[bksvol-discuss] Re: My novel
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:43:35 -0700
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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