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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Shelley and all, if you will be so good as to forward this,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I wanted you all to know how much I regret not having the ability to join your conversations. My hearing has continued to deteriorate and a cochlear implant is being considered. With no inner ear in the other side, and unable to feel Braille, I still can use JAWS, but no phone with any clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>So I imagine your voices, your projects, your achievements and the inspiration you all provide through your emails.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>My project is my African book, “Lizard in the Bean sauce,” a memoir of five years in Uganda from 1967 to 1972. I have had the first edit done cutting 700 pages down to 500 and now have to respond to everything and cut at least another 100. Poetry has fallen by the wayside.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I hope you will all take the time to describe your projects via mail.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Barbara, your poem sounds fascinating. Lynda, you continue to amaze. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>My regards to you all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Jacqueline Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Jenny Xie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelley Alongi via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> stylist@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Shelley Alongi <alongi.shelley@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] notice of Nfb Writers Division telephone conference Sunday, September 22<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Announcement of NFB Writers' Division Telephone Gathering<br>Sunday September 22, 2019 <br>Phone: (605-313-5637<br>access code: 330803 followed by the pound sign <br>web site <a href="http://www.writers.nfb.org">http://www.writers.nfb.org</a> <br>Twitter: @nfbwd<br><br>Good afternoon everyone,<br><br>The fall season is pretending to approach in our area. Perhaps it is pretending to or has approached in yours. It is time for the penultimate Writers' Division of 2019. Yes, that's right. We will meet only once more this year after this Sunday night's call. I thought we would make this call a general update on all fronts: personal writing projects, books you're reading or find inspiring. Do you have a new idea for a poem or a story? Are you working on something you'd like to share? I know I just released my third full length novel and I have several ideas for novels coming up. I also read a book I can't stop thinking about, but as of yet I have no plans to write a story inspired from that book. But, never say never, I suppose. So what is inspiring you lately? Let us know. <br><br>Our call will take place on Sunday September 22 at 8:00 Pm eastern, 7:00 PM central, 6:00 PM mountain and 5:00 PM Pacific time. To join our call, please dial (605)313-5637. Our access code is 330803 followed by the pound sign. Our call will last one hour. <br><br>See you on the phone! Keep dreaming! <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Shelley, Queen of Bells <span style='font-size:13.0pt'> Out! </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>President, NFB Writers’ Division </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Editor, Slate and Style </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:Queenofbells@outlook.com">Queenofbells@outlook.com</a> with submissions </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>List of Self-published Books </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Christ Crush: Poems and a Story </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Angel Hug </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Brave Pilot </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Trespasser</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Purchase E-books on iBooks </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Purchase Angel Hug, Brave Pilot and Christ Crush as paperbacks at <a href="http://www.amazon.com">http://www.amazon.com</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Purchase Trespasser</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="Http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Queenofbells712">Http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/Queenofbells712</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Visit my Facebook page <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="Http://www.facebook.com/shelley.alongi">Http://www.facebook.com/shelley.alongi</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>