<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>My apologies for the accidental attempt to unsubscribe you. I was trying to unsubscribe myself and did not notice that your name was there.</div><div><br></div><div>National thought that it was best to dissolve our division because there was lack of activity. It would be nice to have another writer\u2018s division or something similar. If you choose to start one, I will not be involved because I have my hands full and cannot possibly take on that responsibility again. But I wish you the best of luck. Thank you.</div><div><div dir="ltr">Shelley, Queen of Bells Out!<span style="font-size: 17pt;"> </span><div>Find my self published books at Apple Books, Amazon and Barns and Noble </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 15, 2026, at 4:19\u202fPM, Kevin Pirnie via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr"><div>Someone just tried to unsubscribe me from the list, why? </div><div><br></div><div>I never saw an email about the ending of the writer's division.</div><div><br></div><div>I vote to keep this or a new group alive whether connected to NFB or not.</div><div><br></div><div>I can be reached at <a href="mailto:kpirnie77@gmail.com">kpirnie77@gmail.com</a></div><div>Phone 208-206-1181</div><div><br></div><div>Warm Regards,</div><div>Kevin Pirnie</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 1:45\u202fPM Jack Zimmerman via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hullo From Texas Annie and whoever else is being here! Yes'm! I think one of the problems may have been the LACK of activbby here. Well I don't know about anybody else but I am a quiet retiring fellow. I'd rather write than write about my writing if you get what I'm saying but I do have a cunundrum with a story that I am working on so perhaps you good people Might be of some HELP andor assistance with it. I shall however perforce start another thread! <div>BFN </div><div>Braille cat <br id="m_2885144331481901902lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 15, 2026, at 3:35\u202fPM, <a href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com" target="_blank">anniecms64@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div><p class="MsoNormal">I am all for keeping the list active.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ann M. Chiappetta, MS<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>President, Friends In Art, Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="mailto:president@friendsinart.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">president@friendsinart.org</span></a> <a href="http://www.friendsinart.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">www.friendsinart.org</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>914.393.6605 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">www.annchiappetta.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" style="padding:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>- Ray Bradbury<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jack Zimmerman via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 15, 2026 3:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Jack Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:braillecat782@gmail.com" target="_blank">braillecat782@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Writers division activity<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dave NEVER shuts email lists down! There are some been dead for years they still just sitting there so since it's still here why not use it. I know that it is more than one's life is worth to be critical ofthe Great and Mighty NFB but I must say seems more than a little arbitrary to me. We can start OUR OWN writers Group. Watchall think about them iphones? Jack Braillecat <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><br>On Jul 15, 2026, at 12:56<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">\ufeff</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I also never received the email and I'm sorry to hear it shut down. This list was very helpful in 2011 when I first started writing. I appreciate the contributions from everyone and found the prompts (around 2011-17) to be very helpful with people giving each other muual feedback about their writing. Also the youth writers' workshops before that. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Vejas<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">On Jul 15, 2026, at 07:24, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">\ufeff</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hm. I am surprised this email list is still up. I made the assumption it was shut down a few months ago after Shelly made the announcement.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If anyone wants to keep in touch with me, my email is <a href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com" target="_blank">anniecms64@gmail.com</a>.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Also, Behind Our Eyes <a href="http://www.behindoureyes.org" target="_blank">www.behindoureyes.org</a> is a thriving writing group. Membership is free and we have so much to share and activities to share. It is an independent 501 C3.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wags-<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Annie and Iowa<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Poet and artist<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Anniecms64@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Anniecms64@gmail.com</span></a> 914.393.6605<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.annchiappetta.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">\u201cInstructions for living a life.<br>Pay attention.<br>Be astonished.<br>Tell about it.\u201d<br>- Mary Oliver<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Pirnie via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 15, 2026 1:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Kevin Pirnie <<a href="mailto:kpirnie77@gmail.com" target="_blank">kpirnie77@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Writers division activity</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I had no idea that the writers division was dissolved. Can you share what led to this and what could be done to resurrect it?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kevin<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 9:14<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM slery via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Sorry, but the division was dissolved.<br>Cindy<br><br>On 7/14/2026 9:58 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Stylist wrote:<br>> Hi All!<br>> I noticed there hasn't been any activity on this list since November. I went to NFB convention, but did not see any events from the writers' division. I was just wondering if the division is still activ, and also if writing contest winners were announced this year?<br>> Thanks!<br>> Vejas<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Writers Division web site<br>> <a href="http://writers.nfb.org/" target="_blank">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>> Stylist mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br>> <a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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/slerythema%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/" target="_blank">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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/kpirnie77%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/kpirnie77%40gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/" target="_blank">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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/alpineimagination%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/alpineimagination%40gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/" target="_blank">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">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/braillecat782%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/braillecat782%40gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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