[stylist] New Book, blindness on TV

[Chris Kuell]

Donna,

I'm generally skeptical by nature, but I really hope they do a good job with 
this show. It's exactly what we've been talking about here--an opportunity 
to crush the stupid stereotypes and let the public see a guy who is 
interesting, and just happens to be blind. If it does a good job, and if the 
public enjoys it, it could open the door to more blind characters in the 
arts. Personally, I feel certain that the reason books like yours and mine 
aren't getting read by agents and traditional publishers is because we have 
blind protagonists. An agent, or more likely, an agent's assistant reads my 
query and thinks--a blind protagonist? Nobody is going to buy that. It's too 
outside mainstream experience.

Hopefully, the times, they are a changing.

chris