[stylist] writing about blindness

[Lynda Lambert]

And, so, we have beat them to it - we have already begun to design our OWN 
bins here on the list - lol

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Applebutter Hill" <applebutterhill at gmail.com>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] writing about blindness


> Everybody just can't wait to find a bin to stick us in so they don't have 
> to
> think about anything.
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:40 AM
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> Subject: [stylist] writing about blindness
>
> One afternoon my sister and I are having lunch. I told her I was working 
> on
> a story, the one that I sold to Breath and Shadow, as it were, and she 
> says,
> "You should write about being blind and blindness."
>
> I bristled at this. I said "Why is that?"
>
> She said, "Cause it is interesting and you know all about it."
>
> I said, "I didn't think it was all that interesting and I didn't know all
> about it at all."
>
> She said, "You should do it.'
>
> I said, "that is like me saying you should write about blonds and being
> blond, cause you have been that way a lot longer than I've been blind."
>
> She didn't see what I meant but she dropped it. LOL
>
> Sheesh...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] bios and cover letters
>
>
>> Yes, and sometimes, the focus becomes about blindness. If all you write
>> about is blindness, than maybe, but most of us write about a lot of
>> things.
>>
>> Once people learn I'm blind, they tend to want me to write only about
>> it. I don't mind this, but I have a lot of other things to say, to write
>> about, and I don't want to be pigeon-holed.
>>
>> And when you think about it, need we state other things about us? My
>> name may be a clue, but do I need to say I'm a female writer? Do I need
>> to say I'm a mother or wife who writes? Unless it pertains to a
>> guideline or subject, I say less is more.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Applebutter Hill
>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:07 PM
>> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] bios and cover letters
>>
>>
>> Atty,
>> Some of the blindness and disability publications want you to include
>> something about it, but other than that, I am trying to say as little as
>> possible about it. I decided to leave something in on my LinkedIn
>> profile, because I am trying to connect with people in the blindness
>> professions and activists. But, that said, I still push it down into the
>> text as far as possible. Blindness is part of who I am, but I want
>> people to know about some of the other parts of me before they find out.
>>
>> I wouldn't personally say that I am a blind writer. I'm a writer and
>> write about this that and the other thing. I was the first legally blind
>> kid mainstreamed in my school district. That way they don't pigeonhole
>> your writing yet they find out you're blind in a way that keeps it in
>> perspective. Just my two cents. Donna
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:28 PM
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>> Subject: [stylist] bios and cover letters
>>
>> Hi gang,
>>
>> When you send a bio to a magazine, they want cover letter, brief bio,
>> that sort of thing, do you write that you are a blind writer working
>> blah blah, living blah blah....
>>
>> In other words, do you mention your blindness? I did for Breath and
>> Shadow but none of the other ones.
>>
>> What are your thoughts on the matter?
>>
>> Atty
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