[stylist] Writers' division - August Telephone Gathering - Special Guest - A Published, Author who is Blind

[Robert Leslie Newman]

            Hi you All! 

RE: Our guest is Lauren Merryfield, a long-time   Federationest and author  

Date: Sunday August 31st

Time: 8:30 ET, 7:30 CT, 6:30 MT, 5:30 PT 

Phone# 712) 432-0460        

Access# 568839Pound

 

Lauren was to be our May/June guest, however due to a phone malfunction for
her, it didn't happen.

 

About our Special Guest:

Lauren Merryfield has written since she was ten years old. She won second
place in two essay contests in high school. She kept a diary for years,
which was good writing practice. 

Many of her articles appeared in The Braille Monitor, Future Reflections and
Walking Alone and Marching Together. One of her articles became the title to
the first Kernel book: "what color is the sun." 

 

More recently, Lauren has had two books published. The first was "there's
more than one way to love a cat: my kitty journal in haiku," about all of
the cats who have lived with her through the years. Her recent book,
"there's more than one way to be okay: a blind woman's PURRspective on life"
is mostly about blindness issues and is partly autobiographical in nature.
Of course the cats have their own chapter. Lauren is currently in the
process of having an audiobook version of this book recorded, with an added
epilogue. 

 

Lauren self-published both of her books. She has a website, and is selling
them on amazon.com. She writes, "I have sold some by word of mouth and at
craft fairs."

 

Purchase my new book: there's more than one way to be okay at:

 

http://www.TheresMoreThanOneWay.com

 

On a personal note.robert talking, Lauren and I were in the 1967 graduation
class from the Nebraska School for the visually Handicapped, (7 people were
in that class).  

 

Robert Leslie Newman

Personal Website-

 <http://www.thoughtprovoker.info/> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

President, NFB Writers' Division

Division Website-

http://writers.nfb.org

Chair, NFB Communications Committee

Vice President, Nebraska Senior Division 

First Vice President, Omaha Chapter

Commissioner, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired