Grandma Cindy: Blink is, well, kind of a little bit of derogatory terminology for a blind person. Maybe derogatory isn't quite the right word. Kinda like, well, u know, how black folks call each other the n word, & for them it's ok, but should definitively not be done if you're not. This is just me, but, personally, I don't like being called that by either blind or sighted folks. Of course, perhaps it's because I was 1st called that not long after losing my eyesight, & that by a sighted person whom I felt had no business referring to me in anything but a respectful way. Conversely, I don't like blind folks referring to sighted people as sightlings, either. To my way of thinking, we're just people who happen to be sight-impaired or sight-enabled, w/the personhood coming 1st & foremost & the visual status pretty much secondarily down the line. &, in case you're wondering, I don't like the n word, either, & I'll tell u what--when I was teachin & heard 1 of my students use that word I came *unglued* in front of the whole class & when I got done u coulda heard a pin drop in that room. & I got in trouble as a kid once cuz some1 called my friend that & they in turn got a knuckle sandwich from me lol. I wasn't sorry about it then & I'm not now. & I got in more trouble cuz I was told to apologize to the kid I'd hit & I absolutely refused. So I guess I think names are what u should call people, like Jackie or Cindy, & labels belong on cans. Hope that answered your question, if nothing else. On 6/25/08, E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >> > >> > >> > __________ NOD32 3218 (20080625) Information __________ >> > >> > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> > http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >>list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject >> line. >> >> >>__________ NOD32 3219 (20080625) Information __________ >> >>This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>http://www.eset.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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