[stylist] blind authors, was Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter What's Going On?

Miss Thea thearamsay at rogers.com
Wed Oct 26 21:02:35 UTC 2016 

Aldous Huxley was a blind writer.
My favorite book of his is "Brave New World", followed closely by "Doors of 
Perception".
He started my love for pharmaceutical science fiction.
That is, recreational drugs of the future.
Thea

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Speaking of blind authors, I taught the work of Borges' "Book of Sand"  for
about 12 years in my Postmodern Literature course - and I never knew he was
blind. I did not discover this about him until I retired after my own sight
loss.
"Book of Sand," is one of the best examples of PoMO literature you can
find - it has every element of this genre in it.  Now, I wonder who else is
blind that I was teaching without ever knowing this detail? Heres a link to
Borges information - he is  of my favorite writers.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/31/reviews/borges-insight.html

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Another blind priest. He's interviewed about art and disability:

http://faithandform.com/feature/the-vision-of-a-blind-priest/

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Oh yes, Milton. Fanny Crosby wrote poetry as well as thousands of hymns. I'm
familiar with many of her hymns, but not her poetry. Yes, I know, songs are
a sort of poetry, but she has foems that were never put to music. I have
tried doing searches before for blind people who are doing certain things,
and have not had much success, either because there aren't blind people
doing those jobs or they aren't famous enough to be on Google's radar. For
instance, I wanted to find out if there were any blind Catholic priests.
Zilch.    Debby

On Oct 26, 2016 9:42 AM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
<stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> I know of Milton, who wrote Paradise Lost, grin. Not sure of others off 
> the top of my head.
>
> Bridgit
>
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> stylist
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 10:58 AM
> To: Tessa via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: debby <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] blind authors, was Does Anyone Write Daily as a 
> Routine No Matter What's Going On?
>
> Hey Tessa, great idea! I have read some of Jean Little's books. I like 
> them very much. They are honest, and there is a goodness about them. As I 
> said in cy email, I just don't know of other blind authors. But you did 
> remind me of Jean Below. So now, we have two, Beverly Butler and Jean 
> Little. Any o?rs out there that adybody knows of?     Debby
>
> On Oct 26, 2016 3:58 AM, Tessa via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Debby
> > One author whom I believe is blind is Canadian Jean Little, she writes 
> > kids books I believe they're mostly about children coping with various 
> > disabilities. I remember reading one called mine for keeps I think the 
> > girl had cerebral polsey "i can't spell this early in the morning" 
> > Perhaps we should try to list all the blind authors, just to see how 
> > many there are and make people aware of authors they didn't know about 
> > yet.
> > Tessa
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: debby via stylist  <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> > To: Miss Thea via stylist  <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 11:07 pm
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter 
> > What's Going On?
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > She wrote several other books too, and I always enjoyed her writing. 
> > > My sixth grade teacher introduced me to her. I believe she was from 
> > > Wisconsin as was my teacher. They may have even known each other. I 
> > > like reading fiction by blind authors, although I haven't seen much, 
> > > except on this list. I have read lots of memoirs and all, but not much 
> > > fiction. If anyone has names of blind authors who have written 
> > > fiction, I'd love to hear who they might be.��� Debby
> > >
> > > On Oct 25, 2016 12:47 AM, Miss Thea via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Oh yes. I did read "Light a Single Candle" when I was in my early 
> > > > 20's.
> > > > Thirty years ago.
> > > > Thea
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message----- 
> > > > From: debby via stylist
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 10:22 PM
> > > > To: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
> > > > Cc: debby
> > > > Subject: Re: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No 
> > > > Matter What's
> > > > Going On?
> > > >
> > > > As a young adult, one of my favorite writers was Beverly Butler. 
> > > > Beverly is
> > > > blind, and nearly always writes using other senses. She wrote Light 
> > > > A Single
> > > > Candle, Gift of Gold, and several other books that I really liked. 
> > > > You might
> > > > try finding one of her books and reading it. It will give you a 
> > > > great
> > > > example of how to write non-visually.��� Debby
> > > >
> > > > On Oct 24, 2016 6:44 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
> > > > <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thea,
> > > > >
> > > > > If you can create good sensory descriptions, you don't need visual
> > > > > descriptions. It's not always necessary to have visual 
> > > > > descriptions unless
> > > > > you want them. It's possible to rely on other sensory descriptions 
> > > > > that
> > > > > are
> > > > > strong enough to evoke the visual sense in readers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bridgit
> > > > >
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> > > > > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> > > > > Miss Thea
> > > > > via
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> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 5:50 PM
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> > > > > Cc: Miss Thea <thearamsay at rogers.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No 
> > > > > Matter
> > > > > What's
> > > > > Going On?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi, Vejas
> > > > > I'd like to know this answer too.
> > > > > I don't write every day, and I do have some health issues that 
> > > > > prevent me
> > > > > from being the lean, mean writing machine I'd like to be.
> > > > > But I do find that when I start writing, the ideas come.
> > > > > I don't know if you were around when I was workshopping my "Lucy 
> > > > > and
> > > > > Lithe"
> > > > > novel, but I haven't been writing in it for some time.
> > > > > Then, my interest revived, I started writing, and re-thought the 
> > > > > whole
> > > > > concept, even changing the title.
> > > > > Now it's going to be a� series. I think I'm working on the 
> > > > > prequel.
> > > > > It's now called "She's For Andorpha", at least that's my working 
> > > > > title.
> > > > > For now.
> > > > > I also have borderline personality, and sometimes that gets in the 
> > > > > way.
> > > > > But
> > > > > it can also be useful, because when my interest revives, I write 
> > > > > like a
> > > > > house on fire.
> > > > > Born completely blind, I lack the knowledge of color, landscape 
> > > > > and other
> > > > > sensory information important to readers. So, I've learned to 
> > > > > write what I
> > > > > know, and hope if my work reaches the editor stage, that I'll get 
> > > > > someone
> > > > > who can help me fill in the details.
> > > > > Ok, I went way off topic. I don't write every day. I often feel I 
> > > > > need a
> > > > > break, due to health problems and writer's block.
> > > > > But I'm very interested in what daily writers have to say.
> > > > > Thea
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message----- 
> > > > > From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist
> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 6:34 PM
> > > > > To: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
> > > > > Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas
> > > > > Subject: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter 
> > > > > What's
> > > > > Going On?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > A friend of mine who likes to write� makes it a habit to do so 
> > > > > daily.
> > > > > I would really like to do this. I did not write much as an LCB 
> > > > > student but
> > > > > have definitely done some more writing� in the past few months, 
> > > > > although
> > > > > not
> > > > >
> > > > > as much as I would like to. The problem is that I don't always� 
> > > > > know what
> > > > > I
> > > > > would want to write on a given day. For example, for a story I'm 
> > > > > working
> > > > > on
> > > > > about 2 friends lives during and after spending time together in a
> > > > > training
> > > > > center, I may not have ideas every single day on what I want to 
> > > > > happen. I
> > > > > would just like to know how these of you who write daily keep it 
> > > > > up
> > > > > consistently despite writers block
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Vejas
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