[stylist] New member, well old member returning

Thu Oct 6 02:40:48 UTC 2016

I'm surprised they don't even let you volunteer. I wonder if that's a legality thing as well?
I can't answer your questions about self-publishing or blogging, I typically write for myself and this list and maybe some writing friends as well. I find short stories easiest because then I can't get too overattached to a particular character or family, although I  have been slowly but hopefully one day surely writing about  the experience of 2 friends, Emma and Kelly, who attend a training center in Kansas based on the NFB training model, and who, despite being best friends, are as different as night and day. 
Vejas 

> On Oct 5, 2016, at 19:12, Tessa via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Vejas,
> Thanks for the welcome.
> The bookshare issue is if I understand correctly based on agreements between 
> publishers rather than a decision by the bookshare team itself. I'd love to 
> have access to the full content but I'm darn glad to have access to what I 
> do have and with luck that will improve over time.
> The thing that most annoys me is the simple fact that because I'm not in the 
> states I can't volunteer, I can't fix books and resubmit them. For example I 
> have a hard copy of Jurassic park by Michael Crichton, the copy on Bookshare 
> is incomplete, the tables apparently being rendered as jpg. Even though I 
> own a copy of the book I can't help update the file.
> Anyway that being said I love going through the new listings, seeing what's 
> available in the various fields of interest I'm currently working on.
> I too am getting a little more into my writing, I write more in the winter 
> months when I'm more likely to be stuck at home. Right now I'm working on a 
> novel about world war II doing some serious editing with the hope of having 
> it ready to send to publishers sometime in 2017.
> How many people have self published and where did you do it and how well did 
> it work out for you, did you make any money or was it just to get your work 
> out there and known.
> I recently read the Martian for the second time, every time I read about the 
> authors adventures in self publishing it makes me smile, it's wonderful to 
> see such a success story. The problem with self publishing is that everyone 
> can do it and so there's a lot of junk out there.
> Also how many people have blogs, what are good accessible sites to do this 
> and what the heck does one say on a blog anyway. One of the things I've been 
> reading is that you need to get your name out there, have a web site a blog 
> and all that stuff. Me, I post to facebook once or twice a month, what the 
> heck am I going to say on a blog LOL.
> Anyway looking forward to hearing from everyone.
> Tessa
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vejas via stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Writers' Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Vejas" <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 9:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] {Spam?} New member, well old member returning
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> 
> : Hi Tessa,
> : I remember you. I remember specifically because when I originally joined 
> the WritersChat list, when such a list was in existence, I think you were 
> the first to reply.
> : CongragulNs on your place in the  contest.
> : That sucks that Bookshare won't let you have access to all books being 
> from Canada. If I were a Canadian, I believe that that would be a battle 
> worth fighting, LOL.
> : This list is definitely still active. It has quietness down a little, 
> people still write poems and occasional stories and I have just gotten back 
> into the writing scene. While a student at LCB I admit to not being very 
> active, but I plan to change that.
> : Good luck.
> : Vejas
> :
> : > On Oct 5, 2016, at 15:46, Tessa via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> : >
> : > Hi All
> : > It's been a number of years since I was on this list. I'm glad to be 
> back.
> : >
> : > My name is Tessa and I've been writing at least since the early 80's and
> : > telling stories before then.
> : >
> : > This has been a very good year for me where writing is concerned. I 
> belong
> : > to the Northwestern Ontario writers workshop one hundred or so members
> : > strong and very active. I've had three pieces published in our NOWW 
> magazine
> : > this year, absolutely amazing.
> : >
> : > Every year NOWW runs a writing contest open to anyone. One of the 
> categories
> : > was novel excerpt which we haven't had as a category in the past. I
> : > submitted two pieces and won first and third. I'm still on cloud nine 
> when I
> : > think about that LOL.
> : >
> : > I mostly write novels and have about a dozen rough drafts waiting for 
> some
> : > serious polishing. In 2010 I took the NaNoWriMo challenge for the first 
> time
> : > and that piece was my first prize winner, my 2014 NaNoWriMo piece won 
> third.
> : > So, is anyone else doing NaNoWriMo?
> : >
> : > For anyone unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo it begins November 1st and the idea 
> is
> : > the write 50,000 words in 30 days. At the moment I'm trying to figure 
> out
> : > just what I'm going to write.
> : >
> : > Also, we Canadians now have limited access to bookshare and the 
> incredible
> : > amount of research material available there. I Love it. I just finished
> : > reading Laura Deutsch's book writing from the senses 59 exercises to 
> Ignite
> : > your writing, a terrific exploration of the senses and exercises to
> : > encourage people to think about the things they taste, touch feel and so 
> on,
> : > even as a writer who is blind I appreciated it and will need to read it
> : > again to do the exercises.
> : >
> : > I use a braille notetaker for a lot of my writing though in the past I 
> have
> : > used slate and styless on old magazine papers. I still have some of that
> : > stuff but it's so faded I'm not sure it's even readable any more or 
> worth
> : > reading. A local poet told me she had burned all her old work, to me it 
> was
> : > devistating, how could she do that, she said it was liberating, LOL. I
> : > suppose that makes sense, I look at some of my old stuff and cringe.
> : >
> : > Anyway just thought I'd say hi.
> : >
> : > Tessa
> : >
> : >
> : >
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