A new chapter 09/04/2010
Hello everyone, I hope you and yours had a wonderful summer! First off, I wanted to thank those of you who took some time to send me such nice notes and e-mails this summer. It meant a lot to me to read your kind words. Going forward, I've decided to forgo keeping any future profits on Not A Fire Exit and donate any sales proceeds to the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation and various other SMA charities. I don't know how many more copies I'll sell, but anything that does deserves to go others. Enjoy your labor day weekend! Chris P.S - If you're a writer, or you're someone who's ever wanted to write but wasn't sure how to start, I strongly urge you to sign up for one of the writing courses my editor, Heather Goodman, is teaching either online or in-person - check out her website at http://www.hegoodman.com. It's a great chance to work with one of the best teachers I've ever had. Classes start in mid-September. Don't pass it up! Add Comment Hello all, I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures from those who participated in the last book giveaway, and I hope you all enjoy it and pass it along per the contest rules after you're done reading it. What the last few weeks have shown me is you can't put a price on making someone smile. The kind notes and supportive statements I've gotten from many of you have been humbling and appreciated beyond words. My wife and I are very blessed and thankful for each one you've sent, and we've come to a decision that I wanted to share with you all. From this day forward, I've decided to make the book available for free for any SMA family that wants a copy or copies of it. There's no catch, no strings attached, nothing - you can send me an e-mail at notafireexit@verizon.net at any time, for whatever reason, with your request and they'll be on their way. I'm not keeping a running tally of who asks and who doesn't - and honestly, I hope families come back multiple times asking for copies to give to friends, family, and anyone else they think it might be enjoyed by, or find useful at any fundraisers they may do. Got a bake sale coming up and you want 10 copies to sell to raise additional funds? No problem. Got a new co-worker who's never heard of SMA? Give them a copy. Never read it yourself? Done and done. In addition, I'm setting up a recurring donation of a dollar a day for both GSF and FSMA that I'll be doing every day until this disease is cured, and that's on top of any other donations or funds raised by book sales and I do personally and Milverstead Publishing does separately for every author. I can't let a day go by any longer where I feel like I haven't done something to try and help. I wish it was more, and if you can think of anything you'd like my help with to make even more of a difference, I will do whatever it takes. And make sure you check in at the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation and Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy websites to see how you can help make a difference too. Have a great weekend! Chris P.S - You should be hearing more about the movie adaptation of Not A Fire Exit in the coming weeks as there's more exciting news around that on the horizon! :) | AuthorHusband, Father, Author, Bald ArchivesSeptember 2010 CategoriesAll |
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