [stylist] NYC cuts special education services, and forces
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> >>
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> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:24:20 -0500
> >> From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> To: writers division <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> Message-ID: <SNT136-w6014245AEDFE10A060F42EC4D40 at phx.gbl>
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> >>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be
> > from the author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like
> > that it is outside the box.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the beginning
> > because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> > that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a mother-daughter
> > relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a particular instance (mom
> > and me dealing with the illness) using scenes from the past to develop the
> > relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I have rarely shared such
> > tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was sick. Hence the
> > title.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to write
> > about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> > because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bridgit
> >>
> >> > From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
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> >> >
> >> > 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> > 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> > 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> > 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> > 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 1
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
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> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Jewel,
> >> >
> >> > Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just an
> >
> >> > exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop, and
> > the
> >> > pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >
> >> > I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too
> >> > many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> > cathartic
> >> > for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you
> >> > can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> > readers
> >> > we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the reader
> > to
> >> > see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for
> >> > the children.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 2
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> > From: helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> > Message-ID:
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> >> >
> >> > 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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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 3
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> > From: "Elizabeth Sammons" <antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> > To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> > Message-ID: <85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >
> >> > Writing colleagues,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these events
> > -
> >> > most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> > places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> > written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> > look it over and to respond to me privately at antigone at columbus.rr.com
> > with
> >> > your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> > most others on the list.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> > elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of an
> >> > elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in the
> >> > American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any of
> > you.
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >
> >> > Elizabeth Sammons
> >> >
> >> > -------------- next part --------------
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> > <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/stylist_nfbnet.org/attachments/20100605/244
> > 5c940/attachment-0001.doc>
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 4
> >> > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> > From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> > Message-ID: <201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> >
> >> > for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and
> >> > edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> > jc
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 5
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> > villain
> >> > Message-ID: <1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Hi Bridgit,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the main
> >
> >> > character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is non-fiction.
> > And
> >> > while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both you
> > and
> >> > your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression, and
> >> > secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a
> >> > mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an entire
> >
> >> > novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >
> >> > You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start out
> > in
> >> > third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> > omnicient
> >> > with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> > your
> >> > perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue this--which
> > I
> >> > think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> > outlining
> >> > so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> > End of stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > **************************************
> >>
> >> _________________________________________________________________
> >> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> > Hotmail.
> >>
> > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28
> > 326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 5
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:29:49 -0400
> >> From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
> >> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <8A411D04B431452F930172FCC795EC3C at Rufus>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> >>
> >> Hi Bridgit,
> >>
> >> I hadn't gotten around to giving people feedback as often as I'd like on
> >> account of a crazy workload. It's so exciting to see an active list of
> >> excellent writing, and as for your specific pieces, they are all very nice
> >> samples of your talent. I'm sorry about the impetus for your work, but I
> >> suppose one small positive aspect of it is the skill the rest of us get to
> >> witness from your putting it all together.
> >>
> >> Keep up the fantastic work, all.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> >> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 6
> >> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:33:42 -0400
> >> From: loristay <loristay at aol.com>
> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <D420300A.4872.4119.AB05.D3FB5A9C41B6 at aol.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >> When I let my mother read my novel, Hip Deep, she complained, "You're
> > letting it all hang out!" ?Another writer gave me advice: ?Never let your
> > mother read your work!
> >> Good advice, I think. ?She's gone now, and I never published the novel,
> > except among our crew (it's on tape). ?There's almost no one left who would
> > care! ?And besides, it's fiction, though there is enough autobiographical
> > material in it that she got annoyed.
> >> Lori
> >>
> >> On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:24:20 PM, "Bridgit Pollpeter"
> > <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> Date: June 6, 2010 7:24:20 PM EDT
> >> To: "writers division" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be
> > from the author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like
> > that it is outside the box.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the beginning
> > because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> > that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a mother-daughter
> > relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a particular instance (mom
> > and me dealing with the illness) using scenes from the past to develop the
> > relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I have rarely shared such
> > tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was sick. Hence the
> > title.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to write
> > about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> > because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bridgit
> >>
> >> > From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
> >> >?
> >> > Send stylist mailing list submissions to
> >> > stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> >?
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> >> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
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> >> >?
> >> > You can reach the person managing the list at
> >> > stylist-owner at nfbnet.org
> >> >?
> >> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> >> > than "Re: Contents of stylist digest..."
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > Today's Topics:
> >> >?
> >> > 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> > 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> > 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> > 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> > 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 1
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
> >> > Message-ID: <31D8AA70D97946E7A2EF6F3DC00BD3FE at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >?
> >> > Jewel,
> >> >?
> >> > Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just
> > an?
> >> > exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop, and
> > the?
> >> > pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >?
> >> > I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too?
> >> > many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> > cathartic?
> >> > for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you?
> >> > can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> > readers?
> >> > we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the reader
> > to?
> >> > see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for?
> >> > the children.
> >> >?
> >> > chris
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 2
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> > From: helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> > Message-ID:
> >> > <AANLkTil2h6kU5Rd_baZ_2D3MwExj9daoKrzc7WzjQiAG at mail.gmail.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >> >?
> >> > 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
> >> > >> >>
> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> > >> >> Writers Division web site:
> >> > >> >> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >> > >> >> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> > >> >>
> >> > >> >> stylist mailing list
> >> > >> >> stylist at nfbnet.org
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> > et
> >> > >> >>
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > >> > Writers Division web site:
> >> > >> > http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >> > >> > <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > stylist mailing list
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> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 3
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> > From: "Elizabeth Sammons" <antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> > To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> > Message-ID: <85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >?
> >> > Writing colleagues,
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these events
> > -
> >> > most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> > places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> > written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> > look it over and to respond to me privately at antigone at columbus.rr.com
> > with
> >> > your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> > most others on the list.
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> > elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of an
> >> > elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in the
> >> > American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any of
> > you.
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >?
> >> > Elizabeth Sammons
> >> >?
> >> > -------------- next part --------------
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> > <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/stylist_nfbnet.org/attachments/20100605/244
> > 5c940/attachment-0001.doc>
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 4
> >> > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> > From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> > Message-ID: <201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> >?
> >> > for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and?
> >> > edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> > jc
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 5
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> > villain
> >> > Message-ID: <1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >?
> >> > Hi Bridgit,
> >> >?
> >> > Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the
> > main?
> >> > character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is non-fiction.
> > And?
> >> > while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both you
> > and?
> >> > your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression, and?
> >> > secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a?
> >> > mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an
> > entire?
> >> > novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >?
> >> > You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start out
> > in?
> >> > third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> > omnicient?
> >> > with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> > your?
> >> > perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue this--which
> > I?
> >> > think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> > outlining?
> >> > so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >?
> >> > chris
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > End of stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > **************************************
> >>
> >> _________________________________________________________________
> >> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> > Hotmail.?
> >>
> > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28
> > 326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 7
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:32:51 -0700
> >> From: "Shelley J. Alongi" <qobells at roadrunner.com>
> >> Cc: Jeff & Paulina Miner <booksetc at lmi.net>, Pinkney123 at aol.com, Larry
> >> Boerio <larrybemail at yahoo.com>, Lowflier <lowflier at uti.com>, Mark and
> >> christine Anderson <1peter315ande at sbcglobal.net>,
> >> "Daleploung at Comcast.Net" <daleploung at comcast.net>, "Hendershot, Betty"
> >> <bhendershot at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU>, Donna and Jeff Zenesky
> >> <gheart3 at verizon.net>, Dan and Sharon Matson <kxqzfm at hotmail.com>,
> >> "Paul A. Craig" <pcraig at mtsu.edu>, Lynn Mack <lynn at polara.com>, Tina
> >> Heather <lovemytwogirlzs at yahoo.com>, Denise Bandsma
> >> <dennyz28 at yahoo.com>, Jeffrey George Winter <win9133 at dwave.net>, Alta
> >> <blickeybear at verizon.net>, Ed Obfenda <mreddyo at aol.com>, NFBnet
> >> Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: [stylist] From Shelley: Metrolink Tales
> >> Message-ID: <02dd01cb05fa$7f9c1750$0200000a at DDF55J31>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >> If you've been waiting for my next railroad journal entry, here it is.
> >>
> > http://www.storymania.com/cgibin/sm2/smreadtitle.cgi?action=display&file=new
> > titles/AlongiSJ-Metrolink708MetrolinkTales.htm
> >> Shelley J. Alongi
> >> Home Office: (714)869-3207
> >> **
> >> NFBWD "Slate and Style" editor
> >> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >>
> >> **
> >> "What sparked your interest in trains?"
> >> "The face of an engineer who knew he was going to get killed by a freight
> > train."
> >> ---SJA for anyone who wants to know
> >> To read essays on my journey through the Chatsworth train accident, train
> > travel, and now meeting the engineers, Metrolink 111 or other interests
> > click on
> > http://www.storymania.com/cgibin/sm2/smshowauthorbox.cgi?page=&author=Alongi
> > SJ&alpha=A
> >>
> >> updated November 1, 2009
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 8
> >> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0400
> >> From: Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net>
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <000501cb0643$6609b9c0$3302a8c0 at dell5150>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
> >> reply-type=original
> >>
> >> Is the novel in LOC?
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "loristay" <loristay at aol.com>
> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 9:33 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >>
> >>
> >> When I let my mother read my novel, Hip Deep, she complained, "You're
> >> letting it all hang out!" Another writer gave me advice: Never let your
> >> mother read your work!
> >> Good advice, I think. She's gone now, and I never published the novel,
> >> except among our crew (it's on tape). There's almost no one left who would
> >
> >> care! And besides, it's fiction, though there is enough autobiographical
> >> material in it that she got annoyed.
> >> Lori
> >>
> >> On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:24:20 PM, "Bridgit Pollpeter"
> > <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> Date: June 6, 2010 7:24:20 PM EDT
> >> To: "writers division" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings
> >> and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be from the
> >
> >> author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like that it is
> >
> >> outside the box.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the beginning
> >> because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> >> that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a mother-daughter
> >
> >> relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a particular instance
> > (mom
> >> and me dealing with the illness) using scenes from the past to develop the
> >
> >> relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I have rarely shared such
> >> tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was sick. Hence the
> >> title.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to write
> >> about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> >> because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bridgit
> >>
> >> > From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
> >> >
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> >> > than "Re: Contents of stylist digest..."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Today's Topics:
> >> >
> >> > 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> > 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> > 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> > 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> > 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 1
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
> >> > Message-ID: <31D8AA70D97946E7A2EF6F3DC00BD3FE at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Jewel,
> >> >
> >> > Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just an
> >> > exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop, and
> >
> >> > the
> >> > pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >
> >> > I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too
> >> > many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> >> > cathartic
> >> > for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you
> >> > can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> >> > readers
> >> > we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the reader
> > to
> >> > see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for
> >> > the children.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 2
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> > From: helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> > Message-ID:
> >> > <AANLkTil2h6kU5Rd_baZ_2D3MwExj9daoKrzc7WzjQiAG at mail.gmail.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >> > >> >>
> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> > >> >> Writers Division web site:
> >> > >> >> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >> > >> >> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> > >> >>
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> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 3
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> > From: "Elizabeth Sammons" <antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> > To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> > Message-ID: <85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >
> >> > Writing colleagues,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these events
> > -
> >> > most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> > places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> > written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> > look it over and to respond to me privately at antigone at columbus.rr.com
> >> > with
> >> > your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> > most others on the list.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> > elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of
> >> > an
> >> > elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in the
> >> > American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any of
> >> > you.
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >
> >> > Elizabeth Sammons
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 4
> >> > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> > From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> > Message-ID: <201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> >
> >> > for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and
> >> > edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> > jc
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 5
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> > villain
> >> > Message-ID: <1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Hi Bridgit,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the main
> >> > character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is non-fiction.
> >
> >> > And
> >> > while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both you
> >> > and
> >> > your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression, and
> >> > secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a
> >> > mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an entire
> >> > novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >
> >> > You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start out
> > in
> >> > third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> >> > omnicient
> >> > with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> >> > your
> >> > perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue this--which
> > I
> >> > think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> >> > outlining
> >> > so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
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> >> > End of stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > **************************************
> >>
> >> _________________________________________________________________
> >> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> >> Hotmail.
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> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 9
> >> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:36:53 -0400
> >> From: Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net>
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: loristay <loristay at aol.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <4C0D1215.60108 at epix.net>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >>
> >> Lori,
> >> You remind me that for decades I didn't write -- or didn't allow anyone
> >> to read what I wrote -- because I was afraid of offending someone. The
> >> non-fiction vinyettes I wrote for my book "Unopened Gifts"which was for
> >> churches wanting to become more welcoming to people with disabilities,
> >> were the first things I let my mother read in years. I was mid 40s at
> >> the time. They are things that happened to me as I was growing up,
> >> discovering that being blind wasn't OK with the rest of the world and
> >> such. 2 of them involved people who stuck up for me.
> >>
> >> My mother was forever telling me that my memory about this or that was
> >> wrong, so I expected the "That never happened" speech. Instead, she said
> >> something to the effect that she remembered them, hadn't thought about
> >> them for years and was glad I'd gotten beyond them. Go figure.
> >>
> >> My parents are gone now, but some of that overvigilant concern remains.
> >> For my novel, I wanted to make sure that I didn't use any names of
> >> people I was close to, lest they think some little character trait was a
> >> personal slight. I recently made a new friend whose name I'd already
> >> used. The character has a very minor role, but there is an insinuation
> >> that she isn't all that bright. I keep thinking about it, and I'm sure
> >> I'll change the name.
> >> Donna
> >>
> >> Donna's articles on Suite 101:
> >> http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/donna_hill
> >>
> >> Free Download: "Love of My Life"
> >>
> > http://www.passionsandpossibilities.com/guest-blogger-donna-hill-advocate-fo
> > r-the-blind/
> >>
> >> Read my articles on American Chronicle:
> >> http://www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/3885
> >>
> >> Follow me on Twitter:
> >> www.twitter.com/dewhill
> >>
> >> Join Me on LinkedIn:
> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dwh99
> >>
> >> Or, FaceBook:
> >> http://www.facebook.com/donna.w.hill.
> >>
> >> Hear clips from "The Last Straw" at:
> >> http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
> >>
> >> Apple I-Tunes
> >>
> >> phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=259244374
> >>
> >> Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
> >> www.padnfb.org
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/6/2010 9:33 PM, loristay wrote:
> >> > When I let my mother read my novel, Hip Deep, she complained, "You're
> > letting it all hang out!" Another writer gave me advice: Never let your
> > mother read your work!
> >> > Good advice, I think. She's gone now, and I never published the novel,
> > except among our crew (it's on tape). There's almost no one left who would
> > care! And besides, it's fiction, though there is enough autobiographical
> > material in it that she got annoyed.
> >> > Lori
> >> >
> >> > On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:24:20 PM, "Bridgit
> > Pollpeter"<bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > From: "Bridgit Pollpeter"<bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> > Date: June 6, 2010 7:24:20 PM EDT
> >> > To: "writers division"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >
> >> > Chris,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be
> > from the author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like
> > that it is outside the box.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the beginning
> > because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> > that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a
> > mother-daughter relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a
> > particular instance (mom and me dealing with the illness) using scenes from
> > the past to develop the relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I have
> > rarely shared such tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was
> > sick. Hence the title.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to write
> > about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> > because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, thanks again.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Bridgit
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> >> Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> >> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
> >> >>
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> >> >> Today's Topics:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> >> 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> >> 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> >> 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> >> 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> Message: 1
> >> >> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> >> From: "Chris Kuell"<ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
> >> >> Message-ID:<31D8AA70D97946E7A2EF6F3DC00BD3FE at ChrisPC>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> >> reply-type=original
> >> >>
> >> >> Jewel,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just
> > an
> >> >> exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop,
> > and the
> >> >> pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too
> >> >> many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> > cathartic
> >> >> for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you
> >> >> can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> > readers
> >> >> we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the reader
> > to
> >> >> see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for
> >> >> the children.
> >> >>
> >> >> chris
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> Message: 2
> >> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> >> From: helene ryles<dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> >> Message-ID:
> >> >> <AANLkTil2h6kU5Rd_baZ_2D3MwExj9daoKrzc7WzjQiAG at mail.gmail.com>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >> >>
> >> >> 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
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >> >>>>>> Writers Division web site:
> >> >>>>>> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >> >>>>>> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> stylist mailing list
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> > et
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >> >>>>> Writers Division web site:
> >> >>>>> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >> >>>>> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> stylist mailing list
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> > il.com
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> > http://www.nfb-writers-division.org<http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
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> >> >> Message: 3
> >> >> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> >> From: "Elizabeth Sammons"<antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> >> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> >> Message-ID:<85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >>
> >> >> Writing colleagues,
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these events
> > -
> >> >> most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> >> places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> >> written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> >> look it over and to respond to me privately at antigone at columbus.rr.com
> > with
> >> >> your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> >> most others on the list.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> >> elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of an
> >> >> elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in the
> >> >> American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any of
> > you.
> >> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Sincerely,
> >> >>
> >> >> Elizabeth Sammons
> >> >>
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> >> >> Message: 4
> >> >> Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> >> From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR"<n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> >> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> >> Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> >> Message-ID:<201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> >>
> >> >> for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and
> >> >> edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> >> jc
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> Message: 5
> >> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> >> From: "Chris Kuell"<ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> >> villain
> >> >> Message-ID:<1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> >> >> reply-type=original
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Bridgit,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the
> > main
> >> >> character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is
> > non-fiction. And
> >> >> while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both you
> > and
> >> >> your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression, and
> >
> >> >> secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a
> >> >> mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an
> > entire
> >> >> novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >>
> >> >> You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start out
> > in
> >> >> third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> > omnicient
> >> >> with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> > your
> >> >> perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue this--which
> > I
> >> >> think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> > outlining
> >> >> so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >>
> >> >> chris
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> Message: 10
> >> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:55:02 -0400
> >> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <AANLkTinghm1MncJ6IvWVwvZCp7loan3LDkVzF_NaApLa at mail.gmail.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >>
> >> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:27:06 -0400
> From: "Justin Williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] audio cues benefit sighted also
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> They do indeed, however; not nearly so much as we do. Also, they get far
> less from their ears; finding it amazing that I knew the least thing with
> just ears.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of loristay
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:55 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] audio cues benefit sighted also
>
> I just want to weigh in with one comment: ?Sighted people also use their
> ears getting around: walking, biking and driving. ?To think they don't is
> wrong.
> Lori
>
> On Jun 14, 2010, at 4:45:13 PM, "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction to a new writer
> Date: June 14, 2010 4:45:13 PM EDT
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> No, I don't think all blind people use echolocation *grin*. Idon't and
> I'm blind...though I think it'd be cool if I did. However, in my
> novel, every one usesecholocationn.In my book, echolocation will be as
> common for humans as it is for bats and sight is for humans in real
> life. In this way, when the children with sight are born in the novel,
> they will be "different"" It will be a sort orf role reversal, a way
> of trying to show people whoat it is like to be blind in a sighted
> world., bty owing them what it would be like to be sighted in a blind
> world. Does that makes sense?
>
> In answer to the question about echolocation and what it is, yes, when
> the sound of your cane bounces off a wall and you find it with the
> sound, that is echolocation. Believe it or not, many epople use this
> form of echolocation without even thinking it's echolocation. However,
> not everyone uses echolocation, even through their cane's tapping. But
> when you listen to the "sound" of wind through an alley versues ound
> through a parking lot, that's echoocation. I think I use echolocation
> to a small degree, perhaps, because when it rains, it is allot hardwer
> for me to go pou and about, because the sounds are so much different,
> and I can't "feel" the buildings, cars, and open spaces as well as
> when it is not raining.
>
> Hope that makes sense,
> Jewel
>
> On 6/7/10, Angela Fowler <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > ` First of all, let me say that I have been touched by the
> > profoundness and depth of the work which has been posted here lately, and
> in
> > awe of the courage I saw in the folks who shared such personal material.
> > Jewel, Bridget, and others, you have my respect and admiration.
> >
> > At the risk of sounding ignorant, what is echo location? I have had
> occasion
> > to tap my cane on the ground, say if I were in a parking lot, and have the
> > sound echo off a building so that I could locate it. Is this what you're
> > talking about? If so I think a lot of folks use it.
> >?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 5:45 PM
> > To: writers division
> > Subject: [stylist] Introduction to a new writer
> >
> >
> > Jewel,
> >
> >
> >
> > I may be misunderstanding what you are saying, but not all blind people
> use
> > echo-location. In fact, I do not know anyone who uses it. Are you just
> > interested in echo-location for your novel? I know it is a means of
> > mobility for a few, but most blind people use a cane or guide dog. I guess
> > I am just trying to understand if you want your blind characters to
> utilize
> > this mode of mobility, or if you think all blind people actually travel
> this
> > way. Not trying to be controversial, just trying to understand what you
> > mean.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bridgit
> >
> >> From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 7
> >> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:00:10 -0500
> >>
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> >>
> >> Today's Topics:
> >>
> >> 1. June Telephone Gathering! (Newman, Robert)
> >> 2. NYC cuts special education services, and forces students to
> >> sign away their rights. (Aziza C)
> >> 3. NYC Teacher/NFB member Targeted for Speaking Out Against
> >> Suspension of Special Ed Services to Students (Donna Hill)
> >> 4. Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> (Bridgit Pollpeter)
> >> 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Joe Orozco)
> >> 6. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (loristay)
> >> 7. From Shelley: Metrolink Tales (Shelley J. Alongi)
> >> 8. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Judith Bron)
> >> 9. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Donna Hill)
> >> 10. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (Jewel S.)
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:45:15 -0500
> >> From: "Newman, Robert" <robert.newman at nebraska.gov>
> >> To: "stylist at nfbnet.org" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: [stylist] June Telephone Gathering!
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <035C5B0A5D7CF446BCE9916BDB0AAB4F2023544FEE at STNEMAIL01.stone.ne.gov>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
> >>
> >> Our June gathering takes place on Sunday, the 28th. (This is the last
> > Sunday of the month.)
> >>
> >> This will be another great "learning event." The topic is all about a
> > super important "writing skill," time management. The presentor will be
> our
> > very own, Nancy Scott. Nancy has presented this workshop to many others,
> and
> > it has gotten great acceptance. Below is a short bio of Nancy Scott:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Nancy Scott
> >> 2040 Lehigh Street, apt. 304
> >> Easton, PA 18042
> >> (610)253-9073
> >> nanscot at pmpmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
> >>
> >> Nancy Scott?s over-470 published credits include articles in:
> >>
> >> AIM Magazine, ByLine, Church Educator, Cup of Comfort for Inspiration
> > (anthology), Cup of Comfort for Women (anthology), Dialogue Magazine,
> > Disability Rag, The Express-Times, The Lion, The Lutheran Journal, Opening
> > Stages, News Reel, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sacred Journey, The Sun, and
> > Whole Living Journal. She has also published numerous audio commentaries
> > including essays for public radio station WDIY.
> >>
> >> She received First Prize in the 2009 International Onkyo Braille Essay
> > Contest.
> >>
> >>
> >> Her poetry has appeared in publications including:
> >>
> >> Alive Now, The Aurorean, Blue Unicorn, Breath and Shadow, ByLine,
> Dialogue
> > Magazine, Disabilities Studies Quarterly, Kaleidoscope, Lilliput Review,
> The
> > Lucid Stone, Messages from the Heart, Mourning our Mothers (anthology),
> > Northeast Corridor, Palo Alto Review, Potato Eyes, The Ragged Edge
> > (anthology), Sisters Today, and Voice of the Diabetic.
> >>
> >> Her poetry chapbook Hearing the Sunrise (Anderie Press, 1996) was
> > exhibited in 1997 by The Very Special Arts Gallery in Washington, D.C. Two
> > of the poems from Hearing the Sunrise appear in the disability anthology
> > Staring Back (Plume, 1997). Her second chapbook Leveling the Spin is now
> > available.
> >>
> >>
> >> Nancy regularly performs readings before live audiences. When not
> writing,
> > she serves as parliamentarian for the AMVETS Auxiliary and chaplain for
> the
> > local Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary. Nancy is an avid follower of
> > NASA and in another life would have liked to have been an astronaut or a
> > journalist in NASA's Public Affairs office.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The time for this 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
> >> NFB Writers' Division, President
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 2
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:28:44 -0600
> >> From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Writers devision mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>, "Performing
> >> Arts Devision Mailing List" <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>, "Blind
> >> International Students Mailing List"
> >> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>, "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing
> >> List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>, "Blind Mailing List"
> >> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>, "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>,
> >> "NFBC Mailing List" <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: Youth Outreach Programs <youth-outreach at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: [stylist] NYC cuts special education services, and forces
> >> students to sign away their rights.
> >> Message-ID: <50FF91F36B684497A681A38B93CE6D3C at D2F1J2M1>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >>
> >
> http://school-staff-issues.suite101.com/article.cfm/nyc-school-ends-special-
> > ed-exemplary-teacher-targeted
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 3
> >> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:26:53 -0400
> >> From: Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net>
> >> To: nfbp-talk at yahoogroups.com, Writer's Division Mailing List
> >> <stylist at nfbnet.org>, Performing Arts Division list
> >> <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: [stylist] NYC Teacher/NFB member Targeted for Speaking Out
> >> Against Suspension of Special Ed Services to Students
> >> Message-ID: <4C0BF67D.1000503 at epix.net>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >>
> >> Hi NFB Friends,
> >> Thought you should know about this story. It has significance for the
> >> future of special ed in publicly funded schools as well as accomodations
> >> for blind employees. Christine Faltz Grassman is an NFB member with
> >> degrees from Princeton, Pace University and Hofstra School of Law.
> >> There's a link to her blog at the end of the article. Please re post.
> >> Blessings,
> >> Donna
> >> ***
> >>
> >> NYC School Ends Special Ed, Exemplary Teacher Targeted
> >>
> >> June 5, 2010
> >>
> >>
> >
> http://school-staff-issues.suite101.com/article.cfm/nyc-school-ends-special-
> > ed-exemplary-teacher-targeted
> >>
> >>
> >> At-risk NYC students are denied special ed services and must sign wavers
> >> of their rights. Teacher/UFT liaison, speaks out. Minority-based
> >> discrimination follows.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Donna's articles on Suite 101:
> >> http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/donna_hill
> >>
> >> Free Download: "Love of My Life"
> >>
> >
> http://www.passionsandpossibilities.com/guest-blogger-donna-hill-advocate-fo
> > r-the-blind/
> >>
> >> Read my articles on American Chronicle:
> >> http://www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/3885
> >>
> >> Follow me on Twitter:
> >> www.twitter.com/dewhill
> >>
> >> Join Me on LinkedIn:
> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dwh99
> >>
> >> Or, FaceBook:
> >> http://www.facebook.com/donna.w.hill.
> >>
> >> Hear clips from "The Last Straw" at:
> >> http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
> >>
> >> Apple I-Tunes
> >>
> >> phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=259244374
> >>
> >> Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
> >> www.padnfb.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> =======
> >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.
> >> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15150)
> >> http://www.pctools.com/
> >> =======
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 4
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:24:20 -0500
> >> From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> To: writers division <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> Message-ID: <SNT136-w6014245AEDFE10A060F42EC4D40 at phx.gbl>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be
> > from the author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like
> > that it is outside the box.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the beginning
> > because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> > that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a
> mother-daughter
> > relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a particular instance
> (mom
> > and me dealing with the illness) using scenes from the past to develop the
> > relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I have rarely shared such
> > tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was sick. Hence the
> > title.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to write
> > about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> > because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bridgit
> >>
> >> > From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
> >> >
> >> > Send stylist mailing list submissions to
> >> > stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> >
> >> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
> >> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> >> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
> >> > stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> >
> >> > You can reach the person managing the list at
> >> > stylist-owner at nfbnet.org
> >> >
> >> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> >> > than "Re: Contents of stylist digest..."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Today's Topics:
> >> >
> >> > 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> > 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> > 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> > 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> > 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 1
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
> >> > Message-ID: <31D8AA70D97946E7A2EF6F3DC00BD3FE at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Jewel,
> >> >
> >> > Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just
> an
> >
> >> > exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop,
> and
> > the
> >> > pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >
> >> > I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too
> >> > many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> > cathartic
> >> > for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you
> >> > can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> > readers
> >> > we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the reader
> > to
> >> > see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for
> >> > the children.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 2
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> > From: helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> > Message-ID:
> >> > <AANLkTil2h6kU5Rd_baZ_2D3MwExj9daoKrzc7WzjQiAG at mail.gmail.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >> > >> >>
> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> > >> >> Writers Division web site:
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> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 3
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> > From: "Elizabeth Sammons" <antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> > To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> > Message-ID: <85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >
> >> > Writing colleagues,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these events
> > -
> >> > most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> > places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> > written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> > look it over and to respond to me privately at antigone at columbus.rr.com
> > with
> >> > your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> > most others on the list.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> > elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of an
> >> > elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in the
> >> > American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any of
> > you.
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >
> >> > Elizabeth Sammons
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 4
> >> > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> > From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> > Message-ID: <201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> >
> >> > for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and
> >> > edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> > jc
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 5
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> > villain
> >> > Message-ID: <1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Hi Bridgit,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the
> main
> >
> >> > character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is
> non-fiction.
> > And
> >> > while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both you
> > and
> >> > your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression, and
> >> > secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a
> >> > mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an
> entire
> >
> >> > novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >
> >> > You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start out
> > in
> >> > third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> > omnicient
> >> > with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> > your
> >> > perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue this--which
> > I
> >> > think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> > outlining
> >> > so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> > End of stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > **************************************
> >>
> >> _________________________________________________________________
> >> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> > Hotmail.
> >>
> >
> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28
> > 326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 5
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:29:49 -0400
> >> From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
> >> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <8A411D04B431452F930172FCC795EC3C at Rufus>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> >>
> >> Hi Bridgit,
> >>
> >> I hadn't gotten around to giving people feedback as often as I'd like on
> >> account of a crazy workload. It's so exciting to see an active list of
> >> excellent writing, and as for your specific pieces, they are all very
> nice
> >> samples of your talent. I'm sorry about the impetus for your work, but I
> >> suppose one small positive aspect of it is the skill the rest of us get
> to
> >> witness from your putting it all together.
> >>
> >> Keep up the fantastic work, all.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
> sleeves,
> >> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 6
> >> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:33:42 -0400
> >> From: loristay <loristay at aol.com>
> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <D420300A.4872.4119.AB05.D3FB5A9C41B6 at aol.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >> When I let my mother read my novel, Hip Deep, she complained, "You're
> > letting it all hang out!" ?Another writer gave me advice: ?Never let your
> > mother read your work!
> >> Good advice, I think. ?She's gone now, and I never published the novel,
> > except among our crew (it's on tape). ?There's almost no one left who
> would
> > care! ?And besides, it's fiction, though there is enough autobiographical
> > material in it that she got annoyed.
> >> Lori
> >>
> >> On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:24:20 PM, "Bridgit Pollpeter"
> > <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> Date: June 6, 2010 7:24:20 PM EDT
> >> To: "writers division" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be
> > from the author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like
> > that it is outside the box.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the beginning
> > because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> > that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a
> mother-daughter
> > relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a particular instance
> (mom
> > and me dealing with the illness) using scenes from the past to develop the
> > relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I have rarely shared such
> > tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was sick. Hence the
> > title.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to write
> > about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> > because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bridgit
> >>
> >> > From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
> >> >?
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> >> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> >> > than "Re: Contents of stylist digest..."
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > Today's Topics:
> >> >?
> >> > 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> > 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> > 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> > 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> > 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 1
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
> >> > Message-ID: <31D8AA70D97946E7A2EF6F3DC00BD3FE at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >?
> >> > Jewel,
> >> >?
> >> > Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just
> > an?
> >> > exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop,
> and
> > the?
> >> > pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >?
> >> > I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too?
> >> > many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> > cathartic?
> >> > for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you?
> >> > can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> > readers?
> >> > we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the reader
> > to?
> >> > see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for?
> >> > the children.
> >> >?
> >> > chris
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 2
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> > From: helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> > Message-ID:
> >> > <AANLkTil2h6kU5Rd_baZ_2D3MwExj9daoKrzc7WzjQiAG at mail.gmail.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >> >?
> >> > 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
> >> > >> >>
> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> > >> >> Writers Division web site:
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> >> > >> >
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> >> > >>
> >> > >>_______________________________________________
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> >> > >
> >> > > _______________________________________________
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> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 3
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> > From: "Elizabeth Sammons" <antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> > To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> > Message-ID: <85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >?
> >> > Writing colleagues,
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these events
> > -
> >> > most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> > places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> > written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> > look it over and to respond to me privately at antigone at columbus.rr.com
> > with
> >> > your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> > most others on the list.
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> > elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of an
> >> > elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in the
> >> > American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any of
> > you.
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >?
> >> > Elizabeth Sammons
> >> >?
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> >> > URL:
> >
> <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/stylist_nfbnet.org/attachments/20100605/244
> > 5c940/attachment-0001.doc>
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 4
> >> > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> > From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> > Message-ID: <201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> >?
> >> > for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and?
> >> > edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> > jc
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > Message: 5
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> > villain
> >> > Message-ID: <1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >?
> >> > Hi Bridgit,
> >> >?
> >> > Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the
> > main?
> >> > character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is
> non-fiction.
> > And?
> >> > while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both you
> > and?
> >> > your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression,
> and?
> >> > secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a?
> >> > mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an
> > entire?
> >> > novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >?
> >> > You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start out
> > in?
> >> > third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> > omnicient?
> >> > with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> > your?
> >> > perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue this--which
> > I?
> >> > think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> > outlining?
> >> > so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >?
> >> > chris
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >?
> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> >?
> >> >?
> >> > End of stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > **************************************
> >>
> >> _________________________________________________________________
> >> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> > Hotmail.?
> >>
> >
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> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 7
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:32:51 -0700
> >> From: "Shelley J. Alongi" <qobells at roadrunner.com>
> >> Cc: Jeff & Paulina Miner <booksetc at lmi.net>, Pinkney123 at aol.com, Larry
> >> Boerio <larrybemail at yahoo.com>, Lowflier <lowflier at uti.com>, Mark and
> >> christine Anderson <1peter315ande at sbcglobal.net>,
> >> "Daleploung at Comcast.Net" <daleploung at comcast.net>, "Hendershot, Betty"
> >> <bhendershot at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU>, Donna and Jeff Zenesky
> >> <gheart3 at verizon.net>, Dan and Sharon Matson <kxqzfm at hotmail.com>,
> >> "Paul A. Craig" <pcraig at mtsu.edu>, Lynn Mack <lynn at polara.com>, Tina
> >> Heather <lovemytwogirlzs at yahoo.com>, Denise Bandsma
> >> <dennyz28 at yahoo.com>, Jeffrey George Winter <win9133 at dwave.net>, Alta
> >> <blickeybear at verizon.net>, Ed Obfenda <mreddyo at aol.com>, NFBnet
> >> Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: [stylist] From Shelley: Metrolink Tales
> >> Message-ID: <02dd01cb05fa$7f9c1750$0200000a at DDF55J31>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>
> >> If you've been waiting for my next railroad journal entry, here it is.
> >>
> >
> http://www.storymania.com/cgibin/sm2/smreadtitle.cgi?action=display&file=new
> > titles/AlongiSJ-Metrolink708MetrolinkTales.htm
> >> Shelley J. Alongi
> >> Home Office: (714)869-3207
> >> **
> >> NFBWD "Slate and Style" editor
> >> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >>
> >> **
> >> "What sparked your interest in trains?"
> >> "The face of an engineer who knew he was going to get killed by a freight
> > train."
> >> ---SJA for anyone who wants to know
> >> To read essays on my journey through the Chatsworth train accident, train
> > travel, and now meeting the engineers, Metrolink 111 or other interests
> > click on
> >
> http://www.storymania.com/cgibin/sm2/smshowauthorbox.cgi?page=&author=Alongi
> > SJ&alpha=A
> >>
> >> updated November 1, 2009
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 8
> >> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:14:45 -0400
> >> From: Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net>
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <000501cb0643$6609b9c0$3302a8c0 at dell5150>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
> >> reply-type=original
> >>
> >> Is the novel in LOC?
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "loristay" <loristay at aol.com>
> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 9:33 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >>
> >>
> >> When I let my mother read my novel, Hip Deep, she complained, "You're
> >> letting it all hang out!" Another writer gave me advice: Never let your
> >> mother read your work!
> >> Good advice, I think. She's gone now, and I never published the novel,
> >> except among our crew (it's on tape). There's almost no one left who
> would
> >
> >> care! And besides, it's fiction, though there is enough autobiographical
> >> material in it that she got annoyed.
> >> Lori
> >>
> >> On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:24:20 PM, "Bridgit Pollpeter"
> > <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> Date: June 6, 2010 7:24:20 PM EDT
> >> To: "writers division" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >>
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings
> >> and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be from
> the
> >
> >> author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like that it
> is
> >
> >> outside the box.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the beginning
> >> because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> >> that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a
> mother-daughter
> >
> >> relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a particular instance
> > (mom
> >> and me dealing with the illness) using scenes from the past to develop
> the
> >
> >> relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I have rarely shared such
> >> tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was sick. Hence the
> >> title.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to write
> >> about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> >> because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyway, thanks again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bridgit
> >>
> >> > From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> > Today's Topics:
> >> >
> >> > 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> > 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> > 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> > 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> > 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 1
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
> >> > Message-ID: <31D8AA70D97946E7A2EF6F3DC00BD3FE at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Jewel,
> >> >
> >> > Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just
> an
> >> > exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop,
> and
> >
> >> > the
> >> > pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >
> >> > I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too
> >> > many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> >> > cathartic
> >> > for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you
> >> > can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> >> > readers
> >> > we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the reader
> > to
> >> > see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for
> >> > the children.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 2
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> > From: helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> > Message-ID:
> >> > <AANLkTil2h6kU5Rd_baZ_2D3MwExj9daoKrzc7WzjQiAG at mail.gmail.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >> > >> >>
> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> > >> >> Writers Division web site:
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 3
> >> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> > From: "Elizabeth Sammons" <antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> > To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> > Message-ID: <85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >
> >> > Writing colleagues,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these events
> > -
> >> > most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> > places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> > written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> > look it over and to respond to me privately at antigone at columbus.rr.com
> >> > with
> >> > your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> > most others on the list.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> > elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of
> >> > an
> >> > elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in the
> >> > American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any of
> >> > you.
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >
> >> > Elizabeth Sammons
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> >> > Message: 4
> >> > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> > From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> > To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> > Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> > Message-ID: <201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> >
> >> > for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and
> >> > edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> > jc
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Message: 5
> >> > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> > From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> > villain
> >> > Message-ID: <1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> >> > reply-type=original
> >> >
> >> > Hi Bridgit,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the
> main
> >> > character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is
> non-fiction.
> >
> >> > And
> >> > while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both you
> >> > and
> >> > your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression, and
> >> > secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a
> >> > mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an
> entire
> >> > novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >
> >> > You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start out
> > in
> >> > third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> >> > omnicient
> >> > with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> >> > your
> >> > perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue this--which
> > I
> >> > think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> >> > outlining
> >> > so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >
> >> > chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 9
> >> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:36:53 -0400
> >> From: Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net>
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: loristay <loristay at aol.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> villain
> >> Message-ID: <4C0D1215.60108 at epix.net>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >>
> >> Lori,
> >> You remind me that for decades I didn't write -- or didn't allow anyone
> >> to read what I wrote -- because I was afraid of offending someone. The
> >> non-fiction vinyettes I wrote for my book "Unopened Gifts"which was for
> >> churches wanting to become more welcoming to people with disabilities,
> >> were the first things I let my mother read in years. I was mid 40s at
> >> the time. They are things that happened to me as I was growing up,
> >> discovering that being blind wasn't OK with the rest of the world and
> >> such. 2 of them involved people who stuck up for me.
> >>
> >> My mother was forever telling me that my memory about this or that was
> >> wrong, so I expected the "That never happened" speech. Instead, she said
> >> something to the effect that she remembered them, hadn't thought about
> >> them for years and was glad I'd gotten beyond them. Go figure.
> >>
> >> My parents are gone now, but some of that overvigilant concern remains.
> >> For my novel, I wanted to make sure that I didn't use any names of
> >> people I was close to, lest they think some little character trait was a
> >> personal slight. I recently made a new friend whose name I'd already
> >> used. The character has a very minor role, but there is an insinuation
> >> that she isn't all that bright. I keep thinking about it, and I'm sure
> >> I'll change the name.
> >> Donna
> >>
> >> Donna's articles on Suite 101:
> >> http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/donna_hill
> >>
> >> Free Download: "Love of My Life"
> >>
> >
> http://www.passionsandpossibilities.com/guest-blogger-donna-hill-advocate-fo
> > r-the-blind/
> >>
> >> Read my articles on American Chronicle:
> >> http://www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/3885
> >>
> >> Follow me on Twitter:
> >> www.twitter.com/dewhill
> >>
> >> Join Me on LinkedIn:
> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dwh99
> >>
> >> Or, FaceBook:
> >> http://www.facebook.com/donna.w.hill.
> >>
> >> Hear clips from "The Last Straw" at:
> >> http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
> >>
> >> Apple I-Tunes
> >>
> >> phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=259244374
> >>
> >> Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
> >> www.padnfb.org
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/6/2010 9:33 PM, loristay wrote:
> >> > When I let my mother read my novel, Hip Deep, she complained, "You're
> > letting it all hang out!" Another writer gave me advice: Never let your
> > mother read your work!
> >> > Good advice, I think. She's gone now, and I never published the novel,
> > except among our crew (it's on tape). There's almost no one left who would
> > care! And besides, it's fiction, though there is enough autobiographical
> > material in it that she got annoyed.
> >> > Lori
> >> >
> >> > On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:24:20 PM, "Bridgit
> > Pollpeter"<bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > From: "Bridgit Pollpeter"<bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> >> > Subject: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain
> >> > Date: June 6, 2010 7:24:20 PM EDT
> >> > To: "writers division"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >
> >> > Chris,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the suggestions. I have used the switch in POV for other
> > writings and I usually get mixed reviews. Some say non-fiction can only be
> > from the author's POV, and others appreciate the jarring affect and like
> > that it is outside the box.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I chose to have the POV from the mother's point of view in the
> beginning
> > because at the time I was literally dying and my memories are vague from
> > that time. I also like playing with the conventions.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > It certainly can be difficult to open the flood gates of a
> > mother-daughter relationship, but I was attempting to high-light a
> > particular instance (mom and me dealing with the illness) using scenes
> from
> > the past to develop the relationship. The focus is suppose to be how I
> have
> > rarely shared such tender moments with my mom as she displayed when I was
> > sick. Hence the title.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks again. I want to further develop it, but it is difficult to
> write
> > about the subject, not because I haven't come to terms with things, but
> > because my family would not appreciate my "airing of dirty laundry."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, thanks again.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Bridgit
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> From: stylist-request at nfbnet.org
> >> >> Subject: stylist Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
> >> >> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:00:05 -0500
> >> >>
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> >> >> Today's Topics:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. Re: Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian (Chris Kuell)
> >> >> 2. Re: Introduction of a New Writer (helene ryles)
> >> >> 3. Short story for your critique (Elizabeth Sammons)
> >> >> 4. my bio (James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR)
> >> >> 5. Re: Writing prompt: Finding the good in the villain (Chris Kuell)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> Message: 1
> >> >> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:18:40 -0400
> >> >> From: "Chris Kuell"<ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Prompt: Finding the Good in the Villian
> >> >> Message-ID:<31D8AA70D97946E7A2EF6F3DC00BD3FE at ChrisPC>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >> >> reply-type=original
> >> >>
> >> >> Jewel,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you. You'll see more of my writing in the future. This was just
> > an
> >> >> exercise to see if I could get you to see the homeless guy, the cop,
> > and the
> >> >> pretty girl as she ran by, and to make you feel for the poor homeless
> > guy.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm sorry to hear your prompt response was based on your own life. Far
> > too
> >> >> many children have crappy parents. It's good that this prompt was
> > cathartic
> >> >> for you, as it seems your memoir is as well. In a longer work I think
> > you
> >> >> can do a better job of showing the complexity of your mother, so as
> > readers
> >> >> we aren't thinking--did this really happen? Rather, you want the
> reader
> > to
> >> >> see your mother's mental illness in its many manifestations, and feel
> > for
> >> >> the children.
> >> >>
> >> >> chris
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> Message: 2
> >> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:05:15 +0100
> >> >> From: helene ryles<dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> >> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> >> Message-ID:
> >> >> <AANLkTil2h6kU5Rd_baZ_2D3MwExj9daoKrzc7WzjQiAG at mail.gmail.com>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >> >>
> >> >> 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
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >> >>>>>> Writers Division web site:
> >> >>>>>> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >> >>>>>> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> stylist mailing list
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> > et
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >> >>>>> Writers Division web site:
> >> >>>>> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >> >>>>> <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> stylist mailing list
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> > il.com
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >> >>>> Writers Division web site:
> >> >>>>
> > http://www.nfb-writers-division.org<http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> >> >>>>
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> > m
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> _______________________________________________
> >> >>> Writers Division web site:
> >> >>>
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> > ail.com
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> Message: 3
> >> >> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:18:27 -0400
> >> >> From: "Elizabeth Sammons"<antigone at columbus.rr.com>
> >> >> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: [stylist] Short story for your critique
> >> >> Message-ID:<85.0A.29882.6831B0C4 at hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >> >>
> >> >> Writing colleagues,
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Today I drafted a story that has never left my heart since these
> events
> > -
> >> >> most of them, anyhow - happened to me. Of course I have changed names
> > and
> >> >> places to protect those involved. This is the first story I have ever
> >> >> written with such strong elements of autobiography in it. I invite you
> > to
> >> >> look it over and to respond to me privately at
> antigone at columbus.rr.com
> > with
> >> >> your opinions, unless you think they are subjects that are of interest
> > to
> >> >> most others on the list.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> This writing is neither overtly sexual, nor profane. However, it
> > contains
> >> >> elements not for the faint of heart as it describes the disorientation
> > of an
> >> >> elderly immigrant from Ukraine trying to find love and his place in
> the
> >> >> American world. Happy reading and I look forward to hearing from any
> of
> > you.
> >> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Sincerely,
> >> >>
> >> >> Elizabeth Sammons
> >> >>
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> >> >> Message: 4
> >> >> Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:29:32 -0500
> >> >> From: "James H. \"Jim\" Canaday M.A. N6YR"<n6yr at sunflower.com>
> >> >> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> >> Subject: [stylist] my bio
> >> >> Message-ID:<201006060429.o564TWPG031858 at smtp.sunflower.com>
> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
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> >> >> for those who might be interested, I just sent in an updated and
> >> >> edited version of my bio for the division website.
> >> >> jc
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> >> Message: 5
> >> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:12:09 -0400
> >> >> From: "Chris Kuell"<ckuell at comcast.net>
> >> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List"<stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing prompt: Finding the good in the
> >> >> villain
> >> >> Message-ID:<1E883B707D0F410084DDBFEF6BD6337A at ChrisPC>
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> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Bridgit,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for sharing this piece with us. You don't say, but since the
> > main
> >> >> character's name is the same as yours, I'm assuming this is
> > non-fiction. And
> >> >> while it is long, it's not really long enough to fully explore both
> you
> > and
> >> >> your mother's feelings and emotions around firstly your depression,
> and
> >
> >> >> secondly your battle with the unknown virus. Add the complexity of a
> >> >> mother-daughter relationship, and I think you're going to need an
> > entire
> >> >> novel to do it justice. Nice job with this limited space, though.
> >> >>
> >> >> You do shift POV in this exercise, which I found jarring. You start
> out
> > in
> >> >> third person from the mother's perspective, then kind of shift to
> > omnicient
> >> >> with the interactions with the nurse, then settle on first person from
> > your
> >> >> perspective, wich I think works best. If you were to pursue
> this--which
> > I
> >> >> think is a worthwhile, if difficult, endeavor--I'd recommend some
> > outlining
> >> >> so the narrative moves in a consistent direction.
> >> >>
> >> >> chris
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> Message: 10
> >> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:55:02 -0400
> >> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction of a New Writer
> >> Message-ID:
> >> <AANLkTinghm1MncJ6IvWVwvZCp7loan3LDkVzF_NaApLa at mail.gmail.com>
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> >>
> >> 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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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:13:55 -0500
> From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Addressing echo location
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> In traveling as a totally blind individual, using echo feedback is my
> biggest source of information! Like ah, check it out -- with a cane in your
> hand, you can reach out -- what, 5, 6, 7, 8, feet? And with your hearing, by
> use of picking up and interpreting echo feedback from obstacles 360 degrees
> around you , the distance then is like 10, 20, 50, 70 90, 100, 200, 300,
> Plus feet. Boy, the few times that I have lost the tip from my cane --
> woo -- I lost my major echo factor and it cut down my information to mostly
> touch only; granted, natural environmental sounds were still there, and
> there was still some super limited echo feedback from my footsteps. And in
> contrast, comparing operating with the echo feedback created by a good metal
> tip, to going without, it really made me feel like I was traveling --
> blind.
>
>
>
> And for any of you who are thinking of how to improve your travel and are a
> cane user, and if you now do not use a metal tip, do try one. It sends out
> the best type of sound for echoing back -- it carries out the furthest and
> "paints" the object the clearest. (Paints, is I guess a word that I have
> seen used by the military in terms of how a radar beam will cover the size
> and shape of a distant object.)
>
>
>
> In writing all this, it is my opinion, though it is also the experience of a
> big bunch of other blind travelers, too. And I will also say, that all blind
> people are different and what works for one, is not necessarily the best for
> the next person.
>
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