[stylist] Introduction

[Amy McGarrah]

Hello Bridgit,
My goodness, it sounds like you have your hands
full.
I am geffting my bachelor's degree in communications with my 
specialty being public advocacy, and once I'm done with that I 
want to get an MFA in creative writing.
There are a lot of people, (at least here where I live, Michigan) 
that don't have a single clue about Braille or how to deal with 
people with disabilities, so I would like to try and change that.  
I have two essays that I will be putting together that will 
probably take up the rest of this week.
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:21:30 -0600
Subject: [stylist] Introduction

Amy,

Welcome back.  We hope to hear more from you and sample your 
writing.

I'm also a totally blind writer, but I didn't lose my vision 
until I was
22.  I actually find it difficult to write without visual 
descriptions
even when I can't actually see things.  I'm still a very visual 
person.
When I was asked to write something for a class as a person with 
no
sight, I found it difficult oddly enough.  It was a challenge but 
a good
one.

I have a BFA in creative writing with my emphasis in creative
nonfiction, but I took a lot of workshop classes in fiction as 
well.  I
have several pieces I'm working on- both nonfiction and fiction- 
and I
add onto that list daily, LOL!

I currently blog for the Omaha World Herald's website, Live Well
Nebraska, and my blogs are frequently featured on their sister 
websites,
Momaha.com and Omaha.com.  I'm also the senior editor for Slate & 
Style,
the Writers' division magazine.  And I have public relations 
experience
and do a lot of PR for our Omaha chapter of the Federation.  I 
also do PR
for my mom's dance studio.

I also took a lot of public speaking classes while at university 
along
with theatre classes.  Since my teens, I've been involved in 
theatre and
public speaking.  I was on my high school's speech team, and I 
use to
participate in community theatre groups around Omaha, and we have 
plenty
of local theatres around here.  I have done speaking appearances 
the last
couple of years, mostly as an independent speaker, especially for
colleges and local groups in the capacity of a motivational 
speaker.
This is something I enjoy and hope to do more of.

My husband, Ross,  and I live in Omaha, Nebraska.  We have a
three-year-old little girl, Penny,  and a brand new two-month-old 
son,
Declan.  Because of this, I have very little time to write at the 
moment,
grin.

Look forward to hearing more from you.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

Message: 4
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:28:17 -0500
From: Amy McGarrah <amyemcgarrah at gmail.com
To: stylist at nfbnet.org, writers-chat at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Introduction
Message-ID: <50a02694.aa543a0a.10be.ffffba4e at mx.google.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed

Hello everyone,
My name is Amy McGarrah.  I've been a ember of this division,
but I had to leave for awhile.  I'm not really sure where to
begin with my intro, so I guess I'll start at the beginning.  I'm 
totally
blind.  I've been a writer since I was 12 years old.  At present 
I'm
working on getting my bachelor's degree in
communications and public advocacy at Madonna University.
This semester I'm taking a public speaking class and I love it! I 
have
dabbled in multifle genres of writing over the past 20
years, but at the moment I'm work on my own biography and several
pieces of fiction.
That is all I can think of for now, but if anyone has any
questions, please don't hesitate to ask either here or email me
offlist.
Amy


_______________________________________________
Writers Division web site
http://www.writers-division.net/
stylist mailing list
stylist at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info 
for stylist:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/amyemcgarrah
%40gmail.com