[stylist] Intro- Vivian Majors

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

welcome Vivian!
we discuss writing and blindness and words and all kinds of 
things.  thank you for joining us.

I would be delighted to have you as the featured guest for our april 
teleconference!
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 02:30 PM 3/20/2009, you wrote:
>STYLIST members, I would like to introduce a new member of this mailing list
>and soon to be member of the Division, Miss Vivian Majors. Vivian is new to
>blindness and is needing our help as she deals with the changes that are
>rapidly coming into her life. As a new member, she would like all of us to
>know something about her background and toward that end she has provided me
>with a short document that I will paste in below my intro.
>
>First, let me tell you why I am providing the introduction. Though Vivian's
>vision has decreased slowly over the years, it has been only recently that
>her ability to read and travel has become a serious problem. She is now
>working with the rehab services in her home state of Georgia, but doesn't
>yet have the low vision soft and hardware that has been prescribed. So doing
>email is a pain, because she has to highlight and increase the font of any
>thing presented on a computer screen. Yet, she wants to hear from us! And
>she instinctively knows, the best guidance on blindness comes from those who
>live it.
>
>Second and here is a very interesting fact about Vivian and is of special
>interest for us! Vivian is a 10 year plus, connected independent business
>woman who is an agent and/or promoter and producer of film and TV scripts
>and well.More. Check out her bio and company description below. She is
>especially interested in seeing what this division and the Performing Arts
>Division has going; are there any of us who are interested in her services?
>She sees that we have mutual needs- blindness on her part and
>writing/publishing on ours.
>
>I will also suggest, that our April telephone conference has Vivian as our
>main guest.
>
>Vivian Majors
>Diamond Pieces Entertainment
>
>For the better part of her early young adult years, Vivian lived a typical
>life of an urban teen, growing up under the legendary Richard Bell, a
>national promoter, who put together the first Motown review.  Little did
>Vivian know that the laps that she sat on, as a little child, were the laps
>of famous, legendary, recording artists. Artists such as Ike and Tina
>Turner, Fats Domino, Peg Leg, Archie Bell and the Drells, The Gap Band,
>Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knights and the Pips, the Miracles, James Brown, Joe
>Frazier, Muhammad Ali, and many, many more.
>
>
>Diamond Pieces Entertainment is associated with several 100% Equity-Film
>Sources, Film Matching Sources to Lending Institutions, and (as Executive
>Producer or Co-Producer of the project) is open to submission by established
>Talent Agencies, Production Companies, Producers, Directors and Talent for
>funding their projects. We also seek contact with established Executive
>Producers with Film funding Sources, Film Investors, Film Matching Funding
>Sources, Associations, Organizations, and Corporations who fund motion
>pictures, since we represent numerous projects with talent attached.
>
>In addition, Diamond Pieces Entertainment has several of its own projects in
>development and seeks direct financial partners, investors, venture
>capitalists, motion picture companies and studios with interest in funding
>our own projects.  Through our connections, we bring to the table endless
>resources that have dealt with millions of dollars in investment capital and
>loan financing.
>
>Some Diamond Pieces Entertainment connections: Filmmakers & Film
>Directories, Entertainment Magazines, Review Entertainment Festivals, Online
>Seminars, Producers & Directors, Entertainment Lawyers, Contracts Investment
>Bankers & Venture Capitalists, Entertainment Investors, Celebrities. Talent
>Agencies: Models & Talent for Hire, Cinematography & Editing Movie and TV
>Crew for Hire, Post Production Houses, Distribution Companies, Location
>Scouts, Production Budget Breakdowns, Computer Editing, Computer Animation
>Companies, Special Effects Companies, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Gothic,
>Horror Stages, Studios, Animal Trainers, Stunt performing Companies,
>Screenwriters & Playwrights, Concerts & Events, Foreign Language
>Translation, Screenwriting & Novel Writing Software, Documentary Films &
>Festivals, Grant Writers, Souvenirs, Security and Bodyguards.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Vivian Majors
>Diamond Pieces Entertainment
>
>
>President NFB Writers' Division
>Robert Leslie Newman
>Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>Division Website-
>Http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
>
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