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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Standing Ovation! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shelley Alongi via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 5, 2020 10:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Shelley Alongi <alongi.shelley@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] I'm New<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>Cool!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Shelley, Queen of Bells Out!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>President, NFB Writers’ Division <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Editor Slate and Style <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>See my self published books at Apple Books, Amazon and Barns and Noble <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>On Dec 5, 2020, at 8:30 PM, Barbara HAMMEL via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'> After the New Year I'm going to take the plunge and begin a poetry group most probably on Monday evenings. This should be no surprise to President Alongi because I've been kicking it around for quite some time now. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Barbara Hammel<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>On Dec 5, 2020, at 14:54, Tarika W via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Thank you! <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I do have many questions. Some of them might qualify as rhetorical.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>1. How do people make book-writing look so easy?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>2. Does anyone know how to develop an idea from a title? Fiction and nonfiction.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>3. What methods, tools, and programs do you use for planning or plotting fiction as a blind writer?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>4. Are there any get-togethers outside of the monthly phone conference, something that is more frequent?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>5. How do you decide what goes in your poetry books?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>6. How do you make a blog tour?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>7. What do you do with a mailing list of subscribers, as an author?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>8. Do you make your own virtual events, like poetry readings and such?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>9. Do you self-publish or traditional publish, and do you have a team supporting you?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I think that might be enough, for now.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 5:51 PM <<a href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com">anniecms64@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Welcome! Ask questions, our members will answer, we are here for mutual support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Annie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Ann Chiappetta, Author<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:Anniecms64@gmail.com" target="_blank">Anniecms64@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>` Making meaningful connections with others through writing `<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>914.393.6605<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.c/" target="_blank">www.annchiappetta.c</a>om Facebook Annie Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'> Joseph Campbell</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tarika W via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 4, 2020 5:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Tarika W <<a href="mailto:escencerose@gmail.com" target="_blank">escencerose@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] I'm New<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>Hi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>I'm new to mailing lists and phone conferences. Also, I'm new to NFB stuff. I'm new to blindness stuff. Okay. Well, yeah. I'm new.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-US>I've been legally blind for fourteen years now, so I'm not new to that.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alongi.shelley%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alongi.shelley%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>