[stylist] writing about blindness

Sun Mar 23 16:24:09 UTC 2014

I'm knitting mine in green camouflage  LOL Why you might ask? Because I have a whole bunch left over from another project. LOL 

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> On Mar 23, 2014, at 7:07 AM, "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> 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>
>> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> 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
>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>> 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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