[stylist] lgbt and NFB

[Atty Rose]

Yes...

Cause you rock Robert!

Never say die.
Atty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] lgbt and NFB


> Hey you LG folks, note that the Writers' Division has accepted and 
> published
> sexually oriented material. Our diversity tolerance and respect is open 
> and
> well...as long as any conversation or writings is not too...way out there!
> Thanks for being you along
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:28 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] lgbt and NFB
>
> And you won't.
>
> We weren't even allowed to announce where our unofficial group was meeting
> at the convension.
>
> We weren't allowed to have a email list either and still aren't.
>
> For a group that talks about equal rights they are blind to what that
> actually means.
>
> Atty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miss Thea" <thearamsay at rogers.com>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] gay protag
>
>
>> You know, I half-thought I'd run into an LGBT division of the NFB, but
>> never did.
>> Thea
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Applebutter Hill
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 5:27 PM
>> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] gay protag
>>
>> This reminds me of a workshop I attended years ago with an agent named
>> Joan
>> Timberlake, who supports LGBT authors. I wrote a piece about it and
>> submitted it to Slate & Style, but I don't think it was ever published.
>> It's
>> been so long that I have no idea what she's up to now, but I liked her.
>> Donna
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:32 AM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: [stylist] gay protag
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Some agents might be very in to it and there are also GBLT friendly
>> publishers also.
>>
>> Don't give up on it just cause he or she is gay!
>> Timing is everything. There is a huge movement around same sex couples
>> getting rights, and though there are still people who discriminate our
>> society is evolving to higher thinking all the time.
>>
>> There is a nitch for it and if you search out some of the publishers that
>> accept lesbian and gay lit, some of them don't even require agents.
>>
>> Write on,
>> Atty
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "William L Houts" <lukaeon at gmail.com>
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HI Thea,
>>>
>>> No, the first novel is a bit of a train wreck, and has a gay protag
>>> anyway, so I couldn't get agents interested in it.  I think the novel 
>>> I'm
>>> working on now has a lot more going for it so I'm focusing on that for
>>> the
>>
>>> moment.  I read your post about the scam you've lived through and 
>>> enjoyed
>>> it, if that's the right word.  It made me so angry, the way most human
>>> beings are trusting and trustworthy  while some few are manipulative
>>> vampires.  Your piece is so rich with the sense of human warmth, as with
>>> the people in the restaurant, contrasted with the scamsters.  I look
>>> forward to more of your writing.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/11/2014 8:37 AM, Miss Thea wrote:
>>>> Mister Bill, I'm a new kid, too.
>>>> Name's Thea, live in Ontario.
>>>> Did you get your first novel published?
>>>> I don't know if writing if better than the things you mentioned, but it
>>>> comes pretty close.
>>>> It's like theater. First, things look like they're never going to come
>>>> through, then after so many re-writes you want to scream, the magic
>>>> happens.
>>>> It's like chocolate ice cream you have to make yourself, and wild sex
>>>> between two old married people. It can happen; it just needs help. LOL
>>>> Thea
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: William L Houts
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 12:24 PM
>>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>>> Subject: [stylist] Introduction
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Stylists,
>>>>
>>>> Just joined the group and it looks very promising;  I'm looking forward
>>>> to interesting chats with y'alls.  I write poetry and fiction, and am
>>>> currently about midway through my second (as yet unpublished) novel,
>>>> which I label as literary fantasy.  I can easily say without feeling
>>>> silly that writing, at least on that incredible sleigh ride we 
>>>> sometimes
>>>> experience where word meets rhythm meets metaphor and you feel like 
>>>> your
>>>> mind is made of lightning and rainis my favorite thing in the world:
>>>> better than chocolate ice cream, better than hot raunchy sex, better
>>>> than anything.  IN the meantime, though, I'm looking forward to some
>>>> smart sassy talk with some smart sassy new friends. Cheers, everybody.
>>>>
>>>> --Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> "Let's drink a toast now to who we really are."
>>>
>>>           --Jane Siberry
>>>
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