[bksvol-discuss] terms not of endearment
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:32:27 -0700 (PDT)
Yes, thank you, Jackie. I'm glad for the full explanation, because I wouldn't
want to use it thinking it was something cute.
G. Cindy
--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 7:43 PM
> 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
> >> >
> >> >
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