[stylist] An Introduction and newly blind questions
Barbara Hammel
poetlori8 at msn.com
Mon Jul 15 23:28:31 UTC 2013
You also may want to look into learning how to read Braille. I'm glad
you've reached out to us in this time of crisis, it shows that you are
willing to jump into this with both feet. No, not every day is going to be
a great one. You'll have some pretty down ones, I'm sure, but good for you
with trying to help yourself continue to do what you love just by different
means. Don't get too discouraged with yourself if things don't come
together as fast as you'd like them to. Just focus on the positives and
give yourself a break when frustration is too great.
Barbara
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
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From: April Brown
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 8:13 AM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] An Introduction and newly blind questions
Hello,
I am a writer who has been writing for several years. I'm no longer
waiting to be chosen by agents after querying over 60 in the last years for
the start of an unexpected series. I intend to self publish the series, I
am thinking one every six months (4 of six books are mostly complete and
three are in edits). The first will be published mid December, likely
through Smashwords.
I am also newly legally blind. I have had three massive unexplained
bouts of vision loss since November. This last one, this last weekend has
left grey and light blue items with a lavender tint. Fonts that were easy
to read a month ago now look spidery.
I need help choosing the best options as a blind writer.
I've tried Dragon. It offered to uninstall Windows for me. After up
to 9 hours of training, I can get it to work at about 20% accuracy for about
an hour at a time. By third use, it crashes my computer and I have to spend
a day reformatting it. I've even tried it on three different computers.
For a screen reader, I have tried NVDA. I can get it to read one
paragraph at a time in Word or Outlook. It crashes Firefox.
My vision is so foggy many days, I can barely see the computer screen,
and editing is a nightmare.
What suggestions can you offer for a writer who learns visually, and
can no longer see enough to work easily?
April Brown
Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide behind.
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4. Re: Introducing Myself and Blogging with JAWS (Homme, James)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:46:40 -0500
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "writers nfb" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [stylist] Member looking for a Collaborative Writing Partner
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Dear you all,
RE: Member is looking for a writing partner:
Robert, Can you put out a request for someone to collaborate on a play I'm
writing. It doesn't have to be someone from New Jersey as we can talk via
phone and use e mail. They can contact me by phone 908-725-9044 or by e mail
classemt at aol.com. in subject line writers division. thank you. Angela Perone
Robert Leslie Newman
Personal Website-
Adjustment To Blindness And Visual impairment
http//www.thoughtprovoker.info
NFB Writers' Division, president
http://www.nfb-writers-division.net
Chair of the NFB Communications Committee
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 21:25:59 -0700
From: Eve Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
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Subject: [stylist] moving
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Robert and all, I am moving tomorrow. I will not be online for a bit so if
anyone needs to get a holdf me; my number is (208) 339-2430. I do not know
my address yet, or I should say, I do not remember it. I will let you all
know when I am able and will call you, Robert, so that you hopefully do not
send anything out to this Cottonwood address. Hope I notified in time, but
finally got word today. Hope everybody stays well. Blessed Be. Eve
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 06:07:49 -0500
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] moving
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Okay Eve ---working on the adult winners today. I'll wait for your next
message from your new address.
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Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:26 PM
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Robert and all, I am moving tomorrow. I will not be online for a bit so if
anyone needs to get a holdf me; my number is (208) 339-2430. I do not know
my address yet, or I should say, I do not remember it. I will let you all
know when I am able and will call you, Robert, so that you hopefully do not
send anything out to this Cottonwood address. Hope I notified in time, but
finally got word today. Hope everybody stays well. Blessed Be. Eve
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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:29:07 +0000
From: "Homme, James" <james.homme at highmark.com>
To: "stylist at nfbnet.org" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Introducing Myself and Blogging with JAWS
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Hi Henry,
I know of a blind blogger who uses a plug in for WordPress called MarkDown.
MarkDown is a sort of textual formatting scheme that allows you to use
symbols in your text. The plug in reads your blog posts as someone reads
your site and when it sees the formatting marks, turns them into HTML. You
write the text and put the formatting marks in it. The plug in stores your
text in the WordPress database with your MarkDown formatting in it.
Here is the page that talks about all of this.
http://www.vocalbranding.com.au/these-are-a-few-of-my-favourite-themes-and-a
ccessible-wordpress-plugins/
Here is the page written by the maintainer of the MarkDown formatting
language. http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/.
Speaking of HTML, I feel that if you want to use HTML, that you need to turn
off the normal editor WordPress uses, so that you can read the HTML mark-up.
Mark-up is another term for formatting.
As for learning HTML, if you want to do that, and you use a blogging
platform such as Blogger and WordPress, you can get away with starting with
a small subset of HTML. MarkDown, though, would probably be a good way to go
because it covers most of what you would use as a writer, in my humble
opinion.
I'm starting to play around with WordPress myself. I'd be glad to share what
I learn with anyone who wants to talk about it on this list. And while my
coffee is flowing through my veins, if anyone wants to have a look at the
site I'm using to play with WordPress, and please feel free to send me
material privately, visit http://www.popciclejokes.com/. Note that the site
address is misspelled. That joke is on me, because I can't change the domain
name unless I want to buy a new one, which I don't. <grin>.
Thanks.
Jim
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4. introducing myself, and blogging with JAWS (Henry Macphillamy)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:41:04 -0500
From: Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>
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Subject: [stylist] also new on the list
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Hey! My name is Sophie Trist, and I'm also new to the list and to the
writers' division. I'm sixteen years old, and I've loved to write ever since
I was a little kid. I love anykind of writing, but my passion is fantasy.
Right now, I'm working on getting my first book published. I'm still in the
early stages, but it's coming along! I look forward to getting to know all
of you!
Yours sincerely,
Sophie
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:24:39 -0700
From: Vejas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
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Hi Sophie,
My name is Vejas, and I'm also 16. Actually, I remember you from Braille
challenge and the NABS list. Also, quite a while back I saw your review for
the book Louisiana's Song in Stone Soup.
We share writing and have discussions about various things related to
writing.
I can't really tell you what I'm working on, because I'm kind of having
writer's block.
Vejas
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From: Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com
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Hey! My name is Sophie Trist, and I'm also new to the list and to the
writers' division. I'm sixteen years old, and I've loved to write ever
since I was a little kid. I love anykind of writing, but my passion is
fantasy. Right now, I'm working on getting my first book published. I'm
still in the early stages, but it's coming along! I look forward to getting
to know all of you!
Yours sincerely,
Sophie
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:13:44 -0500
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
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Welcome Sophie. Great, another fantasy lover! I admire your ambition.
I'm 32 with a degree in creative writing, and I'm finally working on a
novel. I've written short stories, nothing longer than 30 pages, and lots of
personal essays, but this will be my first attempt at a novel, at least a
disciplined attempt.
Look forward to seeing you on the list. Would love to read something of
yours.
Bridgit
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Hey! My name is Sophie Trist, and I'm also new to the list and to the
writers' division. I'm sixteen years old, and I've loved to write ever since
I was a little kid. I love anykind of writing, but my passion is fantasy.
Right now, I'm working on getting my first book published. I'm still in the
early stages, but it's coming along! I look forward to getting to know all
of you!
Yours sincerely,
Sophie
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:15:35 +1000
From: Henry Macphillamy <henry.macphillamy at gmail.com>
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Hi all,
My name is Henry, and I'm a Braille and JAWS user from Australia. I was
googling for resources on blind writers, and this list was one of the first
hits that popped up.
I've been writing a blog at: http://www.macphillamysmusings.wordpress.com
I know absolutely nothing about editing html, and have been writing my
entries on my Braille Sense, or with Microsoft Word, and then copying and
pasting when I think they're publishable.
I'm wondering if there are any bloggers out there who use JAWS, and if so,
how on earth do you do it? which blogging sites are most accessible? and how
do you deal with the presentation side of things... bulleted lists,
embedding links, etc etc. any tips, advice and or other resources would be
very much appreciated.
I would really like to make my entries more professional looking, as well as
embed links to other posts, articles and such.
If you want to contact me off list, my email is: henry.macphillamy at gmail.com
Cheers, Henry
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