[stylist] message from new member and reply to new writing prompt

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Amy!
I'm Ashley and I saw you years ago when you were a teen at a Bism retreat.
Feel free to email me off list. I think your background is excellent. Where 
did you receive your english degree and teaching ESL degree?
Wow, I've not heard a blind person doing that one! So what do you do now? 
Teach ESL in public school? tutor? You have many options open to you with 
that combo.

I am a young adult and I'm trying to figure out what I want to do.
I graduated from  Marymount university with a BA in liberal studies; which 
is a degree where you pick two fields of study to complete a degree. I 
studied lots of psychology, but it was not quite a major. Now I'm in school 
at community college taking additional writing courses for a career studies 
certificate.
I enjoy writing personal essays and what I believe is called creative 
nonfiction; the type based on your life where you place dialoge and scenes 
in it.


I actually desire to do what you do. I want to teach ESL as a volunteer and 
am very curious to know alternative techniques. How can you communicate with 
them nonverbally since you cannot see their gestures.
I know you can show and label pictures to teach words and concepts. But 
there is lots of nonverbal stuff involved typically in teaching english to 
non native speakers. I know many nonprofits in this area, VA, who look for 
ESL volunteers including at a homeless shelter and would love to make a 
difference in an immigrant's life.
Additionally, I'd like to do some free lance work part time; maybe writing 
articles for a small paper or writing white papers for a company, something 
like that. But I have no clue how to get started. I'm looking around though.

Anyway, I hope we both learn about writing careers here from seasoned 
writers.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Lynn Herstein
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:34 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] message from new member and reply to new writing prompt

Hi, everybody.  My name is Amy Herstein.  I might show up as Lynn on
the list but prefer to be known as Amy.  I am an aspiring writer who
would love to get in contact with a more experienced person, maybe a
freelance writer, who might be willing to offer some helpful pointers
to someone just getting started.  I have a B.A. in English and an MA
in teaching English as a Second Language, love writing fiction, and
enjoy editing and writing creative essays.

I'm from Maryland, and we haven't had much of a winter here, either.
There were a few days when it dipped below twenty, but there have been
less than ten of them since winter began.  When it is cold, I must
confess I'm a bit of a wimp.  I tend to shelter indoors, drinking a
mug of herbal tea, spiced cider, or hot cocoa.  I love baking, as it
warms the house and fills the kitchen with wonderful aromas.  I spend
a lot of the colder days inside, huddled beside a box heater with a
book to read.  My latest tradition is counting down the days until
spring arrives again.  I start at a hundred, then count them down
until I hit zero.  (If anyone wants to know, there are now 48.)

It's great to get on this list, and I'm looking forward to interacting
with everyone.

Amy Herstein

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