[Scla-list] Blind Midlands Author Eager To Visit SC Libraries

[Curtis Rogers]

Columbia SC, Sept.  4 2009. Carmella Broome, who has been blind since
birth and works as a Professional Counselor in Lexington, is looking
forward to  sharing the story of her first book and what its like to be
a published  author with  library groups and book clubs around SC.
Carmella's Quest: Taking On College Sight Unseen is the author's story
of her first year at North Greenville College, a small  liberal arts
school in upstate SC.  Ms. Broome describes her academic stresses and
successes,  friendships and romantic relationships, and the challenges
of being the only blind student on campus.  Her book is published by Red
Letter Press of Columbia. If you are interested in having counselor and
author Carmella Broome speak at your library, book club, or church
event, she can be contacted  by calling (803)256-3271 or via email at
CarmellasQuest at hotmail.com.  

 

Carmella is passionate about  libraries and their positive role in
communities. "Its about the joy of reading and learning when you talk
about libraries," she says. "Not economic status, age, color, or any of
that. Libraries are there for anyone with an interest in  reading."

 

Carmella recently  completed  the recording of Carmella's Quest at the
SC State Library for inclusion in its collection of "talking books" for
readers who are blind. "I've made use of the Talking Book Library since
I was young," she says, "I'm  thrilled that we've been able to work
together  so that I could record my own book and  make it available to
others who are blind as part of the  State Library's  collection of
recorded books." 

 

Carmella looks forward to meeting library patrons across  SC and getting
to visit  some of the state's libraries. "I love talking with other
people who  enjoy books," she says. Carmella fits book promotion in and
around her full-time job as a counselor for adolescents, adults,
couples, and families at Crossroads Counseling Center in Lexington SC.
"I stay busy," she says."The book is  opening doors for a lot of
interesting new opportunities."

 

Wherever she goes to talk about her book and share her love of writing
and reading, her Seeing Eye dog, a yellow Labrador named Maggie, is by
her side. "She sleeps through most of my presentations,"  Carmella
admits.

 

Ms. Broome says her book has "something for everyone."  "I've gotten
feedback from high school students to senior citizens," she says. "The
book appeals to a wide audience because its clean, deals with a lot of
universal emotions and experiences, and also   describes my life as
someone with very limited vision. That's something a lot of people are
interested to hear about, but it is just one part of the whole story."

 

Carmella's Quest can be ordered from Amazon.com or by contacting Red
Letter Press

http://RedLetterPress.GooglePages.com
<http://redletterpress.googlepages.com/> .  RLP is a small publishing
company run by USC professor and author Bob Lamb. 

 

 

 

 

________________________________

Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. Find
out more.
<http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTA
GL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_online:082009> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://scla.org/pipermail/scla-list_scla.org/attachments/20090909/0f5331af/attachment.html>