Cornucopia: Behind Our Eyes 20th anniversary

Hello, Beautiful People,

I was leery of Sanford’s newly organized group being sponsored by a Writer’s Union, because it was during the time that the professional teachers organization I belonged to was being taken over by the teacher’s union, instead of remaining a professional entity.

While I shadowed the newly organized group in March and April, 2006, I didn’t

officially join until early September 2006.

I was instrumental in submitting the original rough draft of the By-Laws April 10, 2008, which would be needed for us to become incorporated, then to become a non-profit organization

There were numerous iterations of the By-Laws efficiently over seen by John Wesley Smith as our organization grew.

Behind Our Eyes 2: A Second Look was Published in 2013

Bobbi LaChance Bubier was the primary editor. I was one of several committee members who had organized the anthology. We had contracted with a publisher.  When Bobbi passed away, we asked the publisher for an extension to the due date, but there had already been one extension to the due date.

I offered to spearhead the final push to publication.

There were 67 contributors, so my husband and I spent a lot of concentrated time to finalize the lengthy manuscript to submit to Pat Gott, the publisher.

We often tried to get a handle of what royalties were passed on to us by the publisher, but we have been unsuccessful.

It was a steep learning curve that we applied to the third anthology.

Our marketing strategy included a professionally developed trailer, spearheaded by Donna Grahman.

   Copies of “Behind Our Eyes 2: A Second Look” are available through Amazon.com, Kindle, Nook, and Barnes and Noble.

There have been so many memorable people along the way. Do some of you remember Gertie Poole, who went by the name Renegade?

Sanford Rosenthal and Albert Cooper?

What about Ernie Jones and his Old Crow stories and Deon Lyons The other side of the glass wall?

It has been wonderful to observe how the initial group of about 27 writers has expanded into well over 100 writers with different disabilities and the plethora of innovative ideas each brings to our craft of writing.

All I can say is: Thank you for these 20 years of opportunities and w r I t e on, friends.

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Hello, Beautiful People,

I was leery of Sanford’s

newly organized group

being sponsored by

a Writer’s Union,

because it was during

the time that the

professional teachers organization

I belonged to

was being taken over by

the teacher’s union,

instead of remaining a professional entity.

While I shadowed

the newly organized group

in March and April, 2006,

I officially joined in

early September 2006.

I was instrumental

in submitting the

original rough draft of

the By-Laws April 10, 2008,

which would be needed

for us to become incorporated,

then to become

a non-profit organization

There were numerous iterations

of the By-Laws

efficiently over seen

by John Wesley Smith

as our organization grew.

Behind Our Eyes 2: A Second Look

was Published in 2013

Bobbi LaChance Bubier

was the primary editor.

I was one of several

committee members

who had organized the anthology.

We had contracted

with a publisher. 

When Bobbi passed away,

we asked the publisher

for an extension

to the due date,

but there had already been one extension to the due date.

I offered to spearhead

the final push to publication.

There were 67 contributors,

so my husband and I

spent a lot of concentrated time

to finalize

the lengthy manuscript

to submit to Pat Gott, the publisher.

We often tried to

get a handle of what royalties

were passed on to us by the publisher,

but we have been unsuccessful.

It was a steep learning curve

that we applied to the

third anthology.

Our marketing strategy included

a professionally developed trailer,

spearheaded by Donna Grahman.

   Copies of “Behind Our Eyes 2: A Second Look”

are available through Amazon.com, Kindle, Nook, and Barnes and Noble.

There have been so many memorable people

along the way.

Do some of you remember Gertie Poole, who went by the name Renegade?

Sanford Rosenthal and Albert Cooper?

What about Ernie Jones and his Old Crow stories and

Deon Lyons The other side of the glass wall?

It has been wonderful

to observe how the initial group

of about 27 writers

has expanded into

well over 100 writers

with different disabilities and

the plethora of innovative ideas

that each brings to our craft of writing.

All I can say is:

Thank you for these 20 years

of opportunities and

w r I t e on, friends.

The recording of our twentieth anniversary celebration on Sunday , March22, 2026: