[stylist] Ray Channler

[Atty Rose]

Don't sweat the age thing, Ray Channler and Curt Vonnegut  were both over 
fourty when they published their books. If my memory serves me, that is. lol

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] HumanWare and Houses


>I think everyone is seeking that life partner, romantic or plutonic, who
> they can spend life with. That person who just gets you, who loves you
> no matter what. That person who is there no matter the circumstances.
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> I'm very, very lucky to have found that person, and we've been married
> for 8 years now and have the most beautiful little boy, smile.
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> But as for the writing... What writer doesn't want to make a living from
> it? And finding time to write these days is near impossible. I have
> difficulty finding time to check email. This is the only listserve I
> check in with these days.
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> One of my mentors and former profs didn't publish his first book until
> he was 39 though, so I have seven years yet, this gives me hope, grin.
>
> Bridgit
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> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Miss Thea
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 9:51 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] HumanWare and Houses
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> I'm a writer with a mission: to be one little blinkie who gets off her
> disability check, and moves back to Maui, or even Kauai, hopefully with
> a
> life partner, where I purchase a honey house--not a palace, but a honey
> house surrounded by trees, sweetened by the trade breeze from the sea,
> and
> so vibey when you walk in, that it seems the house itself is welcoming
> you. I lived for 12 years in such a house with my ex. We were married
> for 16
> years.
> Then he died last summer, and the house guest who came to stay is now
> lord
> of the manor.
> I miss my honey house. I miss Rob. I miss the good times we had. I've
> got a story, fictionalized, paranormalized, but nonetheless, it's how I
> feel about my honey house on Maui.
> The house that was taken over by strangers.
> But if I could write my way out of this isolation with WheelTrans, write
> my
> way out of this loneliness, maybe write my way into another honey house,
> I
> think I would feel so at peace, especially if I had someone to share it
> with.
> Thea
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: William L Houts
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:30 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Humanware Anyone?
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> Hi Thea,
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> I think you have to buy the VRS Mark 2 if you want to visit Bookshare,
> access the wikis and all that jazz.  Like I said, it's pretty pricey for
> wee little blinkies on our wee little disabilitty checks, but well worth
> the cost.
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> --Bill
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> On 3/15/2014 5:10 PM, Miss Thea wrote:
>> Bill, I have a Stratus. I wonder if I can do all that stuff with it?
>> The Victor Stratus is a lean, mean, reading machine, but I never read
>> in the help file where I could get access to a dictionary or
>> thesaurus. Those, IMO, are a writer's best friend. Anyone know of a
>> good dictionary and thesaurus one can download from the net, or are
>> Word's thesaurus and research tools quite sufficient? Thea
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: William L Houts
>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:30 PM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: [stylist] Humanware Anyone?
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>> Just wondering if any of my new friends here has acquired Humanware's
>> Victor Reader Stream Mark 2.  You can keep around 100 books on a 32GIG
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>> SD card, download Bookshare books, listen to podcasts and music. And
>> as of a couple of weeks ago, you can tune into hundreds of Internet
>> radio stations, as well as look up words and phrases on Wikipedia and
>> Wictionary.  Costs around $400.00, which isn't cheap when you're on a
>> fixed income, but I've found it to be well well well worth it.
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>> -- "Let's drink a toast now to who we really are." --Jane Siberry
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