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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi readers, check out a new #OwnVoice anthology by authors with visual impairment, the first anthology to include one of my short stories plus over twelve other authors. Read the description and you will understand why it’s a pivotal collection. Thanks to Robert Kingett and Randy Lacey for making it possible, along with Renaissance Press. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope you and your friends and colleagues support it by pre-ordering the collection. Thanks for your support, we cannot be a success without readers like you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Release date is September 15, 2021, order now, why wait?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Artificial Divide Anthology by Renaissance Press <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Montserrat",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>Step into a world of rogue screen readers, Braille in fantasy worlds, a friend meeting an acquaintance after several years, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Montserrat",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>This #OwnVoices anthology features fiction by Blind and visually impaired authors showing readers how they thrive, hurt, get revenge, outsmart bullies, or go on epic adventures. </span><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Montserrat",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>Artificial Divide</span></em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Montserrat",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'> is an own-voices story collection that captures the many layers of Blindness and, for once, puts visually impaired protagonists in the driver's seat, letting us glimpse their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Montserrat",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>When we think about it, we're not really divided.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Links for preordering the paperback, eBook and Audio formats<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://tinyurl.com/b8mk6wxb">https://tinyurl.com/b8mk6wxb</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://tinyurl.com/s2tz367e">https://tinyurl.com/s2tz367e</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Artificial Divide book cover, featuring bold white letters on a black background. A rolling cane tip slashes through the title diagonally, from the top left to the bottom right. Each I has a round cane tip replacing the dot<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=605 height=864 style='width:6.3in;height:9.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7991E.47389C80"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ann Chiappetta, Author<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anniecms64@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>` Making meaningful connections with others through writing `<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>914.393.6605<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.c/">www.annchiappetta.c</a>om Facebook Annie Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='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 style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> Joseph Campbell<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>