[stylist] New Book, blindness on TV

[P. Campbell]

Years ago, I had an agent reject a book because she told me that no 
publisher would buy a book with a blind protagonist.  I've been fortunate 
that I've sold two books with blind protagonist to the so-called 
conventional publishers, one of them published in hard cover, soft cover, 
reprinted in large-print, in the United Kingdom and in Chinese, the other in 
hard cover, and re-printed in soft cover, and done three titles in digital 
format.  I'd like to think that times have changed drastically in twenty 
years, but I suspect this is indeed a reflection of changing times, and a 
rather ignorant agent.

Phyllis

Hi,
We have Lincoln Rhyme in a wheelchair--excuse the possible misspelling--so I 
hold out hope that disability, generally, and blindness, specifically, will 
be more accepted as a characteristic, rather than the whole person, or as a 
monster under the proverbial bed. An old pastor said that sometimes we are 
the only bible people read. So let's read them the book of blindness, 
chapter and verse from the disability bible, and allow the seeds to grow.

Enough drivel for one post. Now, back to PDF accessibility and mal-formed 
document tag structures.

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kuell
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:47 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] New Book, blindness on TV

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


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