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The Q&A is different when the audience is blind

May 27, 20186 CommentsPosted in blindness, book tour, Braille, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, Mike Knezovich, public speaking, teaching memoir, technology for people who are blind, travel, visiting libraries, visiting schools, writing

The questions Robin Sitten and I got from our audience at the Perkins School for the Blind Thursday sure were thought-provoking. Here’s a sampling: Did you write your memoir Long Time, No See as therapy, or did you write it to share your journey with others? The people who sign up for your memoir classes, […]

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Likely the closest I’ll ever come to an online date — and it’s in front of an audience!

May 18, 20186 CommentsPosted in blindness, book tour, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, public speaking, travel, visiting libraries, visiting schools

Mike, Whitney the Seeing Eye dog and I are heading to New England this week to meet the narrator who read the audible.com version of Writing Out Loud. Robin Sitten and I have corresponded via email, we follow each other on twitter, and of course I know her voice — I’ve listened to her sensational […]

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A visit with Tootsie

April 27, 201812 CommentsPosted in blindness, guide dogs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, visiting schools

Hello from the Amodt Inn, the lovely Orlando home of my sister Marilee and her husband Rick Amodt — just got back from giving a short presentation at their granddaughter’s preschool. Experience has taught me that preschoolers have a hard time grasping what blindness is (much less formulating questions about it), but who could resist […]

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