[bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:02:59 -0400
Yes, as long as you do not expect to get paid.
Chris Hofstader
CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends
email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com
Skype: BlindChristian
phone: 727-896-6393
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christina
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:14 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
Hi, Chris.
Does this mean you want us to send you stories?
Christina
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:21 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
> Hi,
>
> I'm not subscribed to the other list so I haven't read any stories you
> posted.
>
> We're unclear as to how we plan on working with the nastiness (as you
> describe below) of blindness as we really want to do a book of humor with
> a
> bit of perversity - definitely a book for a mature audience with a sense
> of
> humor about amusing situations that occur when a person with vision
> impairment finds themselves in a situation that would get a weird reaction
> had we not been blind.
>
> It's entirely in fun.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:03 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
>
> I guess that means you will not be including stories about difficulty
> getting jobs or people handling us the wrong denomination paper money.
>
> I guess most of the stories I posted will aos be out of bounds.
>
> Please get in touch with me personally if anything I posted is up for
> being included.
>
> E.
>
>
> At 06:57 AM 6/26/2008, you wrote:
>>As it's a work of humor, we think our audience is pretty much anyone
> looking
>>for a laugh and, perhaps, to see a human side of people with vision
>>impairment that puts us outside of the "poor blind person" box and shows
>>that we can have a sense of humor about our way of being and that we have
>>similar desires and such as everyone else.
>>
>>Sighties who have read portions always laugh pretty loudly at some of the
>>situations we describe in our gonzo fashion.
>>
>>Cdh
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:24 PM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
>>
>>If you write such a book, who is your audience?
>>
>>Sighted people?
>>
>>E.
>>
>>
>>At 09:07 PM 6/25/2008, you wrote:
>> >The books sound interesting, Chris. Maybe you can add a chapter that
>> >includes all the ridiculous and/or unkind situations sighted people
>> >have put blind people in based on the recent discussions on the
>> >bookshare
>>site.
>> >
>> >What does "blink" stand for? I can figure out "blind" but not the rest
>> >of
>>it.
>> >
>> >G.Cindy
>> >
>> >
>> >--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > > From: Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
>> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 10:34 AM
>> > > Thanks Nan!
>> > >
>> > > Dena and I are trying to focus on "Groping Through
>> > > Life: The Tactile Way to
>> > > Live" which will include a bunch of vignettes about
>> > > situations where sighted
>> > > people would be embarrassed or outraged but a blink can get
>> > > away with. One
>> > > chapter is entirely on sex and the guide dog when your
>> > > sighted partner says,
>> > > "He's looking at me..." and grows
>> > > uncomfortable.
>> > >
>> > > I'm also working on a long piece with Susanne Kammlott
>> > > (Boston Phoenix,
>> > > Boston Globe, various magazines) who has an agent and a ton
>> > > of cred but we
>> > > keep starting and stopping and reworking and looping back
>> > > again.
>> > >
>> > > Finally, I've a memoir of drug addiction, blindness and
>> > > recovery which is
>> > > all pretty dark until the end that I find myself working on
>> > > when I had set
>> > > out to do something with one of the others.
>> > >
>> > > cdh
>> > >
>> > > Chris Hofstader
>> > > CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends
>> > > email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com
>> > > <http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com/>
>> > > Skype: BlindChristian
>> > > phone: 727-896-6393
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > _____
>> > >
>> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> > > Nan Hawthorne
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:58 PM
>> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Chris,
>> > >
>> > > I can answer your questions, but maybe not quite as you
>> > > intended.
>> > >
>> > > How do I maintain the discipline to focus on one project at
>> > > a time..
>> > > actually this has not come up as I have had so much emotion
>> > > wrapped up in An
>> > > Involuntary King that though I had more ideas floating
>> > > about they patiently
>> > > waited for the "heart's work" to be done. I
>> > > suppose my own question would
>> > > be, does it matter? Can you work on more than one at a
>> > > time? If not, I
>> > > guess willpower will be required.
>> > >
>> > > Second question about getting something to the top of a
>> > > publisher's pile.
>> > > One answer might be getting a good agent. That's not
>> > > how I went. I am a
>> > > board member of the Independent Author's Guild
>> > > www.independentauthorsguild.org - we are authors who
>> > > intentionally publish
>> > > through small press publishers and publish on demand
>> > > companies. Since
>> > > corporate publishing is leveraged to their eyeballs these
>> > > days they are risk
>> > > adverse.. and it is well nigh impossible to get their
>> > > motive. As a result
>> > > tons of well written and particularly genre fiction just
>> > > does not get
>> > > published. I knew An Involuntary King hadn't chance,
>> > > no matter the
>> > > quality, because Saxon era fiction is represented by
>> > > Bernard Cornwell and no
>> > > one else.. the publishers are adamant that no one reads it.
>> > > Since I will
>> > > read anything written about that era I can get my ears on,
>> > > I know that's not
>> > > true. So I chose to set up my own press and use a POD.
>> > > The stigma of
>> > > "self-publishing" is no longer valid. There is
>> > > indie music recording, indie
>> > > film making, and indie software development. Why do we
>> > > assume indie book
>> > > publishing will result in crap? I will rely on my readers
>> > > to make that
>> > > judgment. And now that more than half of books sold are
>> > > sold online it is
>> > > no disadvantage.
>> > >
>> > > Hope that helps.
>> > >
>> > > Nan Hawthorne
>> > >
>> > >
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