Hi Cindy, Awe, well, still quick and thanks on the young:) Kaitlyn Level III Practitioner Reconnective healing and the Reconnection Level 1 Reiki healing Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the number of moments that take your breath away:) -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:15 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: my email to bertrice Small Nicely done, Kaitlyn. I was trying to think of someting clever to say and couldn't. The advantage of a young, quick mind. I had one once (smile). Cindy > > Hello Allison, > > > > Well, when you get out of detention you can write > her and tell her you > > were > > under a lot of stress while locked up:) > > > > Huggles > > > > Kaitlyn > > Level III Practitioner > > Reconnective healing and the Reconnection > > Level 1 Reiki healing > > Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Life is not measured by the number of breaths you > take but by the number > > of > > moments that take your breath away:) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Allison Mervis > > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:42 PM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: my email to bertrice > Small > > > > Oh holy hell! I put detention instead of > attention! I'm such an ass! > > Allison > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Allison Mervis > <mailto:allisonfm@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:39 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] my email to bertrice > Small > > > > I hope it's not too corny! Here goes! Let me know > what you think! > > > > Dear Mrs. Small, > > My name is Allison Mervis, and I am a junior at > Chatham College in > > Pittsburgh, PA majoring in English and music. I > cannot begin to tell you > > how > > much I enjoy your work! I am totally blind, and > when I read your novels, I > > feel as though I have been taken to a world where > I can see everything > > thanks to your detention to detail. I have read > roughly 20 of your books > > within the last two years and can't wait to read > more! Many of your books > > have been scanned and uploaded to bookshare.org, a > non-profit legal > > electronic book site which makes many popular > books available to the > > blind. > > The books are generally contributed by bookshare's > users, as well as a > > vast > > number of sighted volunteers. The collection now > consists of nearly 23000 > > books varying in subject matter. However, it takes > a long time to scan > > these > > books by hand. My purpose in writing to you is not > only to praise your > > work, > > but to ask if you might please consider > contributing some of your novels > > to > > bookshare in an electronic format to insure faster > publication to the > > site, > > and ultimately, faster exposure to our readers. > Any donations that you > > would > > make to bookshare would be completely tax > deductible. If you are at all > > interested, please contact Jane Simchuk. She > handles donations. Her email > > address is > > jane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I realize that you are most likely very busy, but > please write back > > if you get the chance. Thank you for reading this, > and thank you for being > > a > > wonderful author! > > Sincerely, > > Allison Mervis > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com