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Works in Progress  “No Arms, No Legs, No Problem!” Tara Schiro and Bob Lujano. This book is an autobiography of Bob Lujano, a quadriplegic amputee. Although his arms and legs were cut off when he was eight years old, Bob now holds a masters degree in sports medicine and is a world-class athlete; he earned a bronze medal in the 2004 Paralympics, has competed in the world championships, and won several national championships for Quad Rugby. He was one of the featured players in the documentary Murderball. He lives alone in his own house, drives his own car, and works at the Lakeshore Foundation where he trains newly disabled children how to be self sufficient. Bob also travels around the country-unassisted-as a motivational speaker for hospitals, colleges, airlines and major corporations. His mantra, ‘no arms, no legs, no problem,’ is not only a message of hope to the disabled community, but crashes stereotypes to show that the disabled can be a valuable and productive member of society among the able bodied.
Articles on Writing:
The following articles may be used with permission from Write With Grace.
Writing Self Publishing Materials: Where Do I Start?
What shelf do YOU want to be on?
Write an Article to Advertise Your Business!
Books Talk
Who's Your Audience?
Writing a Business Article: What to Include and What to Leave Out
Profile Articles Published in Elite Magazine:
(Re-published here with permission.)
Living Her Passion Sue Reynolds, April/May 2007
A Voice You Should Know Mark Mosley, June/July 2007
Still Flying High Glen Blackshaw, Aug/Sep 2007
Shauer Them With Love Scott Shauer, Aug/Sep 2007
A Man in Uniform Sergeant Hernandez, Oct/Nov 2007
Two For The Show Mark Salyer and Andrea Slominski, Oct/Nov 2007
Looking Back: SCV History Dec/Jan 2008
Becoming Strong in the Broken Places Judy Harris, Dec/Jan 2008
A Life by Design Jaylene Armstrong, Dec/Jan 2008
Why do we Write?
"Although some cringe at the thought of writing even a paragraph, there are those of us who couldn't bear to go through life without pen in hand, our thoughts extending out the tips of our fingers and spilling into a story all over the page. We introduce fictional characters but really they are microcosms of self, naked on the page and vulnerable to all who read.
"Writing, and the art of telling story, is to have personality on the page. It is another identity, and yet part of the whole, that yearns to string together words like pearls waiting to be discovered and brought from the depths and into the light, polished to proudly adorn the heart of the writer. It is that part of the self that plays hide and seek in the middle of a paragraph; hiding behind the character that rudely slaps the face of another and then seeking permission to do it again.
"Writing has been likened to archeology; it is letting go of the story we tell ourselves and discovering the authentic us that exists beneath the layers. It is bravery that allows our revelations to show up on the page when we unearth voice, mannerisms, agendas, habits, secrets; these things that make up character. Writing is not a means to an end, forcing our own resolution, but allowing the story to breathe under its own merit and being fascinated by where it takes us.
"Writing is a way of exploring the self and how that self negotiates the world in which it lives. It is bringing into sharp focus the reality that life on the page is often a window of truth we would rather pull the curtain on. It is in the deep recesses of hope that we will find something, and the fear when we do, that keeps us digging with pen and paper, brushing away the dirt, for glimpses of ourselves."
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