[stylist] My current writing
Bridgit Pollpeter
bpollpeter at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 21 18:53:01 UTC 2010
Bill,
Creative nonfiction and historical fiction are two different things. HF
relies on factual, historical info, but usually the main characters are
fictional or a writer creates fictional situations around a historical
figure.
CNF is nonfiction (usually memoir or essay) but really any type of NF
can incorporate the creative side of NF. Priscilla, who is on the list,
is a beautiful CNF writer, but other notable CNF writers are Annie
Dillard, Joan Didion, David Sedaris.
At times there is a fine line between creative nonfiction and historical
fiction, but CNF maintains the story is all true whereas HF maintains it
is a fictionalized account of a time in history.
CNF takes true stories and experiences and uses scene development,
dialogue, lyrical language or other fictional techniques to create a
story.
Sorry guys, I'm just really bored at the moment! *smile*
Bridgit
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1. Re: My Current writing (Bill Outman)
2. Re: Self Publishing (davidw)
3. Re: Self Publishing (davidw)
4. Re: Self Publishing (davidw)
5. Re: Self Publishing (davidw)
6. monthly Telephone Meeting Reminder- October 24th
(Robert Leslie Newman)
7. self publishing and marketing (Robert Leslie Newman)
8. Excellent article by our Lori Stayer (Donna Hill)
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:29:40 -0400
From: "Bill Outman" <woutman at earthlink.net>
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That's more or less what I'm planning. Yes it's fictional in that it
takes place around 2020 for the launch of the European major leagues.
It is historically rooted however in that will discusses some actual
history and develops from the French commissioner's having taken an
interest in baseball while here in North America in the '70's and '80's
before developing otherr business interests after going back to his
native land.
It works out that this commissioner is about my age, I'll be 46 in
December and I have him born a few weeks after me. This allows me to
partially build him through reflections on my own thoughts, feelings and
attitudes as they are with some conjecture on how they might have been
in different circumstances.
So creative non-fiction/historical novel is probably the correct genre
categorization.
Bill Outman
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Bill,
Your baseball book sounds interesting. Will it be fiction then? I
gather since you want to create a Braille descendent that it will be
fiction, but have you considered incorporating non-fiction with
fictional elements and make it creative non-fiction? Just a thought,
and you could still use fictional characters. Nonetheless, it sounds
interesting.
Good luck.
Robert,
I think it is perfect to develop a curriculum, of sorts, for Chapters
and groups to use as a guide for discussions. Even Federation veterans
can use assistance when attempting to lead a planned discussion. It is
always nice to have a source to reference.
It also helps provide a written understanding of our philosophy which
helps to set a standard across the board. It's kind of like trying
teach math with all different kinds of perspectives. I'm all for
creativity and thinking outside the box, but some things require a
uniformity so we don't break into different factions. Hmm... much like
the Church.
Bridgit
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:36:05 -0700
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Joe,
Thanks, there are so many to choose from and I'll go read up on this
one. The one's that I have read up on seem to have added costs in all
their
packages. I understand that there are differences in book style, grade
of
paper...
Making this choice will be almost as difficult as the writing of my
biography.
David
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> Try iUniverse. They're good if you keep them in line about what it is
> you're willing to spend.
>
> 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
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> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have been researching self publishing company's and there are so
> many to choose from. Being a first time author of my non-fiction
> novel I'd like to
> make the right choice.
>
> Can someone recommend a company for printing paperback's with the
> advantages of distribution.
> and or company's that don't shy away from first time author's.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Wermuth
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:45:07 -0700
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Thanks Brad,
This also gives me more information and they have other products I have
been
looking for.David
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>I only know of my cartoonist friend who used the below. But they seem
>very
>fast, and do a nice job.
>
> http://www.lulu.com/
>
> Brad
>
> At 01:51 PM 10/20/2010, you wrote:
>>Hello Everyone,
>>
>>I have been researching self publishing company's and there are so
>>many to
>>choose from. Being a first time author of my non-fiction novel I'd
like
>>to make the right choice.
>>
>>Can someone recommend a company for printing paperback's with the
>>advantages of distribution.
>>and or company's that don't shy away from first time author's.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>David Wermuth
>>dwermuth1 at earthlink.net
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:54:49 -0700
From: "davidw" <dwermuth1 at earthlink.net>
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Donna,
Thanks for the resources. I will read, "Getting Your Book Published For
Dummies"
I appreciate all the advice in this "mind numbing process", this is
truly a
challenge in itself.
David
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Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:13 PM
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> Hi David,
> Congratulations for getting this far in the process! There are many
> things
> to think about with self-publishing, and unless you already have done
so,
> I would advise reading "Getting Your Book Published for Dummies" which
is
> available as digital download and cassette from NLS or some other book
> about how the publishing industry works.
>
> I think that I Universe still makes you sign an exclusive contract,
> whereas Amazon, for instance, doesn't. I'm in the midst of
researching
> this for my novel and it is a mind-numbing process. The other thing
you
> need to keep in mind is that the writer, regardless of whether it's
> self-published or picked up by a publisher, is nowadays responsible
for
> more and more of the promotions. I recently bought an accessible
e-book
> called "Purple Snowflake Marketing" by Dave and Lillian Brummit, which
is
> a great resource.
>
> BTW, what's a nonfiction novel?
>
> Donna Hill
>
> Read Donna's articles on
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> On 10/20/2010 2:51 PM, davidw wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I have been researching self publishing company's and there are so
>> many
>> to choose from. Being a first time author of my non-fiction novel
I'd
>> like to make the right choice.
>>
>> Can someone recommend a company for printing paperback's with the
>> advantages of distribution.
>> and or company's that don't shy away from first time author's.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David Wermuth
>> dwermuth1 at earthlink.net
>>
>>
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:15:48 -0700
From: "davidw" <dwermuth1 at earthlink.net>
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Joe and Donna,
I agree with you Joe, book marketing would be a topic most of us would
like
to learn more about.
David
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> Donna,
>
> Thanks for the book mention. I'm going to definitely check it out.
From
> what I've been gathering, even authors who get picked up by major
> publishers
> wind up doing and paying for their own marketing in the current
economy,
> which makes me want to do a cost comparison. I hope folks with more
> information on book marketing will chime in, as this would be an
important
> point of discussion for self-publishing.
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Donna Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:14 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Self Publishing
>
> Hi David,
> Congratulations for getting this far in the process! There are many
> things to think about with self-publishing, and unless you already
have
> done so, I would advise reading "Getting Your Book Published for
> Dummies" which is available as digital download and cassette
> from NLS or
> some other book about how the publishing industry works.
>
> I think that I Universe still makes you sign an exclusive contract,
> whereas Amazon, for instance, doesn't. I'm in the midst of
researching
> this for my novel and it is a mind-numbing process. The other thing
you
> need to keep in mind is that the writer, regardless of whether it's
> self-published or picked up by a publisher, is nowadays responsible
for
> more and more of the promotions. I recently bought an accessible
e-book
> called "Purple Snowflake Marketing" by Dave and Lillian Brummit, which
> is a great resource.
>
> BTW, what's a nonfiction novel?
>
> Donna Hill
>
> Read Donna's articles on
> Suite 101:
> www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/donna_hill
> Ezine Articles:
> http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=D._W._Hill
> American Chronicle:
> www.americanchronicle.com/authors/view/3885
>
> Connect with Donna on
> Twitter:
> www.twitter.com/dewhill
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>
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> Donna is Head of Media Relations for the nonprofit
> Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind:
> www.padnfb.org
>
>
> On 10/20/2010 2:51 PM, davidw wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I have been researching self publishing company's and there are so
>> many to choose from. Being a first time author of my non-fiction
>> novel I'd like to make the right choice.
>>
>> Can someone recommend a company for printing paperback's with the
>> advantages of distribution.
>> and or company's that don't shy away from first time author's.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David Wermuth
>> dwermuth1 at earthlink.net
>>
>>
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:28:30 -0500
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
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Subject: [stylist] monthly Telephone Meeting Reminder- October 24th
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Dear Division Members and guests (If you are not a member, please do
join
us, we will all benefit)
RE: This month's telephone gathering! Sunday October 24th and it will be
super great! (Below, Read about our guest, Patricia , review the
questions
that we sent her, think up new info you need and check the times and
numbers
to do your call-in.)
--The guest speaker for the October conference call for the Writers'
Division will be Patricia Foster. Her online biograph reads:
"Patricia Foster is the author of two books of nonfiction and the editor
of
three anthologies of nonfiction prose. Just beneath My Skin (University
of
Georgia Press, 2004), her latest book, is a collection of essays that
explores autobiography as a means of creative self-examination. Kirkus
Review (starred) called it "perceptive, thoughtful - and
thought-provoking -
with abundant moments of insight," whereas the American Library
Association
noted that "although writers can feel alone and alienated, Foster seems
to
have found a place of redemption, where she is at home living beyond the
ordinary, which, in turn, infuses her writing with its notable
lyricism."
Four essays in this collection were named Notable Essays by Robert Atwan
(Best American Essays) while "A Second Look" won the Mary Roberts
Rinehart
Award for nonfiction.
Patricia Foster began her book publishing career with the anthology
Minding
the Body: Women Writers on Body and Soul (Anchor/Doubleday, 1994), a
book
translated into German, Dutch and Portuguese, chosen as a QPB Paperback
selection, and performed as a play by the Tampa Bay Performing Arts
Center.
Sister to Sister (Anchor/Doubleday, 1996), The Healing Circle co-edited
with
Mary Swander (Dutton, 1998), and a memoir, All the Lost Girls
(University of
Alabama, 2000), winner of the PEN/Jerard Fund Award for Women's
Nonfiction,
all continued her interest in narrative nonfiction.
In addition to personal essays, Patricia Foster is a writer of fiction
and a
graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She has published both fiction
and
nonfiction in such literary quarterlies as the Gettysburg Review,
Virginia
Quarterly Review, Iowa Review, Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner and Fourth
Genre. She won a Lake Effect Fiction Award, a Florida Arts Council
Award, a
Yaddo residency, four Alabama Arts & Humanities Awards, and a Dean's
Scholar
Award (University of Iowa). In 2003, she was an exchange professor at
Paul
Valery University in Montpellier, France.
In addition to her MFA in fiction, Patricia has an MFA in art (UCLA) and
a
Ph.D. in women's literature and creative writing (Florida State
University)."
--Priscilla McKinley sent your questions on writing and publishing to
Patricia, who will address those questions, as well as other questions,
meeting. And I have pasted those questions in below:
Suggestions - Interest for Discussion
For Guest Speaker
1. I would love to learn about writing autobiographical essays. I find
that
writing about myself is the hardest thing to do, and would love tips on
how
to do it.
Jewel
2. How about having the instructor give "common mistakes" writers make.
That could be like a list of 3, or maybe 5. I'm thinking about mistakes
writers make who fall into the beginner, or maybe unpublished, category.
Bob
3.
First--punctuation around quotation marks. I do a lot of technical
writing
for work, so grammar is not that much of a problem. It's just that you
don't use quote marks much in technical writing; so I never got the hang
of
the grammar.
Research--tips on doing research for stories would be helpful.
Shawn
4. I think it is always important to stress possessing knowledge of
style
and structure. Even though writers often rely on editors, we still need
to
have some level of knowledge when it comes to this stuff. I don't
pretend
to be an expert when it comes to grammar and all that, but you would not
believe how awful some peoples grammar is when I am editing for the
newsletter. And these are intelligent people. Also, I think it is
beneficial to have some forum where our work can be work shopped.
Whether
it is a classroom, online or community peer group, it is important to
have
that feedback and criticism. Maybe, too, pointing out the benefits to
studying your craft. Whether it is a traditional method like I have
chosen
or self-study or joining a community type class, studying writing can
only
make us better writers.
Bridget
5. I'd want to ask questions about marketing: Where do you research
magazine publications, and what do you look for?
What journals take articles about writing?
What websites do people use?
Are they the same ones we use?
What about market directories--should we even be looking at them any
more?
Should you publish first in your own region or State?
What books on writing do you recommend?
Thanks for the opportunity.
Nan
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:17:09 -0500
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [stylist] self publishing and marketing
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A very good topic --- think someone here could find an expert to talk to
us
about it? (Let's ask Patricia, during our Sunday evening telephone
gathering. (Info here, written out would also be good.)
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Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 4:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Self Publishing
Joe and Donna,
I agree with you Joe, book marketing would be a topic most of us would
like
to learn more about.
David
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Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Self Publishing
> Donna,
>
> Thanks for the book mention. I'm going to definitely check it out.
From
> what I've been gathering, even authors who get picked up by major
> publishers
> wind up doing and paying for their own marketing in the current
economy,
> which makes me want to do a cost comparison. I hope folks with more
> information on book marketing will chime in, as this would be an
important
> point of discussion for self-publishing.
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Donna Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:14 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Self Publishing
>
> Hi David,
> Congratulations for getting this far in the process! There are many
> things to think about with self-publishing, and unless you already
have
> done so, I would advise reading "Getting Your Book Published for
> Dummies" which is available as digital download and cassette
> from NLS or
> some other book about how the publishing industry works.
>
> I think that I Universe still makes you sign an exclusive contract,
> whereas Amazon, for instance, doesn't. I'm in the midst of
researching
> this for my novel and it is a mind-numbing process. The other thing
you
> need to keep in mind is that the writer, regardless of whether it's
> self-published or picked up by a publisher, is nowadays responsible
for
> more and more of the promotions. I recently bought an accessible
e-book
> called "Purple Snowflake Marketing" by Dave and Lillian Brummit, which
> is a great resource.
>
> BTW, what's a nonfiction novel?
>
> Donna Hill
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> On 10/20/2010 2:51 PM, davidw wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I have been researching self publishing company's and there are so
>> many to choose from. Being a first time author of my non-fiction
>> novel I'd like to make the right choice.
>>
>> Can someone recommend a company for printing paperback's with the
>> advantages of distribution.
>> and or company's that don't shy away from first time author's.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David Wermuth
>> dwermuth1 at earthlink.net
>>
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:49:44 -0400
From: Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net>
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Excellent article by our Lori Stayer
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Hi Friends,
Not sure if anyone posted this, and I didn't notice it before we left on
vacation. Lori Stayer wrote an article about blind beader Laurie Porter
(Wisconsin) for NFB's Krafters Division's Featured Member section. Among
other things, it's yet another plug for the many uses of Braille.
Check it out at:
http://www.krafterskorner.org/
Nice job, Lori!
Donna Hill
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